A marketing department receives records for marketing purposes from an EHR specialist.
Which of the following information should the EHR specialist have de-identified on the docu-
ments before releasing them to the marketing department? - ANSWER Patient medical
records number
Which of the following information about a patient should an EHR specialist match with the
patient's name to verify the patient's identity before entering information into the EHR? -
ANSWER Medical record number
Which of the following functions can an EHR specialist perform while in a typical scheduling
module? - ANSWER Rescheduling patient appointments to a different day
An EHR specialist notes that a patient has a different medical record number in the EHR than
the organization's administrative database. Which of the following actions should the EHR
specialist take? - ANSWER Report the discrepancy to a supervisor
During a pediatric visit, a patient's parent tells a staff member that the family has recently
moved. Which of the following sections of the EHR should an EHR specialist update with the
new address? - ANSWER Administration
An EHR specialist receives a patient prescription stating, "Give Aspirin 81mg PO QD". The
EHR specialist confirms the prescription with the provider and reconciles the information to
read as which of the following in the patient's medical record? - ANSWER Aspirin 81mg
PO daily
A patient brings a copy of a recent hematology result to their first visit with an oncologist
and gives the document to an EHR specialist. Which of the following actions should the EHR
specialist take? - ANSWER Scan the document into the patients EHR
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, Which of the following would be helpful to a health care organization when initiating inven-
tory tracking of e-signature pads? - ANSWER Universal Medical Device Nomenclature
(UMDN)
An office manager needs to ensure schedulers are aware of a provider's vacation days to
avoid errors in patient scheduling and disruption of the workflow. Which of the following ac-
tions should the office manager take? - ANSWER Record the providers vacation days on
the schedule as nonpatient appointments
Which of the following actions ensures that a digital image imported from a fax machine
with scanning capabilities is linked to the correct patient in the EHR? - ANSWER Catalog-
ing the image
An EHR specialist is training a newly hired staff member when a patient who is receiving in-
patient care dies. Which of the following terms should the EHR specialist tell the staff mem-
ber to enter into the patient's EHR for discharge disposition? - ANSWER Expired
Which of the following methods should an organization use to disseminate new information
to staff members about changes to implemented due to an upgrade to the EHR general com-
pliance software? - ANSWER Conducting a training session for staff members
An EHR specialist has obtained medical records from an institutional database, and the data
needs to be integrated into a patient's EHR. Which of the following information should the
EHR specialist use to identify the patient before integrating the data? - ANSWER Date of
birth
An EHR specialist is explaining to a patient about the process for accessing the patient por-
tal. The EHR specialist should instruct the patient to use the provided username and which
of the following other items to gain entry into the portal? - ANSWER Access code
When generating admission documentation for a patient, which of the following information
should be entered into the EHR under the administrative section? - ANSWER Emergency
contact
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Which of the following information should the EHR specialist have de-identified on the docu-
ments before releasing them to the marketing department? - ANSWER Patient medical
records number
Which of the following information about a patient should an EHR specialist match with the
patient's name to verify the patient's identity before entering information into the EHR? -
ANSWER Medical record number
Which of the following functions can an EHR specialist perform while in a typical scheduling
module? - ANSWER Rescheduling patient appointments to a different day
An EHR specialist notes that a patient has a different medical record number in the EHR than
the organization's administrative database. Which of the following actions should the EHR
specialist take? - ANSWER Report the discrepancy to a supervisor
During a pediatric visit, a patient's parent tells a staff member that the family has recently
moved. Which of the following sections of the EHR should an EHR specialist update with the
new address? - ANSWER Administration
An EHR specialist receives a patient prescription stating, "Give Aspirin 81mg PO QD". The
EHR specialist confirms the prescription with the provider and reconciles the information to
read as which of the following in the patient's medical record? - ANSWER Aspirin 81mg
PO daily
A patient brings a copy of a recent hematology result to their first visit with an oncologist
and gives the document to an EHR specialist. Which of the following actions should the EHR
specialist take? - ANSWER Scan the document into the patients EHR
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, Which of the following would be helpful to a health care organization when initiating inven-
tory tracking of e-signature pads? - ANSWER Universal Medical Device Nomenclature
(UMDN)
An office manager needs to ensure schedulers are aware of a provider's vacation days to
avoid errors in patient scheduling and disruption of the workflow. Which of the following ac-
tions should the office manager take? - ANSWER Record the providers vacation days on
the schedule as nonpatient appointments
Which of the following actions ensures that a digital image imported from a fax machine
with scanning capabilities is linked to the correct patient in the EHR? - ANSWER Catalog-
ing the image
An EHR specialist is training a newly hired staff member when a patient who is receiving in-
patient care dies. Which of the following terms should the EHR specialist tell the staff mem-
ber to enter into the patient's EHR for discharge disposition? - ANSWER Expired
Which of the following methods should an organization use to disseminate new information
to staff members about changes to implemented due to an upgrade to the EHR general com-
pliance software? - ANSWER Conducting a training session for staff members
An EHR specialist has obtained medical records from an institutional database, and the data
needs to be integrated into a patient's EHR. Which of the following information should the
EHR specialist use to identify the patient before integrating the data? - ANSWER Date of
birth
An EHR specialist is explaining to a patient about the process for accessing the patient por-
tal. The EHR specialist should instruct the patient to use the provided username and which
of the following other items to gain entry into the portal? - ANSWER Access code
When generating admission documentation for a patient, which of the following information
should be entered into the EHR under the administrative section? - ANSWER Emergency
contact
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