CPPM Certification Study Guide – Chapter 7 (Rincon) – Practice Management
Review and Exam Preparation Material
EMR - correct answer ✔✔electronic medical record used by a single organization.
NAHIT - correct answer ✔✔National Alliance for Health Information Technology.
EHR - correct answer ✔✔electronic health record used across more than one healthcare
organization
AHRQ - correct answer ✔✔Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Encourages practices to
conduct a workflow analysis to address startup concerns such as compliance, readiness,
staffing, and finances.
EMR out of pocket expenses - correct answer ✔✔costs associated with purchasing hardware to
host the software, licensing or subscribing to EMR software, installation and setup etc.
EMR back in pocket money - correct answer ✔✔Savings realized with the use of an EMR.
PMS - correct answer ✔✔Practice Management Software
ONC - correct answer ✔✔Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
Work flow analysis - correct answer ✔✔Analyzing of every process related to every job
currently performed in the clinic.
Facility design and hardware - correct answer ✔✔Reviewing space planning and equipment
needs prior to EHR implementation
, Templates - correct answer ✔✔Guide the clinician through the encounter and are intended to
create efficiencies.
Interfaces - correct answer ✔✔Tracking of orders and results application to the electronic chart.
Hardware - correct answer ✔✔Basic parts of a computer; physical parts.
I/O - correct answer ✔✔input/output refers to the communication between the computer and
the outside world.
CPU/Processor - correct answer ✔✔Central processing unit. Located inside the computer case
on the motherboard. Brain of the computer. Carries out commands of the operating system.
Controls the flow of information passing to and from other parts of the computer.
RAM - correct answer ✔✔Random access memory. Computers short-term memory. Data is
temporarily stored in RAM until it is save on the hard disk. Information stored on RAM is erased
when the computer is turned off.
Motherboard - correct answer ✔✔The computer's main circuit board which holds the CPU.
Connects directly or indirectly to every part of the computer.
Hard Disk Drive - correct answer ✔✔Used to provide permanent storage of data. Hard disk is
the "C" drive in most Windows based computers.
Optical disk drive - correct answer ✔✔Peripheral device that reads data stored on optical discs.
CD and DVD drives are common optical drives. Provide external permanent storage.
Review and Exam Preparation Material
EMR - correct answer ✔✔electronic medical record used by a single organization.
NAHIT - correct answer ✔✔National Alliance for Health Information Technology.
EHR - correct answer ✔✔electronic health record used across more than one healthcare
organization
AHRQ - correct answer ✔✔Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Encourages practices to
conduct a workflow analysis to address startup concerns such as compliance, readiness,
staffing, and finances.
EMR out of pocket expenses - correct answer ✔✔costs associated with purchasing hardware to
host the software, licensing or subscribing to EMR software, installation and setup etc.
EMR back in pocket money - correct answer ✔✔Savings realized with the use of an EMR.
PMS - correct answer ✔✔Practice Management Software
ONC - correct answer ✔✔Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
Work flow analysis - correct answer ✔✔Analyzing of every process related to every job
currently performed in the clinic.
Facility design and hardware - correct answer ✔✔Reviewing space planning and equipment
needs prior to EHR implementation
, Templates - correct answer ✔✔Guide the clinician through the encounter and are intended to
create efficiencies.
Interfaces - correct answer ✔✔Tracking of orders and results application to the electronic chart.
Hardware - correct answer ✔✔Basic parts of a computer; physical parts.
I/O - correct answer ✔✔input/output refers to the communication between the computer and
the outside world.
CPU/Processor - correct answer ✔✔Central processing unit. Located inside the computer case
on the motherboard. Brain of the computer. Carries out commands of the operating system.
Controls the flow of information passing to and from other parts of the computer.
RAM - correct answer ✔✔Random access memory. Computers short-term memory. Data is
temporarily stored in RAM until it is save on the hard disk. Information stored on RAM is erased
when the computer is turned off.
Motherboard - correct answer ✔✔The computer's main circuit board which holds the CPU.
Connects directly or indirectly to every part of the computer.
Hard Disk Drive - correct answer ✔✔Used to provide permanent storage of data. Hard disk is
the "C" drive in most Windows based computers.
Optical disk drive - correct answer ✔✔Peripheral device that reads data stored on optical discs.
CD and DVD drives are common optical drives. Provide external permanent storage.
