Background: Medical billing and coding are the key resources in providing healthcare organization revenue and salaries. Based on the amount of each patient visit and if the visit was cleared and processed. The medical coder and biller must collect the accurate information‚ which can provide hospitals reliable revenue to function. The medical billing department must have accurate information and the correct knowledge of medical terminology for procedures‚ and diagnosis. Not only should they know
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Medical Terminology 8/28/13 The ninth edition of the book is totally fine.YAY. But we need the book. Do a browser check. Blackboard specialist (561) 868-3100 Three things due for each chapter. 1. Upload the test yourself stuff.(try to save it as a pdf file.) 2. If you close a test‚ you cannot re-enter the test.(matching) 3. At the end of each chapter there are purple or yellow ‘fill-ins”. This is due 2:00pm at the NEXT class. Bring scantrons 9/4/13 Dx- Diagnosis Px- Prognosis
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Abbreviations and Acronyms in the Healthcare Industry Introduction The use of abbreviations and acronyms in healthcare has become an international patient safety issue. Common problems include ambiguous‚ unfamiliar‚ and look-alike abbreviations and acronyms leading to misinterpretation and medical errors. The patient’s safety is a common goal in every healthcare institution. One of the major issues in a patient safety is an error that can be caused by an abbreviation. The most common is medication
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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY i rESOURCE aSSIGNMENT Medical Abbreviations Prepared by: Bonnie Henry May 23‚ 2013 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY i rESOURCE aSSIGNMENT Medical Abbreviations Prepared by: Bonnie Henry May 23‚ 2013 Instructor: Rosemary O’Brien‚ MSN‚ RN Pennsylvania Institute of Health and Technology Instructor: Rosemary O’Brien‚ MSN‚ RN Pennsylvania Institute of Health and Technology INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM Diseases/Disorders BCC Basil Cell Carcinoma CMV Cytomegalovirus HSV-1 Herpes
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ANIMAL ORGANIZATION AND HOMEOSTASIS QUIZ NOTE: THIS SECTION ALSO INCLUDES THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM _____1. Which gives the correct sequence of increasing organizational complexity? a) organ‚ tissue‚ cell‚ organ system‚ organism b) cell‚ organ‚ organ system‚ tissue‚ organism c) cell‚ tissue‚ organ‚ organ system‚ organism d) organism‚ tissue‚ cell‚ organ system‚ organ e) tissue‚ cell‚ organ system‚ organism‚ organ _____2. Which type of tissue lines body cavities and covers body surfaces
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Electronic Medical Records- Reduce Errors and Increase Efficiency with EMR Software Errors in the healthcare industry can literally cost someone his or her life‚ not to mention open the door for an unending mountain of lawsuits. In order to reduce the chances of this happening‚ your healthcare organization must be proactive about increasing efficiency‚ and reducing errors. These are two common problems that plague the healthcare industry. With electronic medical records you can significantly reduce
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“clinical documentation‚” “documentation errors‚” and “physicians” as well as the exclusion criteria of “nursing‚” the final number of articles included were 15. The articles reviewed clinical documentation process and strategies along with the impact of documentation errors made by physicians. A summary of the articles can be seen below in Table 1. Documentation Errors and Financial Correlations: Zhang et al. (2013)‚ copy and pasting within electronic medical records was discussed. There are many
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Risk for Errors CPOE and EMR have been known to decrease medical errors. EMR help prevent unnecessary orders and diagnostic test. EMR also prevents duplication of the same test and orders. Medication are shown in the electronic medical record which providers have access to. The ability to access a patient’s medications without having to rely on just patient information will lower risk. A patient may not always be certain of a dosage or the exact name of a medication and the electronic medical record
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Pathology: The study of disease Etiology: The study of the cause of a disease Pathogenesis: The development of disease Infection: Colonization of the body by pathogens Virulence - the ability to infect a host Pathogenicity - the ability to cause disease in a host Outbreak – (localized epidemic) – more cases of a particular disease than expected in a given area or among a specialized group of people over a particular period of time. Epidemic – large numbers of people over a wide geographic
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Medical errors do happen and pose a huge problem in the healthcare industry. Errors in healthcare can happen because of a number of reasons. The most common is lack of communication. Communication is imperative in healthcare. Failure to communicate can lead to problems in identifying patients‚ which can lead to other more serious errors such as incorrect procedures. Another form of error comes from faulty equipment. Hospitals have had problems with defective equipment‚ and because of this injury
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