MA- Ch 11- Telecommunication

It is a general term that covers all of the ways you and your doctor can use technology to communicate without being in the same room.

• a. Telecommunication

• b. Telehealth

• c. Telemedicine

• d. Telemonitoring

It is a type of communication that is the opposite of store-and-forward. It involves “the capture, processing, and presentation of data at the time the data is originated.”

• a. SaaS (Software as a Service)

• b. Asynchronous Communication

• c. Application Programming Interface

• d. Real-time Communication

What are the standards that adhere to modern API?

• a. HTTP

• b. HCPCS

• c. CPT

• d. FedEx

It refers to remote clinical and non-clinical services, such as provider training, administrative meetings, and continuing medical education.

• a. Telecommunication

• b. Telehealth

• c. Telemedicine

• d. Telemonitoring

It is used to track patients health status such as vital signs, blood sugar, etc. through telecommunications and electronic information sharing technologies

• a. Telehealth

• b. Telemonitoring

• c. Real-time-communication

• d. Teleconferencing

It is the transfer of data from one site to another through the use of a camera or similar device that records (stores) an image that is sent (forwarded) via telecommunication to another site for consultation.

• a. Store and Forward

• b. Distant or Hub site

• c. Spoke site

• d. Application Programming Interface

It is a method of delivering software to customers in which the software resides on hardware controlled by the vendor.

• a. Asynchronous Communication

• b. SaaS (Software as a Service)

• c. Store and Forward

• d. Encryption

It is a system of encoding data on a web page or email where the information can only be retrieved and decoded by the person or computer system authorized to access it.

• a. Asynchronous Communication

• b. SaaS (Software as a Service)

• c. Store and Forward

• d. Encryption

It states may select from a variety of HCPCS, CPT and modifiers in order to identify, track and reimburse for telemedicine services.

• a. Asynchronous Communication

• b. SaaS (Software as a Service)

• c. Medical Codes

• d. Encryption

Location of the Medicaid patient at the time the service being furnished via a telecommunications system occurs.

• a. Store and Forward

• b. Distant or Hub site

• c. Spoke site

• d. Application Programming Interface