Questions and CORRECT Answers
EMR - CORRECT ANSWER Electronic record of health related info on an individual from a
single organization who are involved in the individual's health and care
ROI - CORRECT ANSWER Return on Investment
ASP - CORRECT ANSWER Application service provider
CPU (Central Processing Unit) - CORRECT ANSWER Processor located inside the computer
case on the motherboard
RAM (Random Access Memory) - CORRECT ANSWER Systems short term memory
Motherboard - CORRECT ANSWER Computers main circuit board
AARA - CORRECT ANSWER Economic stimulus package enacted by the 111th US
Congress and signed into law by President Obama in 2009
HITECH Act - CORRECT ANSWER Part of the ARRA and includes an incentive payment
program to encourage EPs and hospitals to use EHR
3 stages of meaningful use - CORRECT ANSWER Stage 1 establish functionalities in
certified EHR technology
Stage 2 encourages the use of health IT for continuous quality improvement
Stage 3 use criteria to focus on promoting improvement in quality, safety, and efficiency
, EHR - CORRECT ANSWER Aggregate electronic record of health related info on an
individual across more than one healthcare org
Medicare EP - CORRECT ANSWER A doctor of medicine or osteopathy, Doctor of dental
surgery or dental medicine, a doctor of podiatrist medicine, a doctor of optometry, or a
chiropractor
Medicaid EP - CORRECT ANSWER Physicians, NPs, CNMs, dentists, and PAs
Certified EHR - CORRECT ANSWER Goal of certification is to ensure EHR systems are
secure, can maintain data confidentially, can work with other systems to share info and perform a
set of well defined functions
CPOE - CORRECT ANSWER Computerized Physician Order Entry
CDS - CORRECT ANSWER Clinical Decision Support
Telehealth and telemedicine - CORRECT ANSWER Process by which medical care can be
provided remotely through electronic media that does not include having a care provider
physically present during the evaluation
Distant site - CORRECT ANSWER Site at which the physician delivering the service is
located at time the service is provided via telecommunications system
originating site - CORRECT ANSWER Location of the patient at the time the service being
furnished via a telecommunications system occurs
Procedure Code sets - CORRECT ANSWER ICD 10 PCS
CPT
HCPCS