Week 2 Chapter 12 Flashcards
Which of the following is not an acceptable method of reassuring patients and other staff members about EHR confidentiality and security
Show patients that anyone can view their medical information
When information such as the result of a laboratory test is entered into a patient’s EHR the information is available for viewing
Immediately
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
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
Which of the following is a disadvantage of using an electronic scheduler
If the computer is down the day schedule is not accessible
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
Portal
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
Patients do not have to wait as long for labs or diagnostic appointments
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
Use the EHR software’s report generator
Common abbreviations are often used in the electronic health records what does the abbreviation SX stand for
Symptoms
Which of the following is Mandated stage 2 of “meaningful use” of EHR’s for medicaid and medicare patients
Sending and receiving clinical information electronically
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
A date and time stamp
How often should passwords be changed in the EHR system
As directed by the health care facility policies
Which of the following is a true statement about the patient’s personal health record
PHR may be stored and maintained on secure Internet sites
The greatest concern of electronic health record is
Protecting the confidentiality of patient records
Which of the following is an advantage of EHRs
Legibility of records
In order to find patient demographic information you could ask the EHR report generator to create any of the following reports except
Aging
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
Print the prescription from the EHR software
Which of the following was not a reason for development and promotion of electronic medical records
Increasing age of the general population
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
Stage one
If an EHR coding software detects a change that does not match a diagnosis code, it may
Produce a flag to alert the medical office
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
Patient driver’s license
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
Aging
A patient personal health record is owned by the
Patient
What percentage of the U.S gross national product is accounted for by health care costs
17.8%
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
Document the patient’s chief complaint on paper and enter it later into the EHR system
Which of the following is a disadvantage of using an electronic scheduler
If the computer is down the day schedule is not accessible
