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SBGR MedTrak
SBGR ALH 150 MEDTRAK Wk 1 (2012 EK)
Question | Answer |
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Clinical workflow systems | Process of lowering the cost and increasing the quality of medical care by increasing the efficiency of the healthcare facility |
Evidence-based | Taking steps towards productive clinical workflow systems that are proven to work and increase efficiency |
Medical processes | a process that is broken down into detailed steps needed for completion |
Presenting problems | Chief complaint; why the patient is being seen |
Rules-based | Responsibilities, skills and medical knowledge to separate the medicine disciplines |
Specialized dashboards | Designed to model clinical workflow |
Logoff | closing the program or account so that in order to log back on your personal username and password are required |
Logon | using a combination of username and password to access personal information on an online account, website, or program |
Password | personal security measure used on computer programs, websites or online accounts |
User | person who owns the user name and password and uses them to access information |
Username | personal identifier used on computer program, website or online account to logon or identify a user |
Web-based | something on an online account |
Database | a compilation of data files compiled and organized electronically |
Outcomes | results of the patient's treatment plan |
Patient | person who is being seen in the clinical setting |
Provider | person or facility providing healthcare to the patient |
Registration | when a patient signs in a physician’s office |
Sequence | a certain order, as in doing things in chronological order |
Common elements | buttons and commands commonly used |
Entering commands | the process of typing in letter-coded commands for the program to follow |
Function keys | ‘F’ keys that act as command shortcuts used to navigate through a program |
Selection Box | box next to the patient and company names when clicked the system will choose that particular person, place or company |
Text size | pertaining to the size of the font on the screen |
User guide | basic program information in an easy to read format used to navigate a program |
Financial classes | a way to classify and organize based on payers |
Financial viability | a way to track financial information by the individual payers and financial classes |
Guarantor | person or party responsible for payment of medical bills usually for the benefit of a minor patient |
Mix of patients | describes the combination of walk-in and scheduled patients seen in an office |
Patient responsibility | the portion of the bill that will be the patient or the guarantor of the patient’s responsibility |
Payer | insurance company billed for the medical care of a patient |
Primary payer | first insurance to be billed |
Quaternary payer | fourth insurance to be billed |
Secondary payer | second insurance to be billed |
Self pay | describes a bill where the entire amount is patient responsibility. No insurance. |
Subscriber | the patient or the employee that holds the insurance |
Tertiary payer | third insurance to be billed |
Appointment note | extra information added to a chart by nurses for the physician to read and take into consideration when treating the patient |
Authorization number | code needed to okay certain procedures and data entry usually seen with an HMO plan |
Block out time | setting aside time in the schedule that day for certain tasks such as meetings or lunch |
Calendar icon | picture of a calendar that when clicked displays the month. It is used to select what day to schedule the patient to be seen. |
Division level | defined by departments within the clinic. (Injuries/physical, rehab services, orthopedics, etc.) |
Established patient | a patient that has been seen in the office within the past three years |
Location | schedule option to choose which medical facility or doctor you will be scheduling the patient for |
Location level | level used to define a physical location, such as a clinic name |
Location structure | three-tiered MedTrak scheduler |
New patient | a patient that is new to the practice or has not been seen in the past three years |
Occupational medicine | employer is usually responsible for payment either through their worker’s compensation insurance or direct payment. |
Order of responsibility | much like the ‘chain of command’ |
Patient responsibility | the portion of the bill that the patient or the guarantor is responsible to pay |
Payers | insurance company billed for medical services |
Staff level | where physicians’ or specialists’ names appear |
Time increment | a block of time available to schedule |