The Department of Health and Aged Care (DHAC) is conducting an early intervention compliance activity (‘targeted compliance’) focused on MBS urgent after-hours attendance items 585, 588, 591, 599 and 600
Most patients come to see you for the benefit of your clinical expertise – but what happens when a patient comes in with a shopping list of referrals, or perhaps asks you to provide clinical care that may be unsafe?
Good, clear communication is the most effective way to avoid misunderstandings in the doctor–patient relationship. A doctor must only conduct a physical examination of a patient when it is clinically indicated, and with the patient’s informed consent.
