Assessment- MEDITECH Expanse Ambulatory - Patient Identity Management
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Dec 6, 2023
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Part 1
Question 1
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Robert Williams had an ambulatory appointment on 5/15/20. When making the appointment, he told
the office staff that his name was Robert Williams and said his date of birth was 7/25/1948. He was
registered and given a new medical record number. Robert makes another appointment on 7/2/20 but
identified himself as Jimmy Williams. There were no matches, so a new medical record was created.
What is this an example of?
Question options:
A duplicate number
An overlay
Algorithm error
All of the above
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Which definition best identifies overlays?
Question options:
When a patient is assigned to more than one medical record number
When a patient is assigned to more than one account number
When accounts representing two different patients are assigned to the same medical
record number
When two different patients have the same name
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Duplicates and overlays can lead to the following safety issues. Select all that apply.
Question options:
Injury
Illness
Duplicate diagnostic tests
Adverse/Allergic reactions
Incorrect treatment
Question
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Duplicates and overlays can lead to the following cost issues. Select all that apply.
Question options:
Cost of chart consolidation/correction
Malpractice litigation
Incorrect claims
Duplicate diagnostic tests
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Question
5
What are the recommended solutions for duplicates and overlays? Select all that apply.
Question options:
Patient smart cards
Algorithms
Biometrics
Electronic Health Record
Electronic Document Management System
Question
6
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Which of the following are the benefits of duplicate prevention? Select all that apply.
Question options:
Reduced costs to maintain records
Regulatory compliance
Improved patient care
Patient satisfaction
Fraud detection
Part 2
Question 7
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When compiling the duplicate number report, the default method of patient matching for last name is
Soundex Match. What does this mean? Select all that apply.
Question options:
You don’t need to know the exact spelling of the name.
It uses a phonetic type of search.
Exact matching of the names.
Last names that sound alike are considered a match.
Question
8
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Polly Poplar in HIM ran the duplicate numbers report using the default search criteria. The default
criteria ignores which parts of the demographic information? Select all that apply.
Question options:
SSN
Last name
First name
Date of birth
Question
9
1 / 1
point
If you merged two patient records by mistake, is it possible to un-merge these records?
Question options:
Yes
No
Part 3
Question 10
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Why are overlays so dangerous? Select all that apply.
Question options:
A patient has their medical record information under two different numbers so the
provider might be missing some key data when creating the treatment plan
A provider might prescribe a medication for which a life-threatening allergy exists
for one of the patients
One of the patients involved might get a large bill for surgery that was never
performed on him/her
One medical record number contains two different patient’s information
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Someone steals a patient’s insurance card and uses it to obtain medical treatment and prescriptions.
What type of patient matching issue could this cause if the patient went to the same clinic as the person
the card belongs to?
Question options:
Patient will end up with two medical record numbers – duplicate records
Nothing happens; the medical record data stays intact but the financial data becomes
corrupt
An alias is created under the real patient’s demographics
Two different patients will have the same medical record number - overlay
Question
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Bob J. Smith has been an established patient at his physician’s office for several years. When he
schedules his next appointment, an error is made and a different patient by the name Robert J. Smith is
chosen for scheduling the appointment. What needs to be done to correct this problem after the
appointment is booked?
Question options:
Merging of two medical record numbers into one
Creating a new medical record number in the master patient index
Linking of the two medical record numbers
Moving the account(s) to the correct patient’s medical record number
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