Question

edical Officer Procedures Final Name: Date: Term: Answer the following short answer. 1. Identify the different types of appointment scheduling methods. (V1.C.1) 2. Identify advantages and disadvantages of the following appointment systems: a. manual b. electronic. (V1.C.2) 3. Identify critical information required for scheduling patient procedures. (V1.C.3) 4. Define types of information contained in the patient's medical record. (V1.C.4) 5. Identify methods of organizing the patient's medical record based on: a. problem-oriented medical record (POMR) b. source-oriented medical record (SOMR). (V1.C.5) 6. Identify equipment and supplies needed for filing medical records in order to: a. create b. maintain c. store. (V1.C.6) 7. Describe filing indexing rules. (V1.C.7) Discuss the process in compliance reporting of an incident report. (X.C.11 d) 8. Differentiate between clectronic medical records and a practice management system. (VI.C.8) 9. 10. Explain meaningful use as it applies to an EMR. (V1.C.12)

Answer 1

1. Scheduling appointments is one of the most important administrative responsibilities performed in the medical office. Until the 1970s, people went to a medical office expecting to wait as long as an hour or more. Most physicians liked to see a full waiting room; it reassured them that their practice was healthy.

Several methods are available to schedule appointments in the medical office.

They include time-specified scheduling, waves cheduling, modified wave scheduling, double booking, and open booking.

Many offices allow established patients to request appointments or schedule appointments using the Internet.

* Mainly two methods are used to schedule appointments:

Appointments can be scheduled manually, using an appointment book. They can also be scheduled electronically using a computer.