Week 2 Chapter 12

Question 1

Which of the following is not an acceptable method of reassuring patients and other staff members about EHR confidentiality and security

Answer 1

Show patients that anyone can view their medical information

Question 2

When information such as the result of a laboratory test is entered into a patient’s EHR the information is available for viewing

Answer 2

Immediately

Question 3

At the provider’s request Tony is attempting to enter prescription for miss Johnson for her high blood pressure the EHR system keeps reporting an error: incompatible medication what might this mean and what should Tony do about it

Answer 3

Miss Johnson is either allergic to the medication or is taking another medication that interacts with it Tony should consult with the health care provider

Question 4

Which of the following is a disadvantage of using an electronic scheduler

Answer 4

If the computer is down the day schedule is not accessible

Question 5

Many offices and EHR systems today allow patients to access and interact with certain parts of their EHR by providing a patient_to the system

Answer 5

Portal

Question 6

Which of the following is not an advantage of the integration of Achillary programs for labs and other diagnostic and therapeutic services with an EHR system

Answer 6

Patients do not have to wait as long for labs or diagnostic appointments

Question 7

In this morning’s monthly financial status meeting the office manager asked Sheryl for analysis of how much revenue is generated by each of several procedures that are commonly performed in the medical office to accomplish this in the most accurate and efficient manner Sheryl should

Answer 7

Use the EHR software’s report generator

Question 8

Common abbreviations are often used in the electronic health records what does the abbreviation SX stand for

Answer 8

Symptoms

Question 9

Which of the following is Mandated stage 2 of “meaningful use” of EHR’s for medicaid and medicare patients

Answer 9

Sending and receiving clinical information electronically

Question 10

The access codes that allow users to enter patient’s records in an EHR system insert an __in the medical record so that the office administration can tell who is accessing each medical record

Answer 10

A date and time stamp

Question 11

How often should passwords be changed in the EHR system

Answer 11

As directed by the health care facility policies

Question 12

Which of the following is a true statement about the patient’s personal health record

Answer 12

PHR may be stored and maintained on secure Internet sites

Question 13

The greatest concern of electronic health record is

Answer 13

Protecting the confidentiality of patient records

Question 14

Which of the following is an advantage of EHRs

Answer 14

Legibility of records

Question 15

In order to find patient demographic information you could ask the EHR report generator to create any of the following reports except

Answer 15

Aging

Question 16

Angie is a new patient at doctor Vander’s office she has an ear infection and the practitioner is prescribing an antibiotic the medical office uses EHR system and wants to transmit her prescription directly to angie’s pharmacy she filled out the standard patient information sheet but unfortunately she cannot remember the name or phone number of her pharmacy what should doctor Vander’s office do

Answer 16

Print the prescription from the EHR software

Question 17

Which of the following was not a reason for development and promotion of electronic medical records

Answer 17

Increasing age of the general population

Question 18

Which stage of “meaningful use” of EHR’s for medicare and medicaid patients include documenting the percentage of visits, diagnosis, prescriptions, immunizations and other patient health information electronically

Answer 18

Stage one

Question 19

If an EHR coding software detects a change that does not match a diagnosis code, it may

Answer 19

Produce a flag to alert the medical office

Question 20

Which of the following is not likely to be a required field in your EHR software’s form to be completed for each new patient

Answer 20

Patient driver’s license

Question 21

In order to find out which patients are not paying their office claims and statements promptly you could ask the EHR report generator to create an_report

Answer 21

Aging

Question 22

A patient personal health record is owned by the

Answer 22

Patient

Question 23

What percentage of the U.S gross national product is accounted for by health care costs

Answer 23

17.8%

Question 24

Like the rest of the office staff Berry is still learning how to use the new EHR system installed in the medical office he is with a patient as and is attempting to document the patients Chief complaint in the EHR system but he cannot get the system to accept the information what should Berry do

Answer 24

Document the patient’s chief complaint on paper and enter it later into the EHR system

Question 25

Which of the following is a disadvantage of using an electronic scheduler

Answer 25

If the computer is down the day schedule is not accessible