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SBGR MedTrak
SBGR ALH 150 MEDTRAK Wk 1 (2012 EK)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |