Question: Discuss the ownership of a paper medical record?

Answer: The medical record belongs to the physician and the facility but the information belongs to the patient.

Question: What happens to the old paper medical record after transition to an electronic health record EHR system?

Answer: The old paper record may be destroyed if the entire record has been scanned.

Question: What equipment and supplies are used for creation and storage of paper medical records?

Answer: file cabinets, shelf dividers

Question: What is the advantage of using color-coded labels on medical records file folders?

Answer: It lets you know exactly what year the patient saw he physician. It categorizes similar patients and it also separates the patients of two different physicians .

Question: List seven common categories for chart dividers.

Answer: Progress notes, history/physical, lab reports, diagnostic testing, hospital reports, immunizations/medications, and correspondence.

Question: How is an outguide used when filing medical records?

Answer: Are placed in the file to mark the place where a folder has been removed.

Question: What is the most common method used to organize a new paper medical record for a patient?

Answer: Most medical offices use source- oriented format to organize their medical records, the alphabetic filing system to arrange records and shelf filing units to store the medical records.

Question: What type of system is Alphabetic by name?

Answer: Direct filing system in that the person only needs to know the name to find the desired file

Question: indirect filing

Answer: assigns a number

Question: What is the first indexing unit if an alphabetical filing system is used?

Answer: the surname