Chapter 4 Flashcards
Patient Record
The business record for a patient encounter, contains documentation of health care services provided to a patient, includes demographic data, documentation to support, diagnosis, justify treatment, and records results
Demographic Data
Patient identification information collected according to facility police and includes the patient’s name, dob, ss#, place of birth, mother’s maiden name, facility name, mailing address and telephone #
MRI
Medical Record Institute
Information Capture
the process of recording representations of human thought, perceptions, or action in documenting patient care.
Report Generation
The construction of a health care document
Medical Transcription
Involves keyboarding medical information dictated by a provider into a system that stores a dictation on tape or using computer media such as a heard drive or disc.
Medical Trascriptionist
Certified through the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI. Listens to the dictated information and keyboards the report.
Speech Recognition Software
AKA Voice Recognition Software. Translates the spoken word into text.
Voice Recognition Software
AKA Speech Recognition Software. Translates the spoken word into text.
Purpose of the Patient Record
According to the Joint Commission the purpose is to identify the patient, support and justify the patient diagnosis, care, treatment, and services provided, and facilitate continuity of care among healthcare providers.
Secondary Purposes for the Patient Record
Do not relate directly to the patient care and include evaluating quality, providing info to 3rd party payers (insurance co) for reimbursement, serving interests of the patient, facility, and providers of care, and providing data for use in clinical research, studies, education, public policy making, facilities planning, and healthcare statistics.
Ownership of the Medical Record
The medical record is the property of the provider, and as governed by state and federal laws, the patient has rights access the contents for review and to request that inaccurate info be amended. The provider owns the documents and maintains possession of the original record according to federal regulations. (ie Mediate, State Laws, etc. The provider may maintain the record on its premises or on an offsite storage facility.
Electronic Health Care Record (EHR)
AKA Electronic Medical Records (previously computer based patient records.)
Electronic Medical Record
AKA Electronic Healthcare Record
Hospital Inpatient Record
Documents the care and treatment received by a patient admitted to the hospital.
Administrative Data
Includes demographic, socioeconomic, and financial information.
Clinical Data
Includes all the patient health information obtained throughout the treatment and care of the patient, treating the patient
Hospital Outpatient Record
AKA: Hospital Ambulatory Record. Documents services received by a patient who has not been admitted to the hospital, such as labs, x-rays, ER services, and outpatient surgery.
Hospital Ambulatory Record
AKA: Hospital Outpatient Record
Physician Office Record
Patient healthcare services received in a physician’s office.
Alternate Care Clinical Data
Ambulatory, Behavioral Health, Clinical Lab, Home Care, Long Term Care, Surgical Centers (Stand Alone)
Joint Commission RC.01.02.01
Only authorized individuals can makes entries in the medical record. Entries are authenticated by the author For counter signatures hospitals must define the types of entries in the medical record made by nonindependent practitioners that require countersigning (ie. Dr and Intern).
“If it wasn’t documented, it wasn’t done.”
If it isn’t documented the patient or 3rd party rep can refuse to pay, cannot be admitted as evidence in court.
Authentication
Means an entry is signed by the author. ONLY the author of an entry can authenticate the entry, thus establishing accuracy and verification. (Federal Regulations/Interpretive Guidelines for Hospitals (482.24(c)((1)(i) published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
Auto-Authentication
Involves a provider authenticating a dictated report prior to its transcription.
Signatures
Minimum 1st initial and last name, title/credentials, or discipline. If two providers have the same last name and 1st initial full 1st name is required.
Countersignature
a form of authentication by an individual in addition to the signature by the original author. (ie. Dr signs in addition to intern…)