MEDICAL RECORDS

Question 1

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) 1996

Answer 1

• Facilitate health insurance reform
• Implement standards for the transfer of health data
• Protect the privacy of healthcare consumers

Question 2

symptom

Answer 2

• subjective
• can only be described by the person feeling the symptom
• ex: pain, dizziness, numbness, lightheadedness, fatigue, ringing in ears

Question 3

sign

Answer 3

• objective
• can be observed by someone other than the individual affected
• ex: grimacing, pallor, sweating, difficulty breathing, blue lips/fingers, weight changes

Question 4

acute

Answer 4

referring to a disease of sudden onset and brief course

Question 5

chronic

Answer 5

referring to a persistent disease or illness

Question 6

etiology

Answer 6

study of cause of disease

Question 7

exacerbation

Answer 7

an increase in the severity of a disease or symptoms