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Module 5 EHR Questions and Correct
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EHR function
Ans: Documents Patient care, provides Communication among
healthcare team members, establish Financial and legal record,
support Research and continuous quality improvement, create
Repository of the clinical thought processes recording ideas and
impressions over the period of care, and archive all cli nical data
for long term use
EHR def
Ans: An electronic record of health-related information on an
individual that conforms to nationally recognized
interoperability and standards and that create, managed and
consulted by authorized clinicians and staff across more than
one healthcare organization
United States ranked
Ans: 37th in healthcare 2001
Thanks to HITECH act
Ans: 2011 51% multi physician and 31% of single had EHR
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IOM Safe
Ans: Make healthcare environments safe
IOM effective
Ans: Provide more effective healthcare
IOM patient centered
Ans: To ensure that the patient is more involved in the decision
making process and has a better understanding of healthcare
choices availability
IOM timely
Ans: Improve timeliness of healthcare service
IOM Efficient
Ans: Make the process of providing has a whole more efficient
IOM Equitable
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Ans: Elimination of healthcare disparities among diverse
populations...ensuring all patients have equal access to care.
EHR system
Ans: Set of components that form the mechanism by which
patient records are created, used, stored, and retrieved.
Located within a health care provider. It includes people, data,
rules, and procedures, processing and storage devices and
communication and support facilities.
Why EHR paper records
Ans: less legible, more difficult to retrieve, store and share.
electronic records less liking to be missing. 24/7 multiple
locations. doesn't support CDS
why we need EHR
Ans: paper records are severely limited, need for improved
efficiency and productivity, quality of care and patient safety,
public expectations, governmental expectations, financial
savings. eliminating transcription and improving cod ing.
decreased file storage and faster chart pulls and info
retrieval.Technological advances, need for aggregated data,
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Module 5 EHR Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
EHR function
Ans: Documents Patient care, provides Communication among
healthcare team members, establish Financial and legal record,
support Research and continuous quality improvement, create
Repository of the clinical thought processes recording ideas and
impressions over the period of care, and archive all cli nical data
for long term use
EHR def
Ans: An electronic record of health-related information on an
individual that conforms to nationally recognized
interoperability and standards and that create, managed and
consulted by authorized clinicians and staff across more than
one healthcare organization
United States ranked
Ans: 37th in healthcare 2001
Thanks to HITECH act
Ans: 2011 51% multi physician and 31% of single had EHR
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
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IOM Safe
Ans: Make healthcare environments safe
IOM effective
Ans: Provide more effective healthcare
IOM patient centered
Ans: To ensure that the patient is more involved in the decision
making process and has a better understanding of healthcare
choices availability
IOM timely
Ans: Improve timeliness of healthcare service
IOM Efficient
Ans: Make the process of providing has a whole more efficient
IOM Equitable
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
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Ans: Elimination of healthcare disparities among diverse
populations...ensuring all patients have equal access to care.
EHR system
Ans: Set of components that form the mechanism by which
patient records are created, used, stored, and retrieved.
Located within a health care provider. It includes people, data,
rules, and procedures, processing and storage devices and
communication and support facilities.
Why EHR paper records
Ans: less legible, more difficult to retrieve, store and share.
electronic records less liking to be missing. 24/7 multiple
locations. doesn't support CDS
why we need EHR
Ans: paper records are severely limited, need for improved
efficiency and productivity, quality of care and patient safety,
public expectations, governmental expectations, financial
savings. eliminating transcription and improving cod ing.
decreased file storage and faster chart pulls and info
retrieval.Technological advances, need for aggregated data,
All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 |
