A 67-year-old man was admitted to the hospital at 2:40 p.m. under the care of an internal medicine physician. The patient had a history of abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting for several days. The internal medicine physician wrote admission orders with a diagnosis of acute pyelonephritis. He ordered a gastroenterology consult and a CT scan of the abdomen to rule out kidney stones. He also ordered a full liquid diet for the patient. The physician had not seen or evaluated the patient when these admission orders were written.
Physicians now need to inform patients of the risks and hazards of anesthesia and/or perioperative pain management
(analgesia) and obtain their signed consent for these procedures.
TMDP also adopted new rules (TAC Section 601) that revise medical care and treatments found on List A
(treatments and procedures requiring full disclosure of specific risks and hazards) and List B (treatments
and procedures requiring no disclosure of specific risks and hazards).
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