MA 312 week 2 overview

which of the following is an advantage of EHRs?

• Increased paperwork for healthcare providers.
• Higher costs for maintaining patient records.
• Limited access to patient information for providers.
• legibility of records

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

• dashboard
• login
• portal
• account

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

• Improve healthcare coordination
• Increase of age of the general population

• Enhance patient data accessibility
• Reduce medical errors

a patient's personal health record is owned by the ____

• patient
• insurance company
• hospital
• doctor

the greatest concern of electronic health record is ____

• protecting the confidentiality of a patient records

• reduced healthcare costs
• improved communication between providers
• increased patient access to records

Like the rest of the office staff, Barry is still learning how to use the new EHR system installed in the medical office. He is with a patient and is attempting to document the patient's chief complaint in the EHR system, but he cannot get the system to accept the information. What should Barry do?

• Ignore the issue and continue with the appointment.
• Document the complaint on paper instead.
• Try to reset the EHR system on his own.
• Document the patient's chief complaint on paper and enter it later into the EHR

how often should passwords be changed in the EHR system ?

• as directed by the health care facility policies

• Once a year
• when ever you want to change it

• every other month or once a month

common abbreviations are often used in the electronic health records What does the abbreviation SX stand for ?

• situation
• symptoms
• surgery
• sensitivity

which of the following is a disadvantage of using an electronic schedule ?

• Increased organization and efficiency in planning.
• when the computer is down they days schedule is not accessible

• Access to schedules from multiple devices.
• Ability to easily share schedules with others.

Angie is a new patient at Dr. Vander's office. She has an ear infection and the physician is prescribing an antibiotic. The medical office uses an 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 Dr. Vander's office do?

• print the prescription from the EHR software

• Prescribe a different medication without a pharmacy
• Ask Angie to visit the office again with her pharmacy details
• Send the prescription to a random pharmacy