Chapter 3 Alternate Care
The _____________ is a numbered list of the patient's diagnoses or problems, often including allergies and medications.
problem list
The first contact the patient usually has with any ambulatory care setting is the ________________process.
registration
EHRs are not used in freestanding ambulatory care settings.
False
Medicare providers can decide if they want to adopt meaningful use guidelines.
False
physicians are those temporarily working in place of another physician.
Locum tenens
The __________ in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is charged with protecting the integrity of HHS programs such as Medicare by detecting and preventing fraud, waste, and abuse.
Office of Inspector General- OIG
A major use of health information in ambulatory care is the assessment of the quality of care provided by the facility.
True
Facilities have the option to choose not to be accredited.
True
Many factors influence what must be documented, including type of facility, types of patients, types of caregivers, and internal and external users of information.
True
Patient identifier refers to how the patient is identified in a health information system, whether paper based or electronic.
True
There are three common formats for paper records: source oriented, integrated, and problem oriented.
True
In physician offices the ___________ record format is frequently used.
integrated
A ______________ is an artificial intelligence system to help the physician in selecting a diagnosis.
decision support system
In the ______________ system, the patient pays according to the type and amount of service provided.
fee for service