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Office of National Coordination for Health Information Technology - Answers - ONCHIT
ONCHIT - Answers - In 2004, President Bush recommended the use of Health Information Technology, and set a 10 year goal
for all Americ...
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Office of National Coordination for Health Information Technology - Answers -✔✔
ONCHIT
ONCHIT - Answers -✔✔ In 2004, President Bush recommended the use of Health
Information Technology, and set a 10 year goal
for all Americans to be using electronic health records. What organization was
established to meet this goal?
This organization identified standards for the electronic exchange of health information -
Answers -✔✔ What is the purpose of the HITSP
This organization developed certification criteria for electronic health records software -
Answers -✔✔ What does CCHIT do?
1. Health information and data elements
2. Results management
3. Order management
4. Decision support
5. Electronic communications and connectivity
6. Patient support
7. Administrative processes
8. Reporting and population management - Answers -✔✔ What core functions did the
IOM suggest for EHRs, and how many are there?
Computerized records of *one* physician's encounter with a patient over time. -
Answers -✔✔ An EMR is what?
It reflects the data from all sources that have treated an individual - Answers -✔✔ AN
EHR is what?
A record that is maintained and owned by the patient. - Answers -✔✔ A PHR is what?
Most often this refers to a hospital, treating patients with urgent problems that cannot
otherwise be handled - Answers -✔✔ Acute Care refers to what?
Treatment without admission to hospital - Answers -✔✔ Ambulatory care refers to
what?
, Set of common definitions for medical terms to ease communication by decreasing
ambiguity - Answers -✔✔ Clinical vocabularies are what?
This contains a clinical vocabulary designed to encompass all terms used in medicine -
Answers -✔✔ SNOMED-CT contains what?
This contains terms and codes used for electronic exchange of lab results and clinical
observations - Answers -✔✔ What does the LOINC contain?
Logical observation identifiers names and codes. - Answers -✔✔ What does the
acronym, LOINC stand for?
Unified Medical Language System - Answers -✔✔ What does the acronym UMLS
stand for?
National Library of Medicine - Answers -✔✔ What does the acronym NLM stand for?
It's a thesaurus database of medical terms - Answers -✔✔ What is the UMLS?
The World Health Organization - Answers -✔✔ Who developed the National
Classification of Diseases?
Diagnosis--3-5 Alphanumeric--Inpatient and Outpatient--13.000 codes.
Procedure Usage--*Inpatient*--3-4 Numeric--4.000 codes. - Answers -✔✔ Usage for
ICD-9-CM, number and kinds of characters, Inpatient or Outpatient oriented, and
number of codes.
Diagnosis--3-7 Alphanumeric--Inpatient and Outpatient--120.000 codes.
Procedure Usage--None - Answers -✔✔ Usage for ICD-10-CM, number and kinds of
characters, Inpatient or Outpatient oriented, and number of codes.
Diagnosis--None
Procedure Usage--*Inpatient*--7 Alphanumeric--200,000 codes. - Answers -✔✔ Usage
for ICD-10-PCS, number and kinds of characters, Inpatient or Outpatient oriented, and
number of codes.
This acronym represents a coding procedural terminology developed and maintained by
the AMA. It is a listing of descriptive terms and identifying codes for reporting medical
services and procedures performed by health care providers *in an outpatient setting.* -
Answers -✔✔ What is the CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) and what is its
purpose?
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