ITHS Chapter 2 Flashcards
CHAPTER 2
What career pathway ensures that medical records contain accurate information?
Health informatic services
What type of healthcare workers assemble and organize a patient’s health information to create a medical record?
Health Information management workers
Why do medical records often include the patient’s family medical history?
some health concerns are genetic
What do medical records contain to connect a patient to the correct record?
personal identifying information.
What are people who work in the field of health information management called?
health information technicians
What are written records of career planning and perparation called?
a career portfolio
What is the legally protected right of patient’s to have their personal and medical information privated called?
confidentiality
What are skills related to choosing a career, aquiring and keeping a job, changing job and advancing in careers known as?
employability skills
What are career pathways that involve methods, devices, resources to store biomedical healthcare knwon as ?
health informatics services
What career and techincal student organziation is for future healthcare workers?
HOSA- Future Heatlh Professionals
What is a individual’s unique combination of qualities and charcteristics known as?
personal traits
What are the standards of apperance expected in a work environment known as?
professional look
What is the ability to perform tasks in a specific healthcare department?
technical skill
What are people who work in the field of health information management known as?
health information technicians
What is the most common educational requirement for a health information technician?
a 2- year associate’s degree
Which health information tecnicians used to type medical records based on a physician’s verbal recording?
A medical transcriptionist
Which health information technicians manages a patient’e health information and medical records?
A Registered Health Information Adminstrator (RHIA)
Which health information technician ensures that medical records are accurate and in the correct format?
A Registered Health Information Technician (RHIA)
Which health information technician qualified to code in both hospitals and physician practices?
A Certified Coding Associate (CCA)
Which health information technician is skilled in coding patient medical record datat in a hospital setting?
A Certified Coding Specialist (CCS)
Whose job is it to now correct errors made by speech recognition software?
A Speech recognition editiors
Which workers in health informatics design and develop information systems that improve the quality and effectivness of patient care?
Health informatics (HI)
What is based on physician research and is of interest to medical students?
Medical informatic or bioinformatics
