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Hello,

I am a clinic educator who supports several specialty clinics.  We are currently reviewing our screening questions that are asked during every patient appointment.  We are wondering if we are obligated to ask these screening question during every visit, or could we ask them at different intervals, for example, maybe every other visit or every 6 months, etc.. Patients who have frequent appointments voice their irritation at answering the questions at every visit. 

The screenings include:  travel and exposure, learning readiness, abuse/neglect, fall, nutrition, and sometimes PHQ. 

How often do your clinics ask these screening question?

Thank you,

Barbara De Leon, MSHA, BSN, RN

Education Coordinator

Dodson Speciality Clinics

Cook Children's Medical Center

901 7^th Ave.

Fort Worth, TX. 76104

682-885-1402

Hello,

I am a clinic educator who supports several specialty clinics.  We are currently reviewing our screening questions that are asked during every patient appointment.  We are wondering if we are obligated to ask these screening question during every visit, or could we ask them at different intervals, for example, maybe every other visit or every 6 months, etc.. Patients who have frequent appointments voice their irritation at answering the questions at every visit. 

The screenings include:  travel and exposure, learning readiness, abuse/neglect, fall, nutrition, and sometimes PHQ. 

How often do your clinics ask these screening question?

Thank you,

Barbara De Leon, MSHA, BSN, RN

Education Coordinator

Dodson Speciality Clinics

Cook Children's Medical Center

901 7^th Ave.

Fort Worth, TX. 76104

682-885-1402