Electronic data interchange (EDI) is an effort to help phase out paper claims except under extensive appeal circumstances. The result of this initiative is which of the following?
1. Health care providers were forced to install EDI transmission programs in their billing and medical record systems.
2. A large savings on paper supplies
3. An increased need for assistive software
4. A decrease in the denial of claims
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Rationale: This action forced all providers to install EDI transmission programs in their billing and medical record systems by buying practice management systems (PMS) or utilizing a clearinghouse that screened and then transmitted electronic claims and records to the various insurance companies.
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1. Seizures 2. Respiratory distress 3. Hyperthermia 4. Bradycardia
Which statement best describes the concept of multifactorial inheritance?
a. A mutation in a single gene results in the expression of problems in a variety of tis-sues and organs. b. Susceptibility to a problem is inherited as a single gene trait, but development of the problem is enhanced by environmental conditions. c. A mutated gene is inherited, but the re-sults of expression of that gene are not evident until middle or late adulthood. d. Several genes are responsible for the me-chanism of hearing, and a mutation in any one of them results in hearing impairment.
Which of the following are examples of the family life cycle stage of expansion? Select all that apply
A) The family of four welcomes the newborn into their family. B) The head of a family of four dies. C) The single mother of one marries and the new spouse has two children. D) The family of four's eldest daughter and her child return to the family home after divorce. E) The parents in a family of four divorce and one parent lives elsewhere.
A pt is being treated with heparin therapy for a PE. The pt has the potential for bleeding with the administration of heparin. What does the nurse monitor in relation to the heparin therapy?
a. lab values for any elevation of PT or PTT value b. PTT values for greater than 2.5 times the control and/or the pt for bleeding c. occurrence of a pulmonary infarction by blood in sputum d. PT values for international normalized ratio for a therapeutic range of 2-3 and/or the pt for bleeding