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Loan L. Nguyen, M.D.,FAAC
Michael D. Barry, D.O.,FACC
Carey Baugh, NP-BC Julia France, NP-BC
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Dear Patient,
We welcome you to the Accredited Cardiology practice. If you are a new patient,
we hope that you will ultimately be found free of any significant cardiovascular
disease. On the other hand, for those patients with cardiovascular disease who need
to be followed over time, we would like you to be aware of certain practice philosophies
and policies. Our self perceived mission is to reasonably minimize our patients’
future risk of avoidable stroke, avoidable myocardial infarction, and an untimely
heart related death. However, the success of the mutually agreed upon management
plan is contingent on patient compliance, mutual trust, as well as the patient periodically
re-presenting him/herself for re-evaluation. We fully recognize the patients’ inherent
right to hold our practice accountable for their cardiovascular healthcare. We also
recognize and respect the patient’s right to ask questions, gather information,
offer reasonable objections to suggested diagnostic testing and therapies as well
as to inquire into alternatives. We, however, reserve the right to terminate the
patient-provider relationship in cases where we feel the patient is noncompliant,
self-destructive (e.g. tobacco and/or alcohol abuse etc.), and/or engages in verbally
abusive or irrational behavior. Mutual trust is the foundation of a successful patient-provider
relationship and if this trust is compromised, then that relationship cannot be
effective.
If the decision to terminate is made, the patient will generally be notified by
both certified and regular mail; the family doctor will be notified by regular mail
as well. In most circumstances, we will continue to provide the patient with emergency
cardiovascular health services and prescription refills for a period of 30 days
beyond their receipt of the certified letter. Beyond that, it is the patient’s responsibility
to establish care with an alternative cardiologist. We also reserve the right to
decline re-establishing the patient-provider relationship with those patients who
have not presented themselves for re-evaluation in greater than one year or with
patients who have established care with alternative cardiologists in the interim,
although exceptions may occur.
In regards to new patients, please be aware the physician-patient relationship is
established once you have been evaluated by one of our contracted providers, either
in the hospital or in one of our offices; merely calling for or having a future
appointment does not establish you as a patient of Accredited Cardiology.
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Michael D. Barry, DO, FACC
Loan Nguyen, MD, FAAC
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