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2. Patient advocacy - Wikipedia

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   Patient advocacy is a process in health care concerned with advocacy for patients, survivors, and caregivers. The patient advocate[ 1 ] may be an individual or an organization, concerned with healthcare standards or with one specific group of disorders. The terms patient advocate and patient advocacy can refer both to individual advocates ...

3. What Is a Health Care Agent? - WebMD

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   Look for someone you can talk to about hard decisions and who will support your choices. Your agent may have to ask doctors a lot of questions and push hard for what you want. Try to pick someone ...

4. Surrogate decision-maker - Wikipedia

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   Medical ethics. A surrogate decision maker, also known as a health care proxy or as agents, is an advocate for incompetent patients. If a patient is unable to make decisions for themselves about personal care, a surrogate agent must make decisions for them. If there is a durable power of attorney for health care, the agent appointed by that ...

5. Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act

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   The Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2016 is a United States federal statute enacted by the 114th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on April 19, 2016. It modified the Controlled Substances Act, which requires the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to identify "imminent danger to ...

6. Medical Assistants: What do they do? - WebMD

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   Medical assistant administrative duties. These may include: Greeting patients. Answering phones and scheduling appointments. Filing and updating medical records. Coding and completing insurance ...

7. 10 Ways to Be Your Own Advocate at the Doctor’s Office

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   6. Ask lots of questions. Understanding your care plan is a big part of being your own advocate. Asking questions is a great way to learn more. Consider writing down questions ahead of time and ...