Below is a summary of Stewart’s EHR activity during his 10-day stay in the hospital. As a medical and health services manager, you are ultimately responsible for ensuring that Stewart receives the best overall care possible. You will also compile Stewart’s bills, consisting of his tests, procedures, room charges, supplies and medications. Using his EHRs, VPE and Internet research, answer the questions and be prepared to verify the responses with the rest of Stewart’s healthcare team.

To determine the cost of Stewart’s PCP visit and hospital inpatient stay, you will need the following:

• MHSM – Bill (includes both a PCP and Inpatient statement)
• MHSM – Bill Reference
• Stewart’s EHR – PCP Chart
• Virtual Physical Exam
• Stewart’s EHR – Inpatient Chart (link below)

1. Use the blank copies of Stewart’s PCP and Inpatient bills and the Bill Reference to calculate and track his costs. In his EHRs, look for costs in the areas of labs, pathology, medications (be sure to pay attention to how many times during his stay each was administered) and diagnostics. You may need to do additional Internet research. Some helpful sites are www.healthcarebluebook.com, www.fairhealthconsumer.org and www.pharmacychecker.com.