A Physician Has a Private Practice Employing a Physician Assistant

question 28

Multiple Choice

A physician has a private practice employing a physician assistant, a nurse, and a medical assistant. The physician also has hospital privileges at a nearby facility. Who owns the medical records generated by both and him and the staff at the practice?

• A) the public health department
• B) the physician assistant if he or she treated the patient
• C) the hospital
• D) the insurance company paying the bills
• E) the physician

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Definitions:

B Data

B Data typically refers to behavioral data, which encompasses any information collected about the behaviors of an individual or group, often used in psychological research.

Electronically Activated Recorder

A research tool used in psychology to collect audio samples from participants' environments to analyze verbal interactions and behaviors in natural settings.

B Data

Behavioral data, which includes observations of an individual's behavior in natural or controlled settings.

Causal Effect

The influence that one variable has in directly changing or affecting another variable.