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HUC study
unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| CHUC stands for | Certified Health Unit Coordinator |
| EMR, EHR stands for | electronic medical (health) record |
| SHUC stands for | student health unit coordinator |
| pt stands for | patient |
| HUC stands for | Health Unit Coordinator |
| CDSS stands for | clinical decision support system |
| CPOE stands for | computer physician order entry |
| HIMSS stands for | Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society |
| www stands for | World Wide Web |
| define clinical tasks | tasks performed at the bedside or in direct contact with the patient |
| define nonclinical tasks | tasks performed away from the bedside |
| meaningful use (EMR) | use of certified EMR technology in ways that can be measured significantly in quality and in quantity |
| define certification | the process of testifying to or endorsing that a person has met certain standards |
| define transcription | a process used to communicate the doctor's orders to the nursing staff and other hospital depts., computers or handwritten requisitions are used |
| define browser, search engine and Internet service provider | a computer program that allows one to search for and view various kinds of info on the Web. A search engine is a website that collects and organizes content from all over the web. A service provider is a company that provides internet connections |
| define e-prescribing | the electronic transmission of prescription information from the prescriber's computer to a pharmacy computer |
| define surfing the web, web address | the use of different search engines on the web to locate info, keywords entered after www on the web will take the user to the preferred website. |
| define clinical decision support system | an interactive decision support system, computer software designed to assist physicians at the point of order entry |
| is assisting a patient to the bathroom clinical or non-clinical? | |
| is transcribing doctor's orders clinical or non-clinical? | |
| is scanning a report into a patient's EMR clinical or non-clinical? | |
| is filing reports in patients' charts clinical or non-clinical? | |
| is feeding a patient clinical or non-clinical? | |
| is answering a unit's telephone clinical or non-clinical? | |
| is monitoring a patient's EMR clinical or non-clinical? | |
| is changing a patient's dressing clinical or non-clinical? | |
| is answering a patient's request on the intercom clinical or non-clinical? | |
| explain the events that led up to creating what eventually became the health unit coordinator position | |
| identify four stages that health professions have traditionally gone through to evolve into a profession | |
| List five reasons why an HUC should become a member of NAHUC | |
| List five reasons why a n HUC should become certified | |
| the date proclaimed to be National HUC Day is ? | |
| list 3 HUC duties associated with nursing personnel | |
| list 3 HUC duties associated with doctors | |
| list 3 HUC duties associated with hospital depts | |
| list 3 HUC duties associated with patients | |
| list 3 HUC duties associated with hospital visitors | |
| discuss the benefits of EMR | |
| discuss the benefits of CPOE with e-prescribing | |
| discuss the benefits of CDSS | |
| Give an example of how the CDDS could assist the physician at point of order entry | |
| list 4 ways to prepare for the changes to the HUC position with the implementation of EMR with CPOE and six ways to stay current in the position | |
| list 3 positions for which the HUC may be cross trained |