Author Question: Sally Jones presents to the department (ED) with lower-left abdominal pain. The ED physician asks ... (Read 26 times)

ARLKQ · **on:** Jul 12, 2018

Sally Jones presents to the department (ED) with lower-left abdominal pain. The ED physician asks the ED clerk to determine if the patient was previously seen in the facility. The quickest way for the ED clerk to obtain this information is to reference the:
A) disease index
B) ED log
C) master patient index
D) patient's record

Question 2

The director of the HIM department at Sunny Valley Hospital needs to prepare a presentation for the finance committee to convince them to fund an automated MPI system. Which statement would best support her argument?
A) An automated MPI is less expensive than a manual master patient index.
B) An automated MPI allows for rapid retrieval of patient information.
C) Staff training time is decreased when an automated MPI is implemented.
D) The security of information is increased when an automated MPI is implemented.