An EMPI Is Useful Because It Collects

question 21

Multiple Choice

An EMPI is useful because it collects:

• A) Only the patients admitted to a single facility
• B) All the patients treated in multiple facilities in the health care system
• C) The names of all the physicians in the health care system
• D) The names of each patient's family members

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Definitions:

Barium

A chemical element with the symbol Ba, number 56 on the periodic table, used primarily in X-ray imaging to improve the contrast of the images.

Melena

The occurrence of dark, sticky feces, signaling bleeding within the gastrointestinal tract.

Peristalsis

A series of wave-like muscle contractions that move food to different processing stations in the digestive tract.

Ascites

Accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, causing abdominal swelling, often due to liver disease or cancer.