Chapter 01 Test Bank
Student: ______________________________________________________________________
1. Of the following, which is not an application of an EHR system?
A. capture of past medical, family, and social history
B. capture of known medication allergies
C. capture of insurance policy number
D. capture of details of operative procedure(s)
2. Dr. Evans' office has computerized the following functions: appointment scheduling, charge capture, collections, and reporting.
These are all found in which type of software?
A. electronic health record
B. compliance reporting
C. database management
D. practice management
3. Christine Simmons arrived for her appointment with Dr. Shumaker 20 minutes ago. The healthcare professional has just left the
room after taking Christine's vital signs, weight, and a brief history of present illness. What will be the next step in Christine's flow
through the overall process?
A. The patient will check in.
B. Clinical support personnel will meet with the patient.
C. The care provider will see the patient.
D. The patient will be taken through the check-out process.
4. Jesse Lopez is a healthcare professional at Green Springs Internal Medicine. He has just finished submitting claims to Blue Shield
for patients seen yesterday. Jesse was performing what type of function?
A. assessment
B. registration
C. administrative
D. clinical
5. Sean Brown is a new care provider and has never before used Prime Suite. He is frustrated, and though you have been trying to help
him, he is still having difficulty. What would be sound advice to give to Dr. Brown?
A. Direct him to the User's Guide in Prime Suite and show him the index, contents, and search features.
B. Have him call the Prime Suite 24-hour help line to speak with a technician.
C. Have him ask one of the other care providers in the practice for assistance.
D. Make arrangements to meet him at the office on a Saturday to teach him how to use the system.
6. You are a registrar in the admitting office of a hospital; a patient presents to register for an outpatient laboratory test. What will you
first access to determine if that patient has ever been seen at that hospital before, or whether you must register him for the first time?
A. Master List
B. Master Patient (Person) Index
C. Diagnosis Index
D. Account Summary
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,7. Physicians' practices sometimes use a service to check for errors on claim forms prior to submitting a claim to the insurance company. The service
that processes insurance claims is a:03_03_2015_QC_CS-8306
A. billing service.
B. coding service.
C. clearinghouse.
D. fiscal intermediary.
8. Roberta is a healthcare professional at Dr. Ingram's office. She has a patient on the phone who wants to make an appointment with
Dr. Ingram. What will Roberta first take into consideration when looking for an open appointment time?
A. the patient's schedule
B. the reason for the patient's visit
C. the patient's age
D. Dr. Ingram's vacation schedule
9. Pieces of data that identify a patient and include such items as name, address, and date of birth are considered what types of data?
A. demographic
B. administrative
C. clinical
D. financial
10. Which of the following is a type of medical insurance?
A. Medicare
B. TRICARE
C. Self-pay from patient
D. Workers' Compensation
11. Prime Suite uses a single _________________ to store administrative and clinical data on each patient.
A. payer system
B. log on
C. database
D. Master Patient (Person) Index
12. Though the costs of implementation will be high, which record-keeping costs will ultimately drop as a result of implementing an
electronic health record?
A. training costs
B. cost of folders and clips to file each record
C. transcription costs
D. copying costs
13. Of the following, which contributes to the high cost of electronic health records for the software service provider?
A. training costs
B. hardware costs
C. research and development costs
D. all of these costs contribute
14. Which of the following statements accurately describes duplicate patient registration entries in an electronic health record system?
A. It is impossible to duplicate a patient registration in an electronic system.
B. Duplicate patient registrations can occur if the patient's name was misspelled or the patient was previously registered under a
different name.
C. Duplicate registrations are not a problem in an electronic health record.
D. There is no need for the registration process within the electronic health record system.
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, 15. Which of the following EHR applications may be more beneficial and efficient for the patient?
A. ePrescribing
B. dictating rather than hand writing the record
C. report-writing applications
D. interoperability capability
16. What must a care provider do before he/she will see the benefits of an EHR in relation to time spent documenting each patient's
visit?
A. hire a scribe
B. dictate all of his/her notes
C. use a fill-in-the blank form and then transfer the notes into the EHR
D. devote time to learning the new system
17. Research has shown what in relation to the use of an EHR?
A. Care providers have embraced the use of EHR software willingly.
B. There has been a decrease in medical errors through the use of EHR software.
C. Patients whose care provider uses an EHR are less likely to be involved in their own care.
D. There has been an increase in staff turnover since EHRs have become more popular.
18. Of the following, which is not clinical information?
A. patient's weight
B. medication list
C. age
D. physical exam
19. A care provider is dictating a progress note into speech recognition while the patient is being seen. This dictation is occurring
A. after the physical exam.
B. at the point of care.
C. retrospectively.
D. instantaneously.
20. In a physician’s practice, the documentation of a patient's office visit is often referred to as a
A. discharge summary.
B. physical exam.
C. history of present illness.
D. progress note.
21. The feature in Prime Suite that guides the user on how specific functions or applications work is known as
A. Prime Assistance.
B. Help.
C. Prime Guide.
D. Prime Location.
22. During the history of present illness, the healthcare professional asks Ron Albertson for his preferred pharmacy. The healthcare
professional then enters the information into Prime Suite. After the care provider has examined and diagnosed Mr. Albertson, he
prescribes Amoxicillin and electronically sends the prescription to Mr. Albertson's chosen pharmacy without having to enter any
additional information into the ePrescribe module. This is an example of
A. interoperability.
B. interfacing.
C. profitability.
D. seamlessness.
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Student: ______________________________________________________________________
1. Of the following, which is not an application of an EHR system?
A. capture of past medical, family, and social history
B. capture of known medication allergies
C. capture of insurance policy number
D. capture of details of operative procedure(s)
2. Dr. Evans' office has computerized the following functions: appointment scheduling, charge capture, collections, and reporting.
