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| When a patient refuses to take a test
| | I have a patient who?s been prescribed Warfarin. She has been asked repeatedly to go for PT-INR testing but refuses. The last testing several months ago required us to change her dose and I'm sure it will need adjusting again, but there is no way of knowing until I get results from the refused tests. I would think that I'd be held liable if I refill the medication and it causes bleeding or if it's ineffective, but I would think that I could be held liable for not refilling the medication, too! What do I do? | |  |
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| | | | Tools: Tech firm aims to deliver key data to OB's iPhones
August 22, 2008
Obstetricians may soon be able to check key patient data in real time on their iPhones. | | Health care IT: Public support high for adding more IT to health care
August 22, 2008
Strong public support for the use of information technology in the nation's health industry stands in "stark contrast" to the industry's adoption of it, according to a national survey of 1,000 U.S. adults by the Commonwealth Fund, a health care advocacy nonprofit. | | Online research: Doubting their doctors
August 22, 2008
Nearly four out of 10 adults have doubted a medical professional's opinion or diagnosis because it conflicted with information they found online, according to a report from Envisions Solutions, a health care consulting firm. | | Telemedicine: Internet video conferencing more effective than telephone consultation, study says
August 22, 2008
Internet audio and video consultations between doctors and stroke patients proved so much more effective than telephone calls that a study comparing the two was prematurely halted. | | PHRs: Medicare to launch PHR program in Arizona, Utah
August 22, 2008
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to introduce a personal health records pilot program for Medicare patients in Arizona and Utah early next year. | |
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