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CERTIFIED EHR SPECIALIST EXAM/
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE/ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH WELL DETAILED
ANSWERS Questions with Correct
Answers for Specific Exam Mail
Most medical errors occur...
Ans: Lost medical records, miscommunicated pt requests,
unreadable information & mislabeled lab specimens
Year HIPAA act started
Ans: 1996
President who recommended HIT in 2004
Ans: George Bush
the goal for all Americans to be using EHR was to take
place in how many years?
Ans: 10 years
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ONCHIT
Ans: Office of National Coordination for Health
Information Technology
Why ONCHIT was established
Ans: To have all Americans using EHR by 2014
HITSP
Ans: identified standards for the electronic exchange of
health information
CCHIT
Ans: developed certification criteria for EHR software
The institute of medicine suggests 8 core functions:
Ans: Health information, results management, order
management, decision support, electronic
communications, patient support, administrative
processes & reporting & population management
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EMR
Ans: Electronic Medical Records
What are Electronic Medical Records?
Ans: Computerized records of one physician's encounter
with a patient over time.
EHR
Ans: Electronic Health Records
What are Electronic Health Records?
Ans: Reflects data from all sources that have treated the
individual.
PHR
Ans: Personal Health Records
Who Personal Health Records belong to?
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Ans: Maintained and owned by the patient.
Acute care
Ans: hospital
Ambulatory care
Ans: without admission to a hospital
Advantages of EHR
Ans: safety, quality of care, efficiency & cost reduction
total conversion
Ans: allows patient data to be converted at once while
still servicing patients
incremental conversion
Ans: gradual change to electronic records.
advantage of incremental conversion
:
vPretest - Stuvia US
CERTIFIED EHR SPECIALIST EXAM/
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE/ACTUAL
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH WELL DETAILED
ANSWERS Questions with Correct
Answers for Specific Exam Mail
Most medical errors occur...
Ans: Lost medical records, miscommunicated pt requests,
unreadable information & mislabeled lab specimens
Year HIPAA act started
Ans: 1996
President who recommended HIT in 2004
Ans: George Bush
the goal for all Americans to be using EHR was to take
place in how many years?
Ans: 10 years
:
vPretest - Stuvia US
,2
ONCHIT
Ans: Office of National Coordination for Health
Information Technology
Why ONCHIT was established
Ans: To have all Americans using EHR by 2014
HITSP
Ans: identified standards for the electronic exchange of
health information
CCHIT
Ans: developed certification criteria for EHR software
The institute of medicine suggests 8 core functions:
Ans: Health information, results management, order
management, decision support, electronic
communications, patient support, administrative
processes & reporting & population management
:
vPretest - Stuvia US
,3
EMR
Ans: Electronic Medical Records
What are Electronic Medical Records?
Ans: Computerized records of one physician's encounter
with a patient over time.
EHR
Ans: Electronic Health Records
What are Electronic Health Records?
Ans: Reflects data from all sources that have treated the
individual.
PHR
Ans: Personal Health Records
Who Personal Health Records belong to?
:
vPretest - Stuvia US
, 4
Ans: Maintained and owned by the patient.
Acute care
Ans: hospital
Ambulatory care
Ans: without admission to a hospital
Advantages of EHR
Ans: safety, quality of care, efficiency & cost reduction
total conversion
Ans: allows patient data to be converted at once while
still servicing patients
incremental conversion
Ans: gradual change to electronic records.
advantage of incremental conversion
:
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