Tuesday test

Question 1

MA’s must make the patients feel more comfortable with EMR’s

Answer 1

A medical assistant should educate patients about the benefits of EMRs who seem uncomfortable with it, even if it requires more time to do so

Question 2

Your mother as a patient

Answer 2

Explain to your mother that only the physician can share her test results with her and that it would be a violation of policy to access her medical record without proper authority

Question 3

EMR to avoid making errors

Answer 3

The EMR software usually has a built-in safeguard mechanism that alerts the prescribing physician to any contradicting medications that a particular patient might be asking this avoiding giving the patient meds that may cause them harm

Question 4

List five things documented in the EMR

Answer 4

1. ) Timestamps on recordings
2. ) Prescriptions printed or faxed to pharmacy.
3. ) Patient education information given to the patient
4. ) Digital photos of the patient
5. ) Patient condition

Question 5

EMR’s make information confidential

Answer 5

EMR requires all users to have their own passwords to access patient medical records. This makes it possible for the software to track every entry or deletion and who made it, helping to keep patient information secure.

Question 6

X-rays

Answer 6

• In a paper based system, physician must review the paper medical chart along side the physical x-ray.
• In an EMR the physician may view the x-ray within the EMR, from any computer terminal with the facility

Question 7

Paper based EMR

Answer 7

• The conversion from paper to EMR format is typically done over a period of time
• Some medical offices use a scanner to scan documents from the patients paper medical record to the electronic record.

Question 8

EMR’s gaining momentum in the 2000s

Answer 8

This is due to greater understanding of technology and a desire to make healthcare safer and allow for efficient team communication.

Question 10

Medical offices that have converted

Answer 10

And office using in EMR should either shred or store any paper documents that are related to patients once they have entered the info into the EMR.

Question 10

Participating in training

Answer 10

All members of the medical office, from MA’s, to nurses, and physicians, should participate in training on the EMR