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Workplace Communication Framework Prepared For Superior Eye : Case Study

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Workplace Communications Framework Prepared for Superior Eyes Joy Mason Student ID: J15007750 Submission Date: September 9, 2017 Now that the check-in process has been completed, the optometry technician is responsible for identifying and verifying the patient’s identity against the intra-office patient tracking software program. Confirmation of any medical health issues, medications, and known drug allergies should be reviewed and verified against the EHR with patient before testing begins. Any missing or additional medical information provided by the patient should be added to the EHR. For example, a new …show more content…

Can you imagine having a diagnosis of being nearsighted when you are truly farsighted? Verbal and written information of patient’s diagnosis, how they can avoid worsening their condition or even help improve their condition, can be presented at this time. Once this process is complete, the optometrist may release the patient back to the optometry assistant or if the patient choses, the dispensary. Again, correct identification of the patient is still necessary to answer and provide any additional information to the patient. If the patient decides to patronize the dispensary, he may need training on how to install and care for contact lenses or how to care for glasses. Either way, both can be accomplished by demonstration, imitation, pamphlets, brochures, or instructional video. Finally, obtaining feedback from the patient on their visit offers the opportunity for improvement on ways communication can be improved. Patient feedback can be immediately supplied following check-out, mailings, and computer surveys. Performance measurement is one of the most important means to improve performance of any organization (Jha & Sahay & Charan, 2016). Therefore, when communication efforts seem to be non-effective, critiquing from outside sources often help shed light on some issues. The entire process described a detailed communications framework focusing on areas that will improve the patient flow and

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