Exam 11: The Health Record

Which of the following is not an advantage of a numeric filing system?

Files for patients who have died, moved away, or otherwise terminated their relationship with the physician are called _____________ files.

Information contained in an electronic health record usually can be accessed from several different physical places.

Both the physician and staff members must receive training in the use of the EHR system.

Physicians can expect reductions in the amounts that they are paid from Medicare and Medicaid if they are not in compliance by 2015.

A strong, highly glazed composition paper or heavy card stock is called

__________ of an entry in a medical record is never acceptable.

The "E" entry in the SOAPER charting method means

Brochures are helpful for explaining a new EHR system to patients.

Most experts agree that the EHR system will help reduce medical __________.

The EMR relates to more than one healthcare organization.

Any of a set of physical properties, the value of which determines characteristics or behavior, is called a(n) __________.

Improved outcomes is part of which of the stages of meaningful use?

The medical assistant should expect __________ from some patients, who may worry that their information is being put "out on the Internet."

A(n) __________ schedule is a plan for keeping and purging medical records.

The EHR system can allow patients to set their own appointments using the Internet.

The preferred filing method for a physician's office is

To make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense is to __________.

Perhaps the most difficult obstacle to overcome is the __________ of employees in physicians' offices who dislike change.

The EHR allows access to patient information in an emergency.