Chapter 11 Flashcards

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-Medical records should include the following general information about the patient

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  • Address and phone number
  • Occupation
  • Medical history
  • Current complain or condition
  • Healthcare needs
  • Treatment plan or services
    -Radiology and lab reports
  • Response care
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If information is not documented______

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no one can prove that an event or a procedure took place.

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What is documentation?

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Is the process of recording information in the medical

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What is the term noncompliant?

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Is the medical term used to describe when the patient is not following the medical advice

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What happen when there is inappropriate or inaccurately in a patient’s medical record in a court of law?

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The practitioner also will be held responsible for that action

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Patient medical records are frequently used to evaluate the quality of care and treatment a facility or specific physician provides.

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Quality of Care

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Team may be testing a new antihypertensive drug with volunteers who fit a certain medical category perhaps males between the ages of 45 and 54

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Medical Research

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What is the second part of the registration process?

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The patient past medical history
- Illness, Surgeries, known allergies, and current medication, family history, social history and occupational.

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Patient medical history is also know

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As the history of present illness or HPI.

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What is the review of system ?

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Is an inventory of the body obtained by the healthcare provider through a series of questions.

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What the purpose of review of systems?

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To identify any signs or symptoms the patient is experiencing that reveal information about an illness or condition.

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What is the hospital discharge summary?

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The reason the patient entered the hospital

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What include in the hospital discharge:

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  • Date of admission
  • History of present illness
  • Date of discharge
  • Admitting diagnosis
  • Surgeries or procedures
  • Complications
  • Patient instructions for follow up
  • Discharging physician’s signature
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What is a consent form?

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Is a signed informed consents must be obtained when any procedure is being performed on a patient.

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Dating and Initialing you should

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must be careful not only to date everything you put into the patient chart but also to initial each entry.

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Patient information is arranged within the medical record according to the provider type supplying the data.

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Source-oriented medical record (SOMR)

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What includes SOMR?

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Includes areas for data from the patient treating provider, specialist, labs, hospitals or other locations to document in the record

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One way to overcome the disadvantages of the source-oriented approach is to use the

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problem-oriented medical record (POMR)

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Includes a record of the patients past medical history; information gained in the initial interview with the patient.

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Each condition or diagnosis a patient has is listed seperately and given its own number, including the date onset.

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Problem List

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Signs are

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objective or external

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Symptoms are

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subjective or internal

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Each problem should have a

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detailed educational, diagnostic, and treatment summary in the record

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Are entered for each problem listed in the initial record.

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Progress note

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What stand each letter in SOAP?
S - Subjective data from the patient O - Objective data come from the practitioner, examination A - Assessment is the diagnosis or impressions P - Plan of action treatment options
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Cheddar stand for:
-C: Chief complaint -H: History past medical history -E: Examination -D: Details of problem and complaints -D: Drug and dosage -A: Assessment of diagnostic process -R: Return of visit
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Every time a patient has has an X-ray or lab test or a letter arrives from a specialist order should be
inserted into the medical record and always in reverse chronological order which means the most current result will always be on the top
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1- Client's word
Be careful to record the patient exact words rather than your interpretation of them
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2- Clarity
Use precise description and accepted medical terminology when describing a patients condition
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3- Completeness
Fill out completely all the forms used in the patient record
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4- Concisness
While striving for clarity also be concise or brief and to the point
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5- Chronological order
All entries must be dated to show the order in which they are made
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6- Confidentiality
Always remember that the information from the patient should be confidential
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Means transforming spoken notes into accurate written form
Transcription
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The healthcare provider must be able to trust the _______ of the information in the medical records.
Accuracy
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What is the proper way to correct a mistake in a medical record?
Draw a single line through the error, making sure that the original entry is still legible.
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If there is not enough room near the error to make full correction make
make a notation near the error as to where in the chart the correction may be found. and note the date and reason for the correction and initial the completed correction
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Steps for realizing medical information
1- Obtain a signed and newly dated release from the patient 2- Make photocopies of the material 3- Call the recipient to confirm that all materials were received.
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The a audit a record means
a records means to examine and a review a group of patient records for completeness and accuracy
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What is internal audits?
The medical staff can perform internal audits.
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What is external audits?
Government entities managed care organizations and private insurance carriers perform external audits.