Chapter 1 Acronym Drill

Question 1

Healthcare providers depend on ______ for timely accurate information being available in the computer systems to make decisions on how to treat patients’ afflictions.

Answer 1

HIT

Question 2

The ______ Act regulates how ______ interacts with third parties and requires healthcare facilities to move toward electronic solutions to store patient data and no longer use paper forms and charts for retaining patient records.

Answer 2

HITECH, HIS

Question 3

A patient’s ______ is a collection of all patient information about a patient from all visits to a particular hospital. A patient’s ______ is a collection of all patient information about a patient from all visits to any hospital.

Answer 3

EMR, EHR

Question 4

An X-ray, ______ and ______ are examples of medical imaging created in the Radiology department.

Answer 4

MRI, CT

Question 5

A ______ is a secure and private network of computers through the Internet.

Answer 5

VPN