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COMPLETE SOLUTIONS.
EMR - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- electronic version of the client data found
in the traditional medical record
Basic Components of the EMR - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- clinical
messaging & email, data repository, and clinical documentation
Multidisciplinary Team Terminology - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
(SNOMED-CT) Systematized Nomenclature of Human and Veterinary
Medicine Clinical Terms- clinical terms covering nursing, medicine, & allied
health
Standardized Terminology Supports - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Data
Mining
PHR - Private Health Record - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Lifetime health
record, supplied by ind., healthcare providers, pharmacies, therapist, lab
test, - Controlled by the consumer,
E-Sign - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Same legal status as a hand written
signature
MIPPA - Medicare Improvement for Patients & Providers Act provides -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- financial incentive for e-prescribing to providers
,HIPPA provides - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- legal protection for personal
health info, set standards for elect. data interchange of claims data, named
specific code sets for use in Medicare related transactions, & Privacy
ARRA provides - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- provide funds for adoption of
technology & provides the right for every individual to receive and
electronic copy of EHR
HITECH provides - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- strengthened HIPPA
security & privacy protection, & provides financial incentive for the user of
EHR
EMR -electronic medical record provides - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
Legal record often restricted to a Single episode of care , building block of
EHR,
EHR- Electronic Health Record is - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Longitudinal
record that includes client data, demographics, clinician notes, medications,
diagnostics.
- Major driver for US Adoption are "Meaningful Use" financial incentives
from HITECH part of ARRA
Affordable Care Act provides - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- guarantee
access to healthcare, encourage PCP,
Data is - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- collection of #, characters, or facts
(body weight- 128lb), little meaning alone
, Information is - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Collection of data examined for
patterns or structure that can be interpreted. ex notes prior BP and informs
doc
Knowledge is - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Synthesis of info from several
sources to produce a single concept or idea, ex read a journal about BP
Computer Technology is - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- collection of data for
analysis, which can be used to justify the efficacy of particular interventions
& improve quality of care
HIS HEalthcare Information System is - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
Administrative System + Clinical Information System,
Clinical Systems include: order entry, radiology, pharmacy, physician
management system
Adm system : non clinical, demographics, scheduling, risk mgmt, decision
support,
Administrative System includes these functions - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔- Managing nonclinical, client-related information (demographics, codes
for procedures, & Insurance
Hippa - Compliant Codes inlcude - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- (ICD)
International Classification of Disease, Common Procedural Terms, (ABC)
Alternative Billing Codes,
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS.
EMR - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- electronic version of the client data found
in the traditional medical record
Basic Components of the EMR - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- clinical
messaging & email, data repository, and clinical documentation
Multidisciplinary Team Terminology - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
(SNOMED-CT) Systematized Nomenclature of Human and Veterinary
Medicine Clinical Terms- clinical terms covering nursing, medicine, & allied
health
Standardized Terminology Supports - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Data
Mining
PHR - Private Health Record - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Lifetime health
record, supplied by ind., healthcare providers, pharmacies, therapist, lab
test, - Controlled by the consumer,
E-Sign - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Same legal status as a hand written
signature
MIPPA - Medicare Improvement for Patients & Providers Act provides -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- financial incentive for e-prescribing to providers
,HIPPA provides - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- legal protection for personal
health info, set standards for elect. data interchange of claims data, named
specific code sets for use in Medicare related transactions, & Privacy
ARRA provides - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- provide funds for adoption of
technology & provides the right for every individual to receive and
electronic copy of EHR
HITECH provides - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- strengthened HIPPA
security & privacy protection, & provides financial incentive for the user of
EHR
EMR -electronic medical record provides - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
Legal record often restricted to a Single episode of care , building block of
EHR,
EHR- Electronic Health Record is - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Longitudinal
record that includes client data, demographics, clinician notes, medications,
diagnostics.
- Major driver for US Adoption are "Meaningful Use" financial incentives
from HITECH part of ARRA
Affordable Care Act provides - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- guarantee
access to healthcare, encourage PCP,
Data is - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- collection of #, characters, or facts
(body weight- 128lb), little meaning alone
, Information is - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Collection of data examined for
patterns or structure that can be interpreted. ex notes prior BP and informs
doc
Knowledge is - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- Synthesis of info from several
sources to produce a single concept or idea, ex read a journal about BP
Computer Technology is - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- collection of data for
analysis, which can be used to justify the efficacy of particular interventions
& improve quality of care
HIS HEalthcare Information System is - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔-
Administrative System + Clinical Information System,
Clinical Systems include: order entry, radiology, pharmacy, physician
management system
Adm system : non clinical, demographics, scheduling, risk mgmt, decision
support,
Administrative System includes these functions - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔- Managing nonclinical, client-related information (demographics, codes
for procedures, & Insurance
Hippa - Compliant Codes inlcude - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔- (ICD)
International Classification of Disease, Common Procedural Terms, (ABC)
Alternative Billing Codes,
