Report on Healthcare Systems
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HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS2The Medical Record- 111-7AHere is the Original Discussion Post for the FIRST Discussion PostThe medical record is a legal document that has primary and secondary purposes. Primary purpose for the record is to document the patient’s health history. While secondary uses include research, billing and reimbursement. The patient has the right to view the contents within the medical record and may request to view his or her record at any time. This week, you are asked to respond to a scenario you may encounter. Scenario:You are a medical office specialist and have been asked to process medical record release requests for the week. As you were making copies of the medical records, you notice abbreviations written in the chart by a physician and RN that you have never seen or learned in school. You becoming increasing baffled as you continue to see these types of abbreviations. You finally ask the RN what does the abbreviations mean that were written by her and the physician? The RN explains that OULK means “one ugly looking kid;” CUEF means “clearly uneducated female” and “FAU” meant “fat and ugly.” The RN goes on to say, “no will ever know” and walks away laughing.How would you respond to this discovery? How would you respond to the RN’s laughter? How could the R (Respect) in the "PRICE of Success" be used in this situation? *The OULK was from an actually chart that was written by a pediatrician who had to explain what this meant during a lawsuit on the stand in front of the child’s parents*Here is the FIRST RESPONSE that I need you to reply to.Angela ShookMO 111-7 week 3I would tell the nurse that this is very unprofessional and very unethical and then I would report it to the office manager and give them time to handle the problem and if nothing is done I would go to my HR person and explain to them that you have gone through the proper channels
HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS3however nothing has been done. I would find out from HR how I need to handle the records that have been requested.My responseThis response goes to the nurse involved. It is quite wrong to have such mindset for a professionally skilled person. This is not right at all. Respect for others is needed regardless of their physical appearance since every human being is crested in God’s image (Thomas, 2009). People may not know what those abbreviations mean but it will affect whoever wrote them in thelong run. A medical professional is someone who put the lives of others as their first priority. Thus, is unprofessional and unethical to write and interpret those abbreviations using such cruel language and mindset. I therefore would tell the nurse the issue. Then the physician and RN needto erase those abbreviations and apologize to whoever they were referring to.Here is the SECOND REPSONSE that I need you to reply to (same original discussion post).Latoya FambroughWeek 3 DiscussionI would respond by telling both the RN and the physician that they were very mean and even inconsiderate to create those abbreviations. When it comes to the healthcare field, it was wrong on all levels. I would respond to the RN by asking her this: "How would you feel if someone hadcalled you cruel and insensitive names like fat and ugly?" It would not feel good at all and you would want to go into a bathroom and cry because your feelings were hurt. So you really have to be mindful of other people including co-workers, physicians, employers, employees, customers, clients, and the entire medical staff. Treating other people with respect is treating people kindly without judging them.My Response.......This response is directed to both the RN and the physician. I would first make them realize that the abbreviations were not just a game but have a huge implication to their job security. This would make them realize the mistake they did needed to be avoided in the first place. The RN and physician are trained professional equipped with skills and knowledge that will enable them
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