CEHRS Exam Study Guide Exam 2024 Expected Questions and Answers (Verified by Expert)
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CEHRS Exam Study Guide Exam 2024 Expected Questions and Answers (Verified by Expert)
CEHRS Exam Study Guide Exam 2024 Expected Questions and Answers (Verified by Expert)
CEHRS Exam Study Guide Exam 2024 Expected Questions and Answers (Verified by Expert)
CEHRS Exam Study Guide Exam 2024 Expected...
CEHRS Exam Study Guide2024 Expected Questions and Answers
(Verified by Expert)
1.Electronic Health Record (EHR) ANSWER computerized lifelong
record health care record w/ data from all sources
technology that intertwines health info from a variety of sources
every encounter an ind has w/ the health care system is documented
(labs, scripts, ER visits, etc...)
2.New position created by EHR ANSWER *Clinical Analyst *Health
Information Technician
* Records and info coordinator
3.What setting may a CHERS work? ANSWER * Dr office labs * Ref Labs
* Urgent Care Centers * Nursing Home Facilities * Wellness Clinics *
Hospitals
4.Why were chances in technology made? ANSWER from realization that
medical records were not meeting the needs of dr's & pt's. Increase in
,errors, rising health care costs and missing link in a pt's coordination of
care.
5.Medical Errors ANSWER -among most common causes of death, occu
b/c ANSWER
*Lost medical records
*Miscommunicated pt request/messages
*Unreadable info due to poor handwriting
*Mislabeled lab specimens
many of these errors could be overcome if info tech were applied
throughout healthcare system.
6.What potential does HIT have? ANSWER improve the quality of care and
possibly reduce the number of deaths attributed to medical errors
7.What was HIPPA designed for? ANSWER enacted in 1996, designed to
protect pt's private health info, ensure health care coverage when
workers change or lose their jobs, and uncover fraud and abuse in
health care systems.
8.HIPPA requires the use of electronic rather than paper ins claims?
ANSWER True
9.Standards ANSWER commonly agreed upon specifications, are what
,helped establish the requirements necessary for agencies to follow
10.When did Pres Bush recommend the use of Health Information
Technology (HIT)? What was the goal? Who was established to meet this
goal? ANSWER In 2004, set 10 yr goal for all americans to be using
EHR's, and established the OFFICE OF NATIONAL COORDINATION FOR
HEALTH INFORMATION (ONCHIT) to meet this
goal.
11.HITSP? ANSWER department/organ that identified standards for
exchange of health info
12.CCHIT? ANSWER developed certification criteria for EHR software
13.What does the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) provide?
ANSWER -
links medical records across the country
14.What 8 core functions does the Institute of Medicine suggest an EHR
should include? ANSWER 1) Health Info and data elements
2) Results Management
, 3) Order Management
4) Decision Support
5) Electronic communications and connectivity
6) Patient Support
7) Administrative Processes
8) Reporting and population management
15.Medical Record ANSWER an important
business document used to support treatment
decisions
documents services provided
could also be used in court of law for evidence purposes
16.Electronic Medical Record (EMR) ANSWER computerized records of one
dr's encounter w/ a pt over time including medical history, diagnosis,
treatment and prognosis
17.What is the contrast between EMR's and EHR's? ANSWER EMR's reflect
treatment of a pt by one dr as EHR reflects data from ALL sources that
have treated and ind
18.Personal Health Record (PHR) ANSWER maintained & owned by
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