Patient contact definition

Patient contact means contacting patients based on collected Registry data.
Patient contact means time spent with a patient to do assessments, individual or group counseling, or education.
Patient contact means providing a patient with treatment, observation, comfort, direct assistance, bedside evaluations, office evaluations, and any other action that involves or allows direct physical contact with the patient.

Examples of Patient contact in a sentence

  • If a newly employed staff or volunteer has had a documented negative TST or a BAMT result within the previous twelve (12) months, a single TST (or the single BAMT) can be administered and read to serve as the baseline prior to Patient contact.

  • Patient contact will be determined by the sponsoring surgeon and will conform to the regulations and licensing requirements of the state, province, or country in which he/she is studying.A candidate should have completed his/her formal training in general surgery and in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, but he/she should not have reached a senior position.

  • Patient contact information will be collected in secure electronic documents only accessible to the PI and study team.

  • All Opioid Treatment Programs shall provide opioid Medication treatment training to all Staff and Volunteers prior to Patient contact and at a frequency as determined by the Facility, but at least annually.

  • All Residential Facilities shall provide the following training to all Staff and Volunteers prior to Patient contact and at a frequency as determined by the Facility, but at least annually: 1.


More Definitions of Patient contact

Patient contact means a contact by an EMT with a person who is sick or injured in which the EMT performs at least one of the following:
Patient contact means an admission, consultation, procedure, response to emergency call, evaluation, treatment, or service performed in any facility operated by the Hospital or affiliate, including outpatient facilities. The number of patient contacts during a term of appointment will be based on each unique patient encounter (i.e., multiple consulting on the same patient during the same admission is a single patient contact).
Patient contact means any admission, consultation, procedure, response to emergency call, evaluation, treatment, or service performed in any facility operated by the Hospital.
Patient contact means an admission, an on-site consultation (including radiology or pathology consultations), or a surgery or procedure furnished at one or more of the Hospitals. A Medical Staff Self-Governance Contact is also counted as a Patient Contact, except as noted below for Affiliate Staff Category. A Virtual Health Service is not counted as a Patient Contact.
Patient contact means working within six (6) feel of the patient, or entering a small enclosed airspace shared with the patient (e.g. average patient room).
Patient contact means contacting patients based on collected Registry data. "Patient-identifying information" means any information or collection or grouping
Patient contact means any inpatient admission, inpatient consultation, inpatient or outpatient referral or inpatient or outpatient procedure performed in the Hospital.