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Question 5

One purpose of the PHR is to promote patient-centered care. Which of the following is the BEST example of promoting patient-centered care?

A. The system allows the patient to access information from any location.

B. The system provides the patient with simple explanations of test results and diagnoses.

C. The system allows the patient to alter physician orders for some medications or treatments.

D. The system allows the patient to email or text the provider directly from the PHR.

Question 6

A tethered personal health record would be attractive to a patient who ________.

A. has no primary care provider and does not participate in preventative services

B. moves frequently due to employment or schooling needs

C. receives the majority of health care services from one health care system

D. depends on government-based insurance for payment for health services

Question 8

The development of personal health records (PHR) is one method of addressing the goal of increasing patient engagement in their own care as put forth by ________.

A. American Health Information Community (AHIC)

B. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

C. National Health Information Network (NHIN)

D. Institute of Medicine (IOM)

Question 9

A physician tells the nurse that he is not interested in his patients using the PHR record implemented by the health care organization because he feels that data entered by the patient would be unreliable and not helpful. What information can the nurse provide to the physician?

A. Most PHRs have a feature to detect inconsistencies in data.

B. The physician can choose to block some patients from access to the PHR.

C. It is the responsibility of the physician to spend time teaching the patient about use of the PHR.

D. Evidence indicates that collecting data from patient's electronically produces reliable patient information.

Question 10

According to the Core Principles for Networked PHRs, remedies refers to which of the following?

A. a list of treatments and medications that the patient has used

B. actions to address security breaches or violation of patient privacy

C. protections against loss or unauthorized use of patient data

D. identification of researchers who may have access to patient data

Answer 1

Q5. (A). the system allows the patient to access information directly from any location without vising the doctors.

One of the major goal of the patient centered care is to provide better and effective care to the patients as per their needs while involving them in their own treatment. The PHR are personal health records that allow the patients to reach their health information from any location. This can help the patients living in remote location and it can also involve them in their own treatment.

Q6. (B). moves frequently due to employment or schooling needs.

Tethered personal health records are also termed as patient portals and it allows the patients to access all the required health information from any location. So people that have to travel a lot can easily keep a check on their health and it can help them gain relevant medical information from their healthcare provider.

Q8. (A). American health information community (AHIC).

The AHIC aims to bring up the advancement in the health IT by bringing up benefit to the consumers. The AHIC developed one of its PHR definition in 2005. It said that PHR is an electronic and lifelong resource that enable the healthcare receiver to make health decisions from a distance. It enable greater patient engagement in their own healthcare.

Q9. (C). it is responsibility of the physician to spend time teaching the patient about use of PHR. It is important for the patients to understand the usage of the PHR. Using PHR can narrow down the gap between the physician and the patient. Infirming the patient about correct usage of the PHR can certainly help him gain insight of the use of the PHR and this can thus bring up relevant health information.

Q10. (B). Actions to address security breaches or violation of patient privacy.

The core principles for networked PHRs uses remedies to describe the actions that address violation to patient privacy and security breaches.