Advance Directives and Bedside Registration

This course describes the types of advance directives and explains the role of the registrar in identifying the existence of advance directives and processing such directives when they exist. It describes the specific challenges involved in registering patients at the bedside and discusses express or mini registrations, as well as “Jane/John Doe” registrations. This course explains how patient access staff should interact with emergency patients to avoiding violating the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA). Estimated course completion time: 1.5 hours