There are six fields in the EMR that you should be filling out:
Chief Complaint, Vitals, Allergies, Past Medical History
, Subjective (aka History of Present Illness), and Objective (aka Physical Exam).
What is included in EMR?
The EMR, or electronic medical record, refers to everything you'd find in a paper chart, such
as medical history, diagnoses, medications, immunization dates, and allergies
.
What are three features of a patient's EMR?
These features include
interfaces and systems integration, medical document scanning, medication tracking, e-Prescriptions, appointment reminders, and marketing support
.
Which part of the EMR would you use to document a patient assessment?
Patient assessments are documented in the relevant flowsheets and must include the minimum ‘required documentation'. To ensure required documentation for each patient is complete, use
the summary side bar link
(EMR Req Doc tip sheet link — coming soon).
What is a detailed physical exam?
A head-to-toe patient assessment that follows the focused history and physical examination and is more thorough than the rapid trauma assessment or rapid medical assessment.
What are the different types of EMR systems?
- Cloud-Based EMR Software. A cloud-based EMR software allows data to be accessed online. …
- Mac EMR Software. Mac EMR software, as can be assumed by the name, includes software compatible with all Apple devices. …
- ONC-Certified EMR Software. …
- Behavioral/Mental Health EMR Software. …
- Medical Billing Software.
What is difference between EMR and EHR?
An EMR is best understood as a digital version of a patient's chart. It contains the patient's medical and treatment history from one practice. … By contrast, an
EHR contains the patient's records from multiple doctors
and provides a more holistic, long-term view of a patient's health.
What makes a good EMR system?
EHR systems are meant to stream-line workflow, not complicate it. In this capacity, they should support medical decision-making by
offering concise, context-sensitive, and real-time data
—all adjusted for information flow, context, environment, and user preferences.
What is the purpose of EMR?
Electronic medical records improve quality of care, patient outcomes, and safety
through improved management, reduction in medication errors, reduction in unnecessary investigations, and improved communication and interactions among primary care providers, patients, and other providers involved in care.
What makes a great EMR?
The Big Three
Providers are EMR consumers who
use the technology to distribute care
. They need discrete data, such as “radio buttons,” with all their pertinent data separated and highly organized. Discrete data should be searchable, transferrable, quantifiable, and operationalized.
What are the basic rules of documentation?
Be clear, legible, concise, contemporaneous, progressive and accurate. Include
information about assessments, action taken, outcomes
, reassessment processes (if necessary), risks, complications and changes.
What is the most common diagnosis?
| Rank Principal diagnosis Rate of stays per 100,000 | 1 Liveborn 1,106.5 | 2 Septicemia 679.5 | 3 Heart failure 347.9 | 4 Osteoarthritis 345.5 |
|---|
Is patient history subjective or objective?
Subjective Versus
Objective
Data
Obtaining a patient's health history is a component of the Assessment phase of the nursing process. Information obtained while performing a health history is called subjective data.
What are the steps of physical examination?
Physical examination is the process of
evaluating objective anatomic findings through the use of observation, palpation, percussion, and auscultation
. The information obtained must be thoughtfully integrated with the patient's history and pathophysiology.
What is a focused physical exam?
In the focused physical examination, you
need to examine specifically the body part or system directly involved with the medical problem
when there is no time to perform a head-to-toe examination.
What are the elements of a physical exam?
- Inspection. Your examiner will look at, or “inspect” specific areas of your body for normal color, shape and consistency. …
- Palpation. …
- Percussion. …
- Auscultation. …
- The Neurologic Examination:
