Health Medical Homework Help

Complete procedure 4.3 and submit via this link.

Tasks: Research the state’s disease reporting public health statutes and complete the disease reporting paperwork based on public health statutes . Document the activity in the patient’s health record.

The following link has instructions and the form to complete for reporting diseases. Use the information provided in the chart for Ken Thomas to complete form.

https://dph.georgia.gov/epidemiology/disease-reporting

Scenario: Ken Thomas (date of birth [DOB] 10/25/61) saw Jean Burke N.P. (nurse practitioner) this past
week. He was diagnosed with acute leukemia after several tests. You work with N.P. Burke and were
involved with arranging Ken’s tests. Today, Ken’s adult child, Alex Thomas, calls you. Alex wants to know
what is going on with Ken. You look at Ken’s health record and see that Alex is not on the disclosure authorization form or a medical records release form. Per the facility’s policy, for information to be given to a
patient’s family, a disclosure authorization form must be completed.
Later, Ken calls and asks why you didn’t update Alex on his condition. He sounds upset while he is talking with you