CERTIFIED EHR SPECIALIST EXAM/
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE/ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH WELL DETAILED
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Terms in this set (211)
Lost medical records, miscommunicated pt
Most medical errors
requests, unreadable information & mislabeled lab
occur...
specimens
Year HIPAA act started 1996
President who George Bush
recommended HIT in
2004
the goal for all Americans 10 years
to be using EHR was to
take place in how many
years?
Office of National Coordination for Health
ONCHIT
Information Technology
Why ONCHIT was To have all Americans using EHR by 2014
established
identified standards for the electronic exchange of
HITSP
health information
CCHIT developed certification criteria for EHR software
, Health information, results management, order
The institute of medicine
management, decision support, electronic
suggests 8 core
communications, patient support, administrative
functions:
processes & reporting & population management
EMR Electronic Medical Records
What are Electronic Computerized records of one physician's encounter
Medical Records? with a patient over time.
EHR Electronic Health Records
What are Electronic Reflects data from all sources that have treated the
Health Records? individual.
PHR Personal Health Records
Who Personal Health Maintained and owned by the patient.
Records belong to?
Acute care hospital
Ambulatory care without admission to a hospital
Advantages of EHR safety, quality of care, efficiency & cost reduction
allows patient data to be converted at once while
total conversion
still servicing patients
incremental conversion gradual change to electronic records.
advantage of incremental lower costs & smoother transition
conversion
hybrid conversion combination of paper & electronic forms of data
clinical vocabularies set of common definitions for medical terms
clinical vocabulary designed to encompass all terms
SNOMED-CT is for:
used in medicine and lab result contents
terms & codes used for electronic exchange of lab
LOINC
results & clinical observations
UMLS thesaurus database of medical terms
13,000, 3-5 alphanumeric codes for inpatient &
ICD-9 diagnosis usage
outpatient care
ICD-9 procedure usage 4,000, 3-4 numeric codes for inpatient care
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE/ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH WELL DETAILED
ANSWERS
Save
Terms in this set (211)
Lost medical records, miscommunicated pt
Most medical errors
requests, unreadable information & mislabeled lab
occur...
specimens
Year HIPAA act started 1996
President who George Bush
recommended HIT in
2004
the goal for all Americans 10 years
to be using EHR was to
take place in how many
years?
Office of National Coordination for Health
ONCHIT
Information Technology
Why ONCHIT was To have all Americans using EHR by 2014
established
identified standards for the electronic exchange of
HITSP
health information
CCHIT developed certification criteria for EHR software
, Health information, results management, order
The institute of medicine
management, decision support, electronic
suggests 8 core
communications, patient support, administrative
functions:
processes & reporting & population management
EMR Electronic Medical Records
What are Electronic Computerized records of one physician's encounter
Medical Records? with a patient over time.
EHR Electronic Health Records
What are Electronic Reflects data from all sources that have treated the
Health Records? individual.
PHR Personal Health Records
Who Personal Health Maintained and owned by the patient.
Records belong to?
Acute care hospital
Ambulatory care without admission to a hospital
Advantages of EHR safety, quality of care, efficiency & cost reduction
allows patient data to be converted at once while
total conversion
still servicing patients
incremental conversion gradual change to electronic records.
advantage of incremental lower costs & smoother transition
conversion
hybrid conversion combination of paper & electronic forms of data
clinical vocabularies set of common definitions for medical terms
clinical vocabulary designed to encompass all terms
SNOMED-CT is for:
used in medicine and lab result contents
terms & codes used for electronic exchange of lab
LOINC
results & clinical observations
UMLS thesaurus database of medical terms
13,000, 3-5 alphanumeric codes for inpatient &
ICD-9 diagnosis usage
outpatient care
ICD-9 procedure usage 4,000, 3-4 numeric codes for inpatient care
