The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Requires Healthcare Organizations

question 16

True/False

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act requires healthcare organizations to employ standardized electronic transactions, codes, and identifiers to enable them to fully digitize medical records thus making it possible to exchange medical records over the Internet.

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Definitions:

Pulse Oximetry Assessment

A nonintrusive technique for determining the blood's oxygen saturation level.

Sleep Assessment

The evaluation of sleep patterns, struggles, and behaviors to diagnose and treat sleep disorders.

Tetanus Antitoxin Injection

A medical treatment used to prevent or treat tetanus by neutralizing the toxins produced by the tetanus bacteria.

Laceration

Torn, jagged wound.