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A party must be determined to be accountable for charges in the medical billing cycle. During
which step of the cycle is the legal promise-to-pay relationship established?
Reimbursement
Coding
Final settlement
Registration - Correct Answers:registration
What is the main difference between certification and licensure in healthcare?
Only licensure allows a clinician to legally practice in the issuing state.
Certification and licensure mean the same thing; states just differ in which term they use.
Licensure requirements for a given healthcare profession vary among states, but certification
requirements for a given healthcare profession are the same for all states.
Only certification allows a clinician to legally practice in the issuing state. - Correct
Answers:Only licensure allows a clinician to legally practice in the issuing state.
Which of the following accurately represents the benefits of implementing an EHR system?
Increased equality among providers, recommendations available at point of care, improved care
quality, and better use of preventive services
Improved quality of care, reduction in medical errors, better use of preventive services, and
elimination of redundant tests
Reduction in medical errors, current evidence-based treatment, recommendations available at
point of care, and reduction in overhead costs
Reduction in medical errors, current evidence-based treatment, improved ability to maintain
patient privacy, and elimination of redundant tests - Correct Answers:Correct! Improved quality
of care, reduction in medical errors, better use of preventive services, and elimination of
redundant tests
Which of the following would most likely not be included in the summary screen of an EHR?
Current medications
, Allergies
Patient's care team
Billing information - Correct Answers:Billing information
A hospital plans to implement an EHR system and has taken inventory of its current client
hardware. The staff requests that the hospital consider purchasing client hardware that enables
them to be more mobile so they can work from anywhere in the hospital. Which purchase would
be most suitable for this hospital?
Tablet PCs
Laptops
High-speed WiFi Internet connection
E-prescribing software - Correct Answers:tablet PCs
True or false? Because multiple users are allowed to access the same database file
simultaneously, the DBMS must provide extra layers of protection for the data. - Correct
Answers:true
Because multiple users can access a database file at the same time, the DBMS must use
advanced security measures to protect the individual data elements. If one user wants to change a
patient's telephone number and another user wants to change the patient's insurance carrier, they
can do so. However, if both users want to change the patient's telephone number at the same time
(an unusual situation but not unheard of), one user must wait until the other is finished. This
level of wait is in milliseconds and usually is not obvious to the users.
A small physician practice has joined a cloud-based EMR subscription service that was
established by one of the hospitals where the physician practices. The physician pays a monthly
fee for the subscription. That fee increases if the number of patients increases or if the practice
expands and adds more physicians. This type of cloud is a __________.
community cloud
public cloud
private cloud
hybrid cloud - Correct Answers:hybrid cloud