Your Facility Is Using a Paper-Based Record

question 40

Multiple Choice

Your facility is using a paper-based record. The HIM department has decided to switch from an integrated record to a completely source-oriented record, postdischarge. You are responsible for training the staff members who assemble the records into the correct order. Which of the following must exist in order to implement this change?

• A) All documentation must be changed to reflect the new order.
• B) Except for physician's orders, physicians and nurses cannot document on the same page.
• C) Nothing has to change; the way the clinicians document information is irrelevant to the chart order.
• D) Physicians and nurses must document on the same page.

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Definitions:

Direct Materials Quantity Variance

The difference between the actual quantity of materials used in production and the standard quantity expected to be used, multiplied by the standard cost per unit of material.

Units

Basic quantities or measures used to express the amount, level, or extent of something.

Fixed Factory Overhead Volume Variance

The difference between the budgeted and actual fixed overhead costs, attributable to variations in the volume of production.

Supervisors

Individuals in an organization responsible for overseeing the work of employees and managing their performance.