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Ch 1 The EHR -MOP
The Electronic Health Record - Introduction - Ch 1
Question | Answer |
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The ability to walk or move from one place to another | Ambulatory |
Stimulus package or Recovery Act | ARRA |
Methods that have consistently shown superior results and are used as a benchmark or standard until improvements are developed. | Best Practice Guidelines |
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | CMS |
the most commonly accepted term for software with a full range of functionalities to store, access and use patient healthcare information | EHR Electronic Health Record |
Model where selected healthcare data is transmitted to a centralized electronic record | distribution-based model of EHR |
Model where patient data resides in the HIT system at the healthcare facility or with a third-party hosting company. | Facility-based model of EHR |
Model where patients can accumulate their healthcare data and make it accessible online to providers. | Web-based personal model |
Online applications that are designed to allow patients access to and storage of some of their medical records and allow communication with their providers across the Internet | Patient portals |
A software program that manages financial transactions, the billing of insurance claims, and the issuing of patient statements. | PMS - practice management system |
the ability of a software program to accept, send and communicate data from its database to and from multiple vendor's software programs | Interoperability |
medical software that lacks a full range of higher-end functionalities to store, access,and use patient medical info. | EMR- Electronic Medical Record |
allow the patient access via the Internet to the medical office's website to store and update personal medical information. | PHR - personal health record |
The use of computerized tools, usually embedded in an EHR program, to create and sign prescriptions for medicines. | e-prescribing |
The transmission of healthcare information electronically across organizations within a region, community, or hospital system. | HIE - Health Information Exchange |
Deals with the storage, retrieval, sharing and use of electronic healthcare information involving computer hardware and software. | HIT - Health Information Technology |
initiated by Congress to stimulate and increase the use of electronic health records by independent physicians and hospitals over a five-year period. | HITECH act |
Serves as a resource for the entire health system, support the adoption of HIT, and promote a nationwide health information exchange. | ONC |
Handheld mobile devices function as a personal information manager | PDA- Personal Digital Assistant |
The time and place the healthcare provider gives the patient medical care | Point of Care |
The amount earned from a company's total purchase or investment. | ROI - return on investment |