Question

One of the responsibilities of the medical administrator is handling, sorting, and distributing the mail .

• Identify four kinds of mails that may be received at a typical medical office.
• Identify how to manage the privacy of incoming mail (electronic and paper).
• Identify steps for handling all type of mail marked urgent.
• Identify system(s) that should be created to ensure all mail is properly distributed.

Answer 1

There are different types of mail received in a medical office like

*E -mail

*Voice mail

*Fax mail

*Formal mail

Maintenance of privacy of incoming mail is very important aspect in health care sector to protect patient and staff details confidentially like

* Access to mail should be under administration department and IT department in exchanging mail .If the record is paper form it should be kept confidential in medical record department.

Some of the steps for handling all type of mail marked urgent by giving priority

Web security system could help to ensure all the mail is properly distributed to the concerned department and individual.

answered by: anonymous