Study Guide Flashcards
The progress note includes such
Details as the physical exam and the history of present illness
Moving to an electronic health record lessens the need for
Many office supplies used to house records, such as Folders and clips for each file
Because of the immediate availability of data about each patient, medication errors have
Decreased with the use of EHR
The 1st step of the information chain in electronic system is
Before any information can be documented, the patient must 1st make an appointment.
EHR clinic is a combined
Practice management EHR software
A patient’s age is not
Clinical information
Before making an appointment, the receptionist needs to know the condition or symptoms for which the patient is being seen before determining
The amount of time allotted for each appointment
The health information management and information technology departments are
Closely related
Registered health information administrator (RHIA) professionals have the education and background necessary to hold positions such as
Cancer registrar, privacy officer, software analyst, or compliance officer
Protected health information is any information, such as
Name, address, phone number, or medical information, that identifies the patient
Registration that takes place from the same department or area as known as
centralized or (central) registration
Regardless of the number of times the patient is seen, he/she is entered only
One time in the MPI
The name of the form should be related to its purpose, such as
“patient history” or” physical exam”
Commonly, the box in which electronic data is entered is known as
A field
A review of Systems is the
Collection of subjective symptoms related to a patient’s body systems
Blood pressure is an objective finding it would not be included in the
History of the present illness
A person hired to manually record a physician’s recorded spoken words is known as a
Transcriptionist
The review of systems will cover the information
Documented on a medical history form