Transcript Question 2 Answer

UNIT 8 Seminar
 According
to Sanderson (2009), the
Practice Partner is an electronic health
record and practice management
program for ambulatory practices. The
electronic health record portion of the
program, known as Patient Record, is
widely used in medical practices
throughout the United States. With that
being said let’s begin our discussion.
 Question
1: How does the use of access
levels protect the privacy of information
in a patient record?
 Question 1 Answer:
 Access levels limit access
to information
based on the type of information each user
will need to view or modify.
 Access levels are created for different
positions in the office such as physician,
nurse, billing, reception, etc.
 The access levels define which areas of the
program a user can view and whether the
user can add, edit, or delete information, or
just view the information.
 Question
2: Discuss the purpose of the
dashboard.
 Question
2 Answer: the dashboard
offers providers a convenient view of
important information, including
messages, to do list, unsigned lab orders,
notes and more. The main areas of the
dashboard include: schedule, messages,
lab review, to do, and not review.
 Question
2 answer (continued):
 The schedule area present the daily
schedule for the provider with
appointment time, patient name, length of
visit, and reason for visit.
 The messages section lists electronic
messages for the provider.
 Question
2 answer (continued): the lab
review area presents lab results for the
current provider that need to be
reviewed. Information listed includes
patient name, patient identification
number, date of the lab work, and time
the results were sent.
 Question
2 answer (continued): the to do
section lists action items for the provider,
including the date the item was added to
the list, the priority assigned to the task, the
patient’s name, the patient identification
number, and the subject of the note.
 The note review area presents notes for the
provider to review, and contains a patient
name, date, and time of the note and the
note’s subject.
 Question
3: Where is patient registration
information stored and accessed?
 Question
4: What is the function of the
chart summary?
 Question
4 answer: the chart summary
provides an overview of key information
in a patient chart. Information cannot be
addressed, edited, or deleted from the
chart summary screen; it is used for
viewing only.
 Question
entered?
5: How are progress notes
 Question
5 Answer: progress notes are
entered in the following ways:
 By typing directly in the progress note
screen on the computer
 By the use of voice recognition software
that takes a provider’s spoken words and
transfers them into a word processing
document
 By digital dictation
 By traditional dictation and transcription
 Question
6. How does Practice Partner
assist with coding a patient encounter?
 Question
6 Answer: the Practice Partner
analyzes information in a progress note
and suggests an appropriate E/M code
(CPT code) for the patient visit. The
coding/billing staff can override the
automated entry if necessary.
 Question
7: What are the two safety and
cost-control features of the electronic
order entry and the medication list in
Practice Partner?
 Question
7 Answer: the electronic order
entry checks whether an insurance plan
requires preauthorization before a test or
procedure can be performed. It also
checks that the order is appropriate for
the patient in light of a patient’s age,
diagnoses, allergies, medications, etc.
 Question
7 Answer (continued): the
medication list in a patient’s chart
organizes the medications into three
groups: current, ineffective, and
historical.
 Question
8: How does Practice Partner
display abnormal values in vital signs
and lab results?
 Question
8 Answer: abnormal results in
vital signs or lab tests are displayed in
different colors, making it easy to notice
an abnormal result. Providers are
immediately sent an electronic message
if results are in a critical range.
 Question
9: How can the HIPAA section
of the patient chart be used to document
HIPAA compliance?
 Question
9 answer: the HIPAA section of
the patient chart can be used to
document when a patient was give
required forms, such as the Notice of
Privacy Practices. Signed consent forms
can bee scanned and saved in the patient
chart.
 Question
10: Do you believe that HIPAA
rules and regulations with an emphasis
on patient privacy will be compromised
with the implementation of the EHR?
 Question
10 (my thoughts): As with
anything, I believe that there will always
be pitfalls. There are numerous measures
to ensure a patient’s privacy is protected
with the implementation of the EHR.
However, just as with paper-based
records there is always that chance that a
patient’s privacy will be compromised.
 Sanderson, (2009). Electronic
health
records for allied health careers. New
York, NY: McGraw-Hill.