Electronic Health Records (EHR) Exam
questions and answers
Local Area Network - ✅✅enables computers to communicate together and utilize a main server for
the database
Intranet Technologies - ✅✅privately maintained computer network that provides secure accessibility
to authorized persons (members or employees of an organization) enabling sharing of software,
database, and files
Application Server Provider (ASP) - ✅✅enables doctor's office to access an EHR via the internet; the
EHR software and database are housed snd maintained by a seperate company in a remote location
- Voice recognition systems
- Electronic handwriting
- Tap & Go (tablet PC)
- Templates - ✅✅Methods of data entry (EHRs)
EHR (electronic health record) - ✅✅this term is the most comonly accepted and used term for storing
and accessing patient medical information electronically
EMR (electronic medical record) - ✅✅term for software that lacks a full range of higher end
functionalities compared to EHR (storing, access, and use of patient medical records)
CPR (computer-based patient record) - ✅✅this term was one of the first used to conceptualize the
idea of an EHR.
A computerized patient record is a lifetime patient record that includes all information from all
specialties (even Dentistry and Psychiatry) and is available to all providers
A. Personal Information
B. Demographics
questions and answers
Local Area Network - ✅✅enables computers to communicate together and utilize a main server for
the database
Intranet Technologies - ✅✅privately maintained computer network that provides secure accessibility
to authorized persons (members or employees of an organization) enabling sharing of software,
database, and files
Application Server Provider (ASP) - ✅✅enables doctor's office to access an EHR via the internet; the
EHR software and database are housed snd maintained by a seperate company in a remote location
- Voice recognition systems
- Electronic handwriting
- Tap & Go (tablet PC)
- Templates - ✅✅Methods of data entry (EHRs)
EHR (electronic health record) - ✅✅this term is the most comonly accepted and used term for storing
and accessing patient medical information electronically
EMR (electronic medical record) - ✅✅term for software that lacks a full range of higher end
functionalities compared to EHR (storing, access, and use of patient medical records)
CPR (computer-based patient record) - ✅✅this term was one of the first used to conceptualize the
idea of an EHR.
A computerized patient record is a lifetime patient record that includes all information from all
specialties (even Dentistry and Psychiatry) and is available to all providers
A. Personal Information
B. Demographics
