Why are electronic health records important?
What will be an ideal response?
Electronic health records overcome the many drawbacks of paper records by offering improved legibility and the ability to find, share, and search patient records. Multiple providers can see the same chart simultaneously; charts do not have to be transported from location to location. Additional benefits from an EHR, such as trend analysis, alerts, health maintenance, and decision support, take the practice of medicine to levels that cannot be achieved with paper records.
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A. the biller for all medical services. B. the gatekeeper. C. a liaison between the public and the HMO. D. the only physician for the member.
In 2000, the FDA updated laws to say that:
A) Label must state all ailments or diseases that the herbal effectively treats. B) No label can state that herbals are treatment for a specific ailment or disease. C) No herbal can be marketed unless it has been approved by the FDA as effective against either an ailment or a disease. D) Because herbals are dietary supplements, the FDA will no longer update laws that mention herbals or other alternative therapies.
How many times a week do the majority of American hemodialysis patients receive treatment?
A) Seven B) Five C) One D) Three
Griseofulvin is fungistatic and NOT fungicidal, and must be used systemically:
A) for a long period of time B) to kill all remaining fungi C) in patients with porphyria D) to increase contraceptive efficacy