The appropriate way to maintain patient confidentiality is to ________.

A. tell the patient you cannot take confidential information over the telephone
B. repeat the information over the phone to make sure that you understood it correctly
C. put the message in a file folder marked "Confidential" and place the folder on the physician's desk
D. tell the physician the information in the hallway between patients
E. leave a confidential message on the physician's desk for his attention

Answer: C

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