The National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) is a conduit for
a. Using data standards to facilitate timely, secure reporting of data.
b. Public health agencies to report disease data to the CDC.
c. Exchanging information to support the national disease surveillance system.
d. All of the above.
Advisory body for health information policy
Match the agency with its primary role in health information technology.
a. National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
b. National Institutes of Health
c. Office of the National Coordinator
d. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
e. Health Resources and Services Administration
The AIS scores would be found in which of the following registries?
a. Trauma registry
b. Cancer registry
c. Birth registry
d. Diabetes registry
Which process gives legal authority to a person to practice health care in a state?
a. Certification
b. Accreditation
c. Licensure
d. Registration
In a paper and hybrid health record environment, preparation for disaster recovery
includes
a. Training staff in locating and when and how to use sprinkler shutoff valves.
b. Training staff on how and when to use fire extinguishers.
c. Locating and researching restoration specialists.
d. All of the above.
Maintains Systematized Nomenclature of Medical (SNOMED)
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
Coordinates international standards
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
Which is a practical criterion for determining whether information is confidential or
nonconfidential?
a. Was the information exchanged through a patient-provider relationship?
b. Was the information needed to treat or diagnose the patient?
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
In an 800-bed health care facility during the month of January the total inpatient days
for adults were 13,500. What was the percentage of occupancy?
a. 54.9%
b. 54.4%
c. 60%
d. 55.4%
The Health Information Services department, with its added health information imaging
service, will still be considered a nonpatient-revenue-generating department.
What does pay for performance mean?
a. Denial of payment when undesirable clinical outcomes occur
b. Negotiated payment for large-scale providers
c. Sliding scale payment based on severity of illness in the target population
d. Financial rewards for providers who achieve specific quality goals
Acquire new knowledge to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease.
Match the agency with its primary role in health information technology.
a. National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
b. National Institutes of Health
c. Office of the National Coordinator
d. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
e. Health Resources and Services Administration
If you needed to prepare a Medical Record Committee report detailing the average
number of paper records not returned to HIM by the end of each week for a specific
quarter, you would calculate it based on out-of-file locations and
a. Unsatisfied requests listings.
b. Total records retrieved from inactive storage and other media.
c. Overdue listings by user-defined time frames.
In the 1920s, the patient record was a source of needed information for board
certification by the American College of Surgeons.
The patient record is typically admitted into evidence as an exception to the hearsay
rule.
The “recency effect” as related to performance appraisal results in the supervisor
making judgments that are not based on a representative range of the employee’s
behavior.
The Patient Self-Determination Act requires that health care organizations inquire
whether patients have advance directives.
Health care organizations may voluntarily elect to comply with nongovernmental health
care standards.