These are all found in which type of software?
A. electronic health record
B. compliance reporting
C. database management
D. practice management
3. Christine Simmons arrived for her appointment with Dr. Shumaker 20 minutes ago. The healthcare professional has just left the
room after taking Christine's vital signs, weight, and a brief history of present illness. What will be the next step in Christine's flow
through the overall process?
A. The patient will check in.
B. Clinical support personnel will meet with the patient.
C. The care provider will see the patient.
D. The patient will be taken through the check-out process.
4. Jesse Lopez is a healthcare professional at Green Springs Internal Medicine. He has just finished submitting claims to Blue Shield
for patients seen yesterday. Jesse was performing what type of function?
A. assessment
B. registration
C. administrative
D. clinical
5. Sean Brown is a new care provider and has never before used Prime Suite. He is frustrated, and though you have been trying to help
him, he is still having difficulty. What would be sound advice to give to Dr. Brown?
A. Direct him to the User's Guide in Prime Suite and show him the index, contents, and search features.
B. Have him call the Prime Suite 24-hour help line to speak with a technician.
C. Have him ask one of the other care providers in the practice for assistance.
D. Make arrangements to meet him at the office on a Saturday to teach him how to use the system.
6. You are a registrar in the admitting office of a hospital; a patient presents to register for an outpatient laboratory test. What will you
first access to determine if that patient has ever been seen at that hospital before, or whether you must register him for the first time?
A. Master List
B. Master Patient (Person) Index
C. Diagnosis Index
D. Account Summary
1-1
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McGraw-Hill Education.
,7. Physicians' practices sometimes use a service to check for errors on claim forms prior to submitting a claim to the insurance company. The service
that processes insurance claims is a:03_03_2015_QC_CS-8306
A. billing service.
B. coding service.
C. clearinghouse.
D. fiscal intermediary.
8. Roberta is a healthcare professional at Dr. Ingram's office. She has a patient on the phone who wants to make an appointment with
Dr. Ingram. What will Roberta first take into consideration when looking for an open appointment time?
A. the patient's schedule
B. the reason for the patient's visit
C. the patient's age
D. Dr. Ingram's vacation schedule
9. Pieces of data that identify a patient and include such items as name, address, and date of birth are considered what types of data?
A. demographic
B. administrative
C. clinical
D. financial
10. Which of the following is a type of medical insurance?
A. Medicare
B. TRICARE
C. Self-pay from patient
D. Workers' Compensation
11. Prime Suite uses a single _________________ to store administrative and clinical data on each patient.
A. payer system
B. log on
C. database
D. Master Patient (Person) Index
12. Though the costs of implementation will be high, which record-keeping costs will ultimately drop as a result of implementing an
electronic health record?
A. training costs
B. cost of folders and clips to file each record
C. transcription costs
D. copying costs
13. Of the following, which contributes to the high cost of electronic health records for the software service provider?
A. training costs
B. hardware costs
C. research and development costs
D. all of these costs contribute
14. Which of the following statements accurately describes duplicate patient registration entries in an electronic health record system?
A. It is impossible to duplicate a patient registration in an electronic system.
B. Duplicate patient registrations can occur if the patient's name was misspelled or the patient was previously registered under a
different name.
C. Duplicate registrations are not a problem in an electronic health record.
D. There is no need for the registration process within the electronic health record system.
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, 15. Which of the following EHR applications may be more beneficial and efficient for the patient?
A. ePrescribing
B. dictating rather than hand writing the record
C. report-writing applications
D. interoperability capability
16. What must a care provider do before he/she will see the benefits of an EHR in relation to time spent documenting each patient's
visit?
A. hire a scribe
B. dictate all of his/her notes
C. use a fill-in-the blank form and then transfer the notes into the EHR
D. devote time to learning the new system
17. Research has shown what in relation to the use of an EHR?
A. Care providers have embraced the use of EHR software willingly.
B. There has been a decrease in medical errors through the use of EHR software.
C. Patients whose care provider uses an EHR are less likely to be involved in their own care.
D. There has been an increase in staff turnover since EHRs have become more popular.
18. Of the following, which is not clinical information?
A. patient's weight
B. medication list
C. age
D. physical exam
19. A care provider is dictating a progress note into speech recognition while the patient is being seen. This dictation is occurring
A. after the physical exam.
B. at the point of care.
C. retrospectively.
D. instantaneously.
20. In a physician’s practice, the documentation of a patient's office visit is often referred to as a
A. discharge summary.
B. physical exam.
C. history of present illness.
D. progress note.
21. The feature in Prime Suite that guides the user on how specific functions or applications work is known as
A. Prime Assistance.
B. Help.
C. Prime Guide.
D. Prime Location.
22. During the history of present illness, the healthcare professional asks Ron Albertson for his preferred pharmacy. The healthcare
professional then enters the information into Prime Suite. After the care provider has examined and diagnosed Mr. Albertson, he
prescribes Amoxicillin and electronically sends the prescription to Mr. Albertson's chosen pharmacy without having to enter any
additional information into the ePrescribe module. This is an example of
A. interoperability.
B. interfacing.
C. profitability.
D. seamlessness.
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McGraw-Hill Education.
