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Chapter 3 pharmacy
Question | Answer |
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The patient profile serves to do what? | identify the patient, maintain a legal record, and protect the patient against potential harm |
What identifying information is obtained in an outpatient profile? | name DOB and contact info |
What does obtaining concurrent medications help prevent? | drug interactions and therapeutic duplications |
What is synergism? | They may produce toxic or amplified effects |
What is antagonism? | They reduce the effectiveness of each drug if taken together |
What is drug duplication? | drugs prescribed have the same therapeutic function |
Information contained in the outpaient profile | identifying info, record of medications disensed, drug allergies, concurrent meds, medical history, history of drug abuse,mental conditions or handicaps, insurance information, current prescription and refill info |
Information contained in the institutional patient profile | height and weight, diagnosis, therapies, lab results, diet plans, blood tests |
HIPPA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
When is the only time patient information can be released? | communicated between departments of an institution or appropriate buisness affiliates and if the patient requests a copy |
A patinet profile would be created for _____ | anyone who receives prescription medications from any pharmacy |
You should always what with a patient profile? | update |