Purpose Of Health Record Maintenace Flashcards
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What is the purpose of a medical record paper or electronic?
To provide an individual chronological record of medical treatment afforded members of naval service.
What is one of the most important aspects of healthcare administration?
The appropriate documentation and disposition of healthcare information.
How is most Healthcare information recorded?
Electronic medical record(EMR)
Primary medical records are mostly used for what?
The documentation of outpatient medical and dental care.
What are the three major categories of primary medical records.
Health record outpatient record and dental records
Where are summaries of inpatient care placed?
HREC (Active duty) or OREC ( non active duty personnel) to maintain continuity of care.
Who establishes a patients secondary medical record?
Specialty healthcare provider
Secondary medical records contain what kind of information?
Medical info needed by that provider for a specific need.
Secondary medical records are maintained ? From the primary medical record.
Separate
What is required for a secondary medical record to be opened?
Healthcare provider to write a note on the DD form 2766 Adult preventative and chronic care flowsheet in the primary treatment record
Convenience records contains ?
Excerpts from a patients primary record and is kept within the MTF by a treating clinic, service,department, or individual provider for increased access to the information
What are temporary records.
An original medical record established and retained in a specialty clinic service or department in addition to the patient’s primary medical record.
What is the purpose of a temporary record?
Document a current course of treatment
When does a temporary medical record become a part of the primary medical record?
When the course of treatment is concluded
Where is temporary records most Commonly used or established?
OB/GYN for prenatal patient
The temporary dental record is maintained by who?
The DTF providing the current course of treatment
When can a patient help carry their temporary dental record?
When treatment is complete or when the patient returns to the location of the permanent dental record
If a patient does not hand carry their temporary dental record, Who is responsible for that records do what must they do with the record?
Custodian of the temporary record was forwarded to the custodian of the permanent record
The temporary dental record must contain a minimum of which forms?
Privacy act statement DD 2005, Dental health questionnaire, and dental treatment form.
What do ancillary records consist of?
Original healthcare documentation withheld from a patient’s primary HREC or 0REC.
Examples- spouse abuse
All treatment records are the property of whom?
US government
Who has the ultimate responsibility for all medical records?
CO Commanding officer
What three medical records are patients not authorized to retain or maintain?
Original HREC, 0REC, or dental record.
The handling of all medical records must be in accordance with what two laws?
Privacy act of 1974 and HIPPA protocol.