Sally Jones Presents to the Department (ED) with Lower-Left Abdominal

Multiple Choice

Sally Jones presents to the department (ED) with lower-left abdominal pain. The ED physician asks the ED clerk to determine if the patient was previously seen in the facility. The quickest way for the ED clerk to obtain this information is to reference the

A) disease index.
B) ED log.
C) master patient index.
D) patient's record.