chapter 6

Question 1

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA)

Answer 1

requires most claims for healthcare services to be submitted via electronic means

Question 2

3D printing

Answer 2

objects made through 3D printing show promise because the blueprints can be customized to the patients situation through the use of patient specific data to create a physical solution.

Question 3

Wearable Technology

Answer 3

allows for inexpensive, continuous physiological monitoring with little manual intervention by the patient or healthcare provider.

Question 4

billing process

Answer 4

refers to the method of submitting and following up with claims made to government payer, insurance companies, and patient for services rendered to a patient

Question 4

Electronic Health Record (EHR)

Answer 4

refers to an individual patient health record stored in a computer database for easy assess by physicians and other healthcare workers regardless of the setting

Question 4

Electronic materials management

Answer 4

refers to tracking and managing of inventory of medical supplies, drugs, and other materials.

Question 4

Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS)

Answer 4

best describes the variety of technologies that provide healthcare practitioners with diagnostic and treatment recommendations.

Question 4

What is the most promising technologies in healthcare?

Answer 4

3D printing

Question 5

Robots

Answer 5

used and being used to make surgical procedures more persistence.

Question 5

What does tele-medicine mean?

Answer 5

the use of electronic communications and information technologies to provide or support clinical care at a distance. The connection allows the healthcare provider to diagnose, treat, and monitor patients remotely.

Question 5

What is an example of health technology?

Answer 5

computer software

Question 5

Telemedicine

Answer 5

helps provide greater access for patients whose access to healthcare may be limited.

Question 5

Health insurance systems

Answer 5

provide payment for new innovations so we can have a continuous flow of technology

Question 6

International X-ray machines

Answer 6

pieces of high resolution fixed x-ray equipment that allows physicians to diagnose and preform surgery in a minimally invasive manner.

Question 7

What is 3D printing being used for?

Answer 7

prosthetic, orthopedic, implants, and lab equipment such as pipettes and mini-funge rotors

Question 8

Health IT

Answer 8

importing the delivery of patient care and producing optimum outcomes are goals of many healthcare providers and systems one of the most important way in which these goals can be accomplished is used.

Question 8

A clinical decision system

Answer 8

refers to the variety of technologies that provide healthcare practitioner with diagnostic treatment recomandations

Question 8

Benefit of EHRs

Answer 8

information contained within them can be shared with other healthcare providers across different orgs

Question 9

HITECH Act

Answer 9

introduced the meaningful use program

Question 9

MPI

Answer 9

electronic systems containing analytical processes can minimize but not completely address the problem of duplicate entries

Question 10

Patient registration

Answer 10

creates a detailed reference about a patient’s body and can be used to pinpoint the location of a tumor