The appropriate way to maintain patient confidentiality is to ____.

A) repeat the information over the phone to make sure that you understood it correctly
B) leave a confidential message on the physician's desk for his attention
C) tell the physician the information in the hallway between patients
D) put the message in a file folder marked "Confidential" and place the folder on the physician's desk
E) tell the patient you cannot take confidential information over the telephone

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Alexix Alonzo · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : D, Explanation :  Leaving a message in a file folder marked Confidential on the physician's desk ensures that the information is kept private and is only accessed by the intended recipient, maintaining patient confidentiality.

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