The Electronic Health Record for the Physician’s Office
For Simchart for the Medical Office
- 4th Edition - September 28, 2023
- Author: Julie Pepper
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 7 8 4 4 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 3 0 2 3 - 9
Get realistic, hands-on practice with performing EHR tasks! Combining a print textbook with online SimChart for the Medical Office software, The Electronic Health Record for t… Read more
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Get realistic, hands-on practice with performing EHR tasks! Combining a print textbook with online SimChart for the Medical Office software, The Electronic Health Record for the Physician’s Office, 4th Edition uses real-world examples and screenshots to walk you through each EHR task. Clear, step-by-step guidelines simplify the exercises in each simulation, so you master all the EHR skills required of a medical office professional. You’ll learn how to use EHR in patient care and reimbursement as you perform tasks in administrative use, clinical care, and coding and billing. Written by Medical Assisting educator Julie Pepper, this manual also helps you prepare for success on the Certified Electronic Health Records Specialist (CEHRS) examination.
- UNIQUE! Integration with SimChart for the Medical Office (SCMO), Elsevier’s educational EHR (sold separately), makes it easier to learn and apply EHR fundamentals
- EHR Exercises with step-by-step instructions reinforce key concepts and allow practice with actual software, increasing in difficulty based on the knowledge gained
- Critical Thinking Exercises provide thought-provoking questions to enhance learning and problem-solving skills
- Chapter Review Activities allow you to assess your knowledge of the material, with activities such as a review of key terms, matching and true/false questions, and additional opportunities for software practice
- Review of Paper-Based Office Procedures describes how tasks are completed when the healthcare facility is using paper-based procedures instead of electronic
- Trends and Applications provide real-life examples of how EHR systems are being used to improve health care
- Application exercises in the appendix include front office, clinical care, and coding and billing, allowing you to practice skills before tackling graded SCMO exercises
- Student online resources with a custom test generator is designed for CEHRS exam practice or simulation
1. Introduction to Electronic Health Records
2. Overview of SimChart for the Medical Office
3. Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security
4. Administrative Use of the Electronic Health Record
5. Clinical Use of the Electronic Health Record
6. Using the Electronic Health Record for Reimbursement
7. The Personal Health Record and Patient Portals
Appendices
A: Review of Paper-Based Office Documents
B: CMS Documentation Guidelines
C: Front Office, Clinical Care, and Coding and Billing Application Exercises
D: SimChart Supplement
2. Overview of SimChart for the Medical Office
3. Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security
4. Administrative Use of the Electronic Health Record
5. Clinical Use of the Electronic Health Record
6. Using the Electronic Health Record for Reimbursement
7. The Personal Health Record and Patient Portals
Appendices
A: Review of Paper-Based Office Documents
B: CMS Documentation Guidelines
C: Front Office, Clinical Care, and Coding and Billing Application Exercises
D: SimChart Supplement
- Edition: 4
- Published: September 28, 2023
- Language: English
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Julie Pepper
Julie Pepper has spent her entire career in health care as a medical assistant in a variety of offices and clinics, developing expertise in the electronic health record and as an instructor in a medical assistant program. She combines her education in dietetics with her clinical and administrative experience as an instructor in the Medical Assisting program at Chippewa Valley Technical College in Wisconsin, where she taught for 21 years and from where she retired from teaching. Julie was also the program director for the college’s Health Navigator program. She has served as a reviewer and contributor to numerous Medical Assisting educational products over the last decade, including Sim Chart for the Medical Office. She currently serves as the sole author of The Electronic Health Record for the Physician’s Office and The Simulated Administrative Medical Office. She has been leading author of Beik's Health Insurance Today text and workbook since the 8th edition. She also has been a coauthor for Kinn’s Medical Assisting Fundamentals, Kinn’s The Medical Assistant, and Today’s Medical Assistant. Julie strives to bring the needed information to students in a way to keep them interested in learning all that they need to be wonderful employees working in healthcare.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus, Medical Assistant Program, Chippewa Valley Technical College, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA