NHA - Certified Electronic Health Record
Specialist (CEHRS) Study Guide AVTEC/ 150
Quizzes with Definitive Solutions.
CPOE - Answer: Allows a provider to order medications, diagnostic testing, rehabilitation, and
other services for inpatients.
ePrescribing - Answer: Is the tool providers use in the outpatient setting to send prescriptions to
the patient's pharmacy. It replaces the paper prescription pad.
eFax - Answer: Is a software application that allows EHR specialists to send a document from
the computer to a fax machine.
HIS - Answer: Refers to the sum total of all information systems that support operations in a
facility.
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,CCHIT - Answer: Approves and certifies EHR technology and is the required standard for
facilities and providers wanting to participate in the Meaningful Use incentive program.
Hybrid Record - Answer: A record that is partially paper and partially electronic.
Affordable Care Act - Answer: Mandates comprehensive health insurance reform.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) - Answer: Consists of three major
goals: create and save jobs, spur economic activity and invest in long-term growth, and support
accountability and transparency in recovery spending.
Authorization - Answer: Required for any release of patient PHI; consists of specific elements
that make it legal and appropriate to release information.
Business associate - Answer: An organization or individual who provides specific services to a
covered entity involving the use or disclosure of PHI; for example, an off-site storage company
that houses EMR data.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - Answer: Federal agency charged with
administration of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, as well as the Children's Health
Insurance Program; operating division of the Department of Health and Human Service (HHS).
Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) - Answer: Established to
evaluate and approve EHR and EMR systems; to participate in incentive programs for EHR
adoption and use, facilities must use a certified EHR or EMR product.
Computer on Wheels (COW) - Answer: Most often refers to a laptop computer that sits on a cart
with wheels that can be rolled from patient room to patient room and facilitates real time
documentation or charting of patient care; often called COW's.
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, Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) - Answer: Allows providers to order prescription
medication, including IV therapies, laboratory tests, imaging studies, rehabilitation services,
dietary requirements in the inpatient environment.
Conditions of Participation (CoPs) - Answer: Specific practices that CMS mandates for facilities
to follow if they treat patients covered under Medicare or Medicaid; similar to the Joint
Commission's accreditation requirements.
Continuity of Care Document (CCD) - Answer: The widely-accepted and federally-mandated
document for sharing patient health information across facilities; replaced the CCR and CDA,
which were earlier attempts at addressing the continuity of patient care between facilities.
Continuity of Care Record (CCR) - Answer: An early form of a document developed to make
communication about patients' course of care available across facilities; CCD replaced it.
Covered entities - Answer: Providers who transmit PHI in an electronic format, health plans, and
health care clearinghouses.
Credentialing - Answer: Process used to document a provider's education, licensure, and
qualifications in order to allow for the assignment of privileges to practice in a hospital health
care system.
Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) - Answer: A nomenclature or naming system the
American Medical Association (AMA) publishes and maintains; allows providers to code for
services provided and submit bills for reimbursement.
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Specialist (CEHRS) Study Guide AVTEC/ 150
Quizzes with Definitive Solutions.
CPOE - Answer: Allows a provider to order medications, diagnostic testing, rehabilitation, and
other services for inpatients.
ePrescribing - Answer: Is the tool providers use in the outpatient setting to send prescriptions to
the patient's pharmacy. It replaces the paper prescription pad.
eFax - Answer: Is a software application that allows EHR specialists to send a document from
the computer to a fax machine.
HIS - Answer: Refers to the sum total of all information systems that support operations in a
facility.
Page 1 of 18
,CCHIT - Answer: Approves and certifies EHR technology and is the required standard for
facilities and providers wanting to participate in the Meaningful Use incentive program.
Hybrid Record - Answer: A record that is partially paper and partially electronic.
Affordable Care Act - Answer: Mandates comprehensive health insurance reform.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) - Answer: Consists of three major
goals: create and save jobs, spur economic activity and invest in long-term growth, and support
accountability and transparency in recovery spending.
Authorization - Answer: Required for any release of patient PHI; consists of specific elements
that make it legal and appropriate to release information.
Business associate - Answer: An organization or individual who provides specific services to a
covered entity involving the use or disclosure of PHI; for example, an off-site storage company
that houses EMR data.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - Answer: Federal agency charged with
administration of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, as well as the Children's Health
Insurance Program; operating division of the Department of Health and Human Service (HHS).
Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) - Answer: Established to
evaluate and approve EHR and EMR systems; to participate in incentive programs for EHR
adoption and use, facilities must use a certified EHR or EMR product.
Computer on Wheels (COW) - Answer: Most often refers to a laptop computer that sits on a cart
with wheels that can be rolled from patient room to patient room and facilitates real time
documentation or charting of patient care; often called COW's.
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, Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) - Answer: Allows providers to order prescription
medication, including IV therapies, laboratory tests, imaging studies, rehabilitation services,
dietary requirements in the inpatient environment.
Conditions of Participation (CoPs) - Answer: Specific practices that CMS mandates for facilities
to follow if they treat patients covered under Medicare or Medicaid; similar to the Joint
Commission's accreditation requirements.
Continuity of Care Document (CCD) - Answer: The widely-accepted and federally-mandated
document for sharing patient health information across facilities; replaced the CCR and CDA,
which were earlier attempts at addressing the continuity of patient care between facilities.
Continuity of Care Record (CCR) - Answer: An early form of a document developed to make
communication about patients' course of care available across facilities; CCD replaced it.
Covered entities - Answer: Providers who transmit PHI in an electronic format, health plans, and
health care clearinghouses.
Credentialing - Answer: Process used to document a provider's education, licensure, and
qualifications in order to allow for the assignment of privileges to practice in a hospital health
care system.
Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) - Answer: A nomenclature or naming system the
American Medical Association (AMA) publishes and maintains; allows providers to code for
services provided and submit bills for reimbursement.
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