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A physician is your doctor.
In the United States, the Social Security Act, the Office of Inspector General, JCAHO, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services all define a physician as being one of the following 5 health care providers:
- A Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) (medical physicians)
- A Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM)
- A Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS or DMD)
- A Doctor of Optometry (OD)
- A Doctor of Chiropractic (DC)
In other countries your medical physician may hold different titles. Outside of the United States your physician may be a Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery (MBCHb, or MBBS).
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∙ 15y agoA physician, medical practitioner or medical doctor practices medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease and injury. This is accomplished through a detailed knowledge of anatomy, physiology, diseases and treatment - the science of medicine - and its applied practice - the art or craft of medicine.
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What is the definition of a attending physician?
An Attending Physician is in charge of a particular patient's care and treatment. He/she is responsible for directing all care. In the USA, the attending physician is the same as your Primary Care Physician. However, in the US, many doctors have separated from having hospital privileges. They contract with a particular hospital physician or group of physicians to care for the attending's patients who are hospitalized. When the patient is discharged, the attending is again in charge of that patient's care (unless the two leave each other).
What do attending physicians make?
Your answer depends completely on where the attending physician works, the geography, the type of practice and specialty involved.
What is the difference between an attending physician and an admitting physician.?
Residency is a stage of graduate medical training. A resident physician or resident (also called a house officer / senior house officer in the United Kingdom and several Commonwealth countries) is a person who has received a medical degree (MD, DO, MBBS, MBChB) and who practices medicine under the supervision of fully licensed physicians, usually in a hospital or clinic. In the United States, an attending physician (also known as an attending, or staff physician) is a physician who has completed residency and practices medicine in a clinic or hospital, in the specialty learned during residency. An attending physician can supervise fellows, residents and medical students. Attending physicians may also have an academic title at an affiliated university such as "professor"
Can a physician report test results only through the requsting physician for example an xray report?
If the attending physician ordered the tests, the results may be delivered only to him.
What does aps stand for in reference to an insurance policy?
It stands for Attending Physician's Statement
Does the actual attending physician sign death certificate?
Je ne sais pas
What is the protocol to follow on receiving a request for an attending physician's statement from an insurance company on a patient who has applied for health insurance?
You will need to check with the HIPAA policy to see what is allowed. You may then be able to get the notification from the physician.
Who was Edgar Allan Poe's doctor when he died?
Dr. John J. Moran was the attending physician at Edgar Allan Poe's death.
What is the annual salary in Jamaica for a doctor?
The annual salary for a doctor in Jamaica varies greatly and depends on their specialty and where they work and their experience. A resident physician averages $60,523 a year, and an attending physician makes about $165,500 a year.
How do you know when someone is in their last few days of liver cancer?
If the cancer patient is a spouse or minor child you should address your concern/questions to the attending physician. Otherwise a physician would not likely divulge that confidence.
What is the lowest o2 saturation level for an ambulance transport?
There is no minimum by law. When transferring from a hospital, it is determined by the attending physician as to if he is comfortable with transporting the patient.
What do you need to become a doctor in the states?
a 4 year degree and med school and a meical licence...as well as a internship, residency and then you are an attending physician
