Question

1.The costs to organizations to implement EMR systems can be defrayed by ________.

Group of answer choices

Meaningful Use incentives

a surcharge to patients

low-interest loans

allowing vendors to use the site for potential customer visits

Question 2

The term electronic medical record (EMR) would be BEST used to describe ________.

Group of answer choices

the legal record of a patient's visit to a hospital or ambulatory care environment

information about a patient's health that can be shared between health care organizations

the database that the hospital creates to store demographic data on patients

any information stored in a hospital computer system

Question 3

Patient safety will be improved by the widespread implementation of EHR because ________.

Group of answer choices

changes in insurance information will be available to all providers

patients will be prompted to keep scheduled appointments with their providers

medication and allergy information will be available to all providers

patient dietary preferences and habits will be continuously monitored

Question 4

The relationship between the EMR and the EHR is that ________.

Group of answer choices

the EHR is not accessible by the clinician

the EHR is controlled by the patient's primary provider

the EMR is a building block to the creation of the EHR

the EHR is used for only outpatient and wellness information

Question 5

The implementation of the EHR is anticipated to decrease health care costs by ________.

Group of answer choices

improving clinician satisfaction

reducing duplication of procedures

improvement in patient compliance

reducing lost records

Question 6

With implementation of the EHR the nurse will find patient information to be more readable, better-organized and accurate. This feature is defined as improvement in ________.

Group of answer choices

data integrity

productivity

quality of care

satisfaction

Question 7

The nurse has read in a hospital report that the institution has reached stage 7 in the stage of adoption of EMS. The nurse is aware that this indicates that ________.

Group of answer choices

the major ancillary systems have been installed

all information is shared electronically and the environment is paperless

basic clinical documentation is now required

CPOE is to go live in the next six months

Question 8

Reducing the number of African Americans suffering complications is a potential outcome of the expanded use of EHRs as stated by which priority?

Group of answer choices

reducing racial disparities

patient engagement

improved efficiency

coordination of care

Question 9

When an EHR is fully implemented, the nurse working in an immunization clinic will provide information that will allow the public health authority to ________.

Group of answer choices

produce a paper record of immunizations for the patient

identify outbreaks of infectious diseases

track the patients who have been immunized

determine who will be allergic to the immunization

Question 10

To ensure that the technology in use by an organization will meet standards that allow the implementation of EHRs, the technology should be ________.

Group of answer choices

certified

portable

issued by the government

insured by the ONC

Answer 1

1.The implementation of Electronic Medical Records has to be done by all healthcare organizations and be used by the healthcare professionals especially the providers. The cost is very high to implement, in order to meet thus the government under Medicare and Meducaid insurance policies has provided the Meaningful Use incentive.

The patients are not responsible to pay for its implementation nor the vendors are legally permitted.The loans are the last option and not required for this but to implement certain software through vendor.

Ans: Meaningful Use Incentive

2.The legal records for patient visit are generally maintained in the admission registers or outpatient registry, ambulatory registry.

The demographic data stored is for hospital census purposes and for legal withstands

The Electronic Medical Records is a method to collect and store the data of patient and they can share it between organization as oer the requests and needs legally.

Ans:information about a patient's health that can be shared between an organization

3.After the implementation of the EHR there is a drastic reduction in the number of medication errors by the healthcare professionals.

It has the records on types of insurance and a complete data about patient treatment including dietary patterns ,appointments, etc.,

Ans:medication and allergy history will be available to all providers

4.EMR has the basic medical details of the patient ,cannot be transferred between organization ,used by provider.EHR is the complete health records of a patient, accessible by the provider,can be transferred between organization. The EMR which has three diagnosis and treatment acts as a major source for the formation of EHR.

Ans:EMR is the building block to the creation of the EHR