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The process of developing a data dictionary involves which of the following?
a. It is a consensus among individuals to share information in a specified way so that all
participants derive the same meaning from the content.
b. Accumulating a list of data elements over time so that new elements are captured as
the electronic health record evolves
c. Performance indicators are constantly evolving, and it facilitates sharing of
information.
d. It is an information repository that gives participants several meanings on the basis of
the content of the electronic health record.
Referring to the information below, what type of data is illustrated?
Coding scheme
Reimbursement Source
1 = Medicare
2 = Medicaid
3 = Blue Cross/Blue Shield
4 = Private Insurance
5 = Self-pay
a. Categorical data
b. Numeric data
c. Textual data
d. Alphanumeric data
All the following are accrediting agencies except
a. American Osteopathic Association
b. Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
c. Community Health Accreditation Program
d. Department of Health and Human Services
The purpose of the Notice of Privacy Practices is 1) For patients/policy holders to sign
to give the covered entity permission to use and disclose their health information.
2) To communicate to patients/policy holders how covered entities will use and disclose
their health information.
3) To inform patients/policy holders about their rights concerning their health
information.
4) To tell patients/policy holders to whom and how they can complain when they think
their rights have been abused.
a. All of the above
b. 1, 2, and 3
c. 2, 3, and 4
d. 2 and 3
GDSS software is frequently used to facilitate which of the following activities in
systems development?
a. Interviews
b. Questionnaires
c. Observations
d. Joint application development
Which of the following is one of the most underestimated tasks in the system
implementation process?
a. User preparation
b. Site preparation
c. System testing
d. System conversion
A primary feature that a radio frequency identification device (RFID) tag contains that a
bar code does not is that
a. An RFID tag has write-many capabilities.
b. An RFID tag can be printed on labels.
c. An RFID tag number will never be repeated.
d. An RFID tag is less expensive than a bar code.
Which one of the following was the impetus for the accreditation of medical schools
initiated by the American Medical Association?
a. Flexner Report
b. Papyri documents
c. Hippocratic oath
d. Hospital standardization program
The Baldrige National Quality Award was established by
a. The Joint Commission.
b. National Committee for Quality Assurance.
c. Congress.
d. Deming.
Relative risk
Match the descriptor with the correct term.
a. Faulty memory
b. The tendency to select persons under frequent medical care
c. The tendency to ask questions differently or probe more if it is known that the person
has the disease
d. Quantifies the amount of risk due to a certain characteristic Ire/IRo
e. The ability of a test instrument to measure what it is supposed to measure
f. Identified by pre-existing records developed in the past
g. Accumulated period of time each person is in the study
h. Percent of all true non-cases correctly identified
i. Reliability between more than one research assistant or observer
j. Examples: all new employees within a hospital, all new students in the first grade
A business associate of a health care provider is a
a. Member of the covered entity's workforce.
b. Patient of the provider.
c. Volunteer who works in the surgery waiting room.
d. Company that performs a function on behalf of the provider that involves the use or
disclosure of PHI.
The task of strategic planning in an organization would most likely be completed by
a. Top management.
b. Middle managers.
c. Consultants.
d. Supervisors.
Which of the following is the simplest CBA technique?
a. Break-even analysis
b. Payback period
c. Discounted payback period
d. Benefits analysis
Represents clinical observations and lab results
Match the following abbreviations with the descriptive statements.
a. MeSH
b. ASTM
c. DICOM
d. CHI
e. CAP
f. RELMA
g. HITSP
h. LOINC
i. NCVHS
j. NCPDP
k. IEEE
l. ISO
m. WHO
n. UMLS
o. NDC
What is the denominator for the performance measure, "percentage of surgery patients
who received prophylactic antibiotics within one hour of the surgery start time"?
a. Number of surgery patients who receive prophylactic antibiotics within 1 hour of the
surgery start time
b. Number of surgery patients who did not receive prophylactic antibiotics within 1
hour of the surgery start time
c. Number of surgery patients for whom preoperative antibiotics were ordered
d. Number of surgery patients
A data element is the same as a data item.
A(n) _________________________ intermediary is the organization that has
contracted with the federal government to process Medicare claims and payments for
hospital inpatient health care services.
A physician's office wants to install software to process patient claims to each insurer.
Because patients have multiple types of insurance, the software will need not only to
transmit the claims but also to understand what information needs to be sent to each
insurer. Would you choose a two-tier or three-tier architecture for this application?
Why?
At its inception, Medicare was operated as a fee-for-service reimbursement program.
One of the uses of coded data (i.e., ICD, CPT) is reimbursement for health care services
rendered by health care providers.
