Cassie Maxwell, CPNP Donna Weldon, Medical Assistant Melanie McHan, Medical Assistant Mary Dinkins, Medical Assistant Amber Aycock, Research Assistant Kristi Burroughs, Reseasrch Assistant Darla Scroggins, Receptionist Brandi Blankenship, Receptionist Mary Rose Watson, Office Manager
Using Online Consultation
Online ConsultationTM (Description) This
service, for established patients, is available to obtain the
individualized medical advice you need without having to come into the
office. Obviously this only works for information sharing, not
diagnosis and treatment.
Access is available through
registration on this site. After registering the office will confirm
that you are an established patient and then activate your Online
Consultation privileges. This process should take no more than one
business day. You will receive an email confirmation when your
registration is "active." You will also be presented with a "Terms of
Service" agreement, which explains your responsibilities and my
responsibilities regarding online communication. Once you have accepted
this agreement, you will have access to the secure messaging service
and can request personalized medical advice online. Just log in and
follow the directions.
There may be a fee of $30 for using
Online Consultation, which will be charged to your credit card if I
determine that your question can be adequately addressed online and
provide a response. If I feel that the topic can NOT be adequately
addressed in this manner, you will receive a reply to that effect, and
your credit card will NOT be charged.
The difference between
this service and regular email is that this is secure and encrypted
communication that conforms to the new Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) that was signed into law on August 21, 1996
and went into effect in April 2003. Among other things, the law
encourages the development of a health information system through the
establishment of regulations and requirements for the confidential and
secure electronic transmission of certain health information.
Using
this system to communicate with me means that your email message is
deposited behind a confidential "firewall" where my e-mail reply to you
is also deposited.
Clinical Research
Amber Aycock - Clinical Research Coordinator Kristi Burroughs - Clinical Research Coordinator
You
may call 318-742-6711 (ext 120) to speak to one of our coordinators
during office hours or leave a voice mail after hours or on the weekend.
Nurse Practitioner
Nurse
Practitioner training includes: Four years of classroom and clinical
nursing skills to obtain Batchelor of Science degree in Nursing. Two
more years of classroom and clinical skills to obtain a Masters degree
for an Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner degree.
