A surgeon requests the name of a patient admitted on January 11, 2013. Which system would be used to retrieve this information?

• A. Electronic Health Record (EHR) system
• B. R-ADT system
• C. Laboratory Information System
• D. Picture Archiving and Communication System

Answer: (B)

This item tests how patient admissions data is organized and accessed. An R-ADT system, which handles Registration, Admission, Discharge, and Transfer events, tracks each patient's admit status and basic demographic information. It enables staff to look up a patient by name using a specific admission date, which is exactly what a surgeon needs to retrieve the patient’s identity quickly. The electronic health record stores the clinical data for patients across encounters, but locating who was admitted on a particular date is more directly a function of the ADT side of the system. The Laboratory Information System and the Picture Archiving and Communication System manage specialized data like labs and images, not admission records, so they aren’t the primary tools for this task.