Question 1

A Qualified EHR is an electronic record of healthcare-related information on a patient that includes all pertinent components of a medical record, such as:

Accepted Answer

A Qualified Electronic Health Record (EHR) indeed encompasses comprehensive patient information, including demographics (such as age, gender, and contact information) and medical history (including history and physical examination notes). These elements are crucial for providing holistic patient care and ensuring that healthcare providers have access to a complete view of a patient's health status.

Question 2

Overall, the EHR should:

Accepted Answer

The primary goal of Electronic Health Records (EHR) is to improve the quality of healthcare by making patients' health information more accessible and manageable for healthcare providers, leading to better patient outcomes.

Question 3

Which of the following is a main category of the EHR?

Accepted Answer

The main categories of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) include source systems that collect data and core clinical systems that enable the use of data. These components are essential for the collection, storage, and use of health information in a digital format.

Question 4

Point-of-Care (POC) charting systems are also known as:

Accepted Answer

Point-of-Care (POC) charting systems are designed to allow healthcare providers to document patient care at the time and location of service, making them a type of clinical documentation system.

Question 5

Under the Medicare EHR Incentive Payment Program, an EP is eligible for an incentive payment equal to an annual limit and equal to _____ of an EP's Medicare Physician Fee Schedule amount for a calendar year.

Accepted Answer

The correct answer is 75% of an EP's Medicare Physician Fee Schedule amount for a calendar year under the Medicare EHR Incentive Payment Program.

Question 6

The EP can file claims for the previous calendar year up to ___ month(s) after December 31.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The EP can file claims for the...

Question 7

Computerized provider order entry (CPOE) states that EPs have more than ___ of all unique patients, have at least one medication in their medication list, and at least one medication order entered using the CPOE.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Computerized provider order entry (CPOE) states that...

Question 8

The EP must provide more than ______ of all patient requests for an electronic copy of their medical records within three business days.

Accepted Answer

The correct answer is D) 50%. According to the guidelines for the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs, Eligible Professionals (EPs) are required to provide more than 50% of all patient requests for an electronic copy of their health information within three business days. This is part of the criteria to demonstrate meaningful use of EHR technology.

Question 9

The EP must provide Clinical Summaries for more than _______ of the office visits to the patients within three days of the visit. If the EP does not provide office visits, they will be excluded from this objective.

Accepted Answer

The correct answer is 50%. Eligible Professionals (EPs) are required to provide Clinical Summaries for more than 50% of office visits to patients within three days of the visit to meet specific objectives in the context of meaningful use and health information exchange regulations.

Question 10

More than __________ of the unique patients that the EP sees must have the patient's demographics recorded as structured data that include preferred language, race, ethnicity, gender, and date of birth. There is no exclusion for this objective.

Accepted Answer

More than 80% of the unique patients that the EP sees must have the patient's demographics recorded as structured data that include preferred language, race, ethnicity, gender, and date of birth. There is no exclusion for this objective.

Question 11

The EP must have more than _________ of all unique patients seen with at least one entry that the patient is not being prescribed any medications. There are no exclusions for this objective.

Accepted Answer

The correct threshold for this objective is 80% of all unique patients seen by the Eligible Professional (EP) must have at least one entry indicating that the patient is not being prescribed any medications.

Question 12

For more than _____ of the patients that the EP sees that are 2 years of age and older, the patient's height, weight, and blood pressure are recorded in the EHR and are available as structured data. EPs can be excluded from this objective if they do not see any patients that are 2 years of age or older, or if the EP does not believe that these vital signs are relevant to the scope of the practice.

Accepted Answer

For more than 50% of the patients that the Eligible Professional (EP) sees who are 2 years of age and older, the patient's height, weight, and blood pressure must be recorded in the Electronic Health Record (EHR) and be available as structured data. This is a requirement to meet certain healthcare reporting standards and objectives for meaningful use of EHRs.

Question 13

In Clinical Quality Measures Stage 2, for the EHR incentive program, an EP must report on ___ CQMs out of a possible list of 64 approved CQMs.

Accepted Answer

In Stage 2 of the EHR incentive program, eligible professionals (EPs) are required to report on 9 Clinical Quality Measures (CQMs) out of a list of 64 approved CQMs.

Question 14

The Electronic Health Record (EHR) is not an easy thing to define. Over the years, it has been thought that an EHR is a system where pages of a medical record are scanned into a system. This is more in the line of a document imaging system that will lead to a hybrid-style EHR.

Accepted Answer

An EHR is more than just scanned documents; it is a comprehensive digital record of a patient's health information, which includes data entry, management, and sharing capabilities, unlike a simple document imaging system.

Question 15

These registries are disease related and procedure related to including cancer registries, diabetes registries, and immunization registries. These registries are often maintained by medical specialty or a public health department.

Accepted Answer

Disease and procedure registries, including cancer, diabetes, and immunization registries, are often maintained by medical specialties or public health departments to track the incidence and treatment of specific conditions, facilitating research, public health monitoring, and policy development.

Question 16

CMS has created an incentive program that will provide financial incentives for the "meaningful use" of a certified EHR for Medicare and Medicaid providers.

Accepted Answer

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has indeed established an incentive program to encourage the "meaningful use" of certified Electronic Health Records (EHR) technology by Medicare and Medicaid providers, aiming to improve patient care.

Question 17

The Medicare EHR Incentive Program makes available incentive payments to Medicare Eligible (ME) professionals who are taking part in the meaningful use program, using a certified program for their EHR, and are Doctors of Medicine or Osteopathy, but excludes Doctors of Oral Surgery or Dental Medicine.

Accepted Answer

The Medicare EHR Incentive Program, also known as the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program, is designed for Eligible Professionals (EPs) who demonstrate meaningful use of Certified Electronic Health Record Technology (CEHRT). While it primarily targets Doctors of Medicine or Osteopathy, it does not specifically exclude Doctors of Oral Surgery or Dental Medicine; rather, eligibility is based on the type of practice and billing to Medicare, not solely on the medical discipline.

Question 18

An EP who participates in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program may not participate in the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).

Accepted Answer

An Eligible Professional (EP) who participates in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program can also participate in the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), as these programs were designed to complement each other and improve healthcare quality through the use of electronic health records and quality reporting.

Question 19

The EP must enable this functionality during the entire reporting period and automatically check for potentially adverse drug-drug or drug-allergy interactions. There are no exclusions for this objective.

Accepted Answer

The Meaningful Use requirements for Electronic Health Records (EHRs) include that Eligible Professionals (EPs) must enable functionality for drug-drug and drug-allergy interaction checks for the entire reporting period, and there are no exclusions allowed for this specific objective. This is to ensure patient safety by reducing the risk of adverse reactions.

Question 20

CMS defines an attestation as "a legal statement that the EP has met the thresholds and all the requirements of the Medicare EHR Incentive Program."

Accepted Answer

CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) uses the term "attestation" to describe the process by which Eligible Professionals (EPs) affirm that they have met the required thresholds and all other criteria of the Medicare Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program, making it a legal statement of compliance.

Quiz 12: Electronic Health Records and Meaningful Use