Recall the Interview Data Threads from the Week Four assignment
where you posted the information from your interviews. Review the
information for interview questions 2 & 3 from your assigned thread
and from at least one other thread of your classmates, to answer the
following:
o
Do most medical facilities seem to have transferred to electronic
records, do they still maintain paper files, or do they use some
combination of both?
o
Do small, medium, or large facilities seem most prone to use
numeric versus alphabetic systems?
o
Do small, medium, or large facilities seem most prone to use a
particular type of numeric system?
·
A common filing difficulty is the situation where newborns are
given different names after they leave a hospital, and records
management personnel must try to locate the correct paperwork when
the baby returns for follow-up examinations. Respond to the question
at the end of this scenario:
Maria Diaz delivers her baby girl at your hospital. After an
uncomplicated stay, Ms. Diaz and her baby girl are discharged. The
baby’s medical record is labeled with her medical record number and
the name Diaz, Baby Girl (Maria) and filed according to your
hospital’s procedure. Two weeks later, Ms. Diaz brings her baby back
to the hospital’s emergency room where the baby is admitted to the