Patient abandonment definition
Patient abandonment means withdrawing a patient from treatment without giving reasonable notice or providing a competent replacement provider.
Patient abandonment means a termination of the provider/patient relationship at a time when a continuous level of care is needed. Patient abandonment does not occur when a scene is unsecured, deteriorates or becomes too dangerous for the emergency medical care provider to safely function. Patient abandonment does not occur when patient care is transferred to another emergency medical care provider following assessment or triage.
Patient abandonment means withdrawing a patient fromtreatment without giving reasonable notice or providing a competent replacement provider.
More Definitions of Patient abandonment
Patient abandonment means the termination of a health care physician-patient relationship without the assurance that an equal or higher level of care meeting the assessed needs of the patient’s condition is present and available.