You are the MOA in a busy family practice. The following calls come in to your office. For each situation, respond in the most appropriate manner. How would you handle each call?  If it is for your physician, do you put the call through? Do you take a message? Can you handle the call yourself? Provide a brief explanation for each example. “Hi, I am wanting to have my prescription for Valium refilled by the doctor. Could he just phone it in to my pharmacy?”

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Scenario: You are the MOA in a busy family practice. The following calls come in to your office. For each situation, respond in the most appropriate manner. How would you handle each call?  If it is for your physician, do you put the call through? Do you take a message? Can you handle the call yourself? Provide a brief explanation for each example.

“Hi, I am wanting to have my prescription for Valium refilled by the doctor. Could he just phone it in to my pharmacy?”

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