Verbal Warnings

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I was given a verbal warning today @ my job over something I don't agree with.. I work for a surgeon & we have ICCharts to which patient information is put in.. I received a message about scheduling appointment for patient and put in xray from a coworker when I was at offsite clinic... I forwarded the note back to the cma with the message.... appointment has been made & xray has been ordered.... This should have been done while patient was on the phone.... Does that mean that I violated anything concerning patient rights... Please let me know if you could on this please anyone....

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What exactly was the infraction for which you were given a verbal warning? Did they state it was a violation of patient rights? Or did they state you failed to follow internal policies?

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I was told it was given because it was a threat or something to that effect...They also stated that if a lawyer requested records that because of this statement I put could cause trouble...I have no idea what they are talking about....

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That last part looks bad on the clinic. The statement of taking care of it while on the phone should have been left out of the chart

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Yes, that should have been addressed in a separate email/phone call.

That last part looks bad on the clinic. The statement of taking care of it while on the phone should have been left out of the chart
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There are classes on charting offered through some state boards and regulation boards. The classes are very helpful as to what not to chart.

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