Which of the following are major impediments to the development of an electronic health record (EHR)? Select all that apply.
1. Development of an electronic infrastructure
2. Confidentiality
3. Cost
4. Lack of a common vocabulary
5. Information system vendors
Question 2The Bush administration called for the adoption of the electronic health record (EHR) by 2014 as a means to help transform U.S. health care. Who owns the individual client record when an EHR is used?
1. The client
2. Ownership is unclear
3. The institution at which the record is created
4. The health care providers who enter the data
Question 3Which of the following is a major component of the computer-based patient record (CPR)?
1. Results reporting including unstructured data reports
2. Legal record created in hospitals and ambulatory environments
3. Support for links to local or remote information resources
4. Integration of all pertinent patient information into one record
Question 4For many years the EMR applied to a single encounter with no ability, or very limited ability, to carry information from one visit to another within a care delivery system.
That situation has changed; it is now possible to bring information forward from prior visits within the organization or delivery system. Which of the following answers are basic components of the EMR system? Select all that apply. 1. Clinical messaging and e-mail
2. Results reporting
3. Decision support
4. Clinical documentation
5. Order entry
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