The EHR offers benefits to nurses, physicians, and other health ...

[tuffie]

The EHR offers benefits to nurses, physicians, and other health care providers, the health care enterprise, and most importantly, the consumer. Much must be done before the benefits associated with the EHR can be realized.
 
  Which of the following is one action that has been proposed by experts? 1. Health care professionals should institute major changes in the way they work.
  2. Consumers need education to choose providers based upon appropriate financial and insurance considerations.
  3. Individual consumers should have lesser responsibility for data.
  4. Government intervention should promote information exchange among software vendors and health care systems.

Question 2

Personal health record (PHR) security issues relate to HIPAA and physical security of data. HIPAA only covers PHRs provided by covered entities such as health plans, health care clearinghouses, and providers.
 
  No governmental coverage exists for other sites unless it is at the state level. To avoid these types of breaches, the American Health Information Community's consumer empowerment working group made a recommendation. Which of the following was recommended for PHRs in order to avoid breaches? 1. Deletion of sensitive data
  2. Educating the general consumer about PHRs
  3. Restricting the number of authorized users
  4. A PHR certification process

[Jsherida]

Answer to Question 1

4
Rationale: Some experts call for stronger action on the part of the government to promote information exchange among software vendors and health care systems. They note that competing software vendors and health care systems have little incentive to exchange information that might cause them to lose their competitive edge.

Answer to Question 2

4
Rationale: The consumer empowerment working group of the American Health Information Community recommends a certification process for PHRs to avoid security breaches.

[tuffie]

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[Jsherida]

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