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Onboarding Medical Assistants and Office Staff Toolkit
August 30, 2019
Patient advisories - medical assistants
Patient identification
Throughout the healthcare industry, the failure to correctly identify patients continues to result in medical errors. Accurate identification reduces the risks and consequences of patient misidentification, consequently improving patient safety. Patient misidentification has been shown as a root cause of many errors. The Joint Commission has listed improving patient identification accuracy as the …
Disclaimer
The information provided in this resource does not constitute legal, medical or any other professional advice, nor does it establish a standard of care. This resource has been created as an aid to you in your practice. The ultimate decision on how to use the information provided rests solely with you, the PolicyOwner.