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A Nursing home calls a cardiology office requesting that a trantelephonic pacemaker check be conducted on a new admission to the facility. The Tech finds no medicla record indicating that the patient has been followed by the practice. what is the tech's next step - ANSWER Contact the PCP's office to obtain a prescription for the transtelephonic monitoring. When is it appropriate to contact a patients family member - ANSWER Only if the patient has signed a HIPPA form giving permission In addition to a patients name, all of the following can be used in the patient identification process except the patients - ANSWER last four of SSN in the absence of a release form, a patients health info may be shared with the patients______ without committing a hippa violation - ANSWER Physician What should be done when a patient reports that his or her demographic info is incorrect - ANSWER Follow the orgs procedure and correct the