What is included in ASTM Standard E 1384?
a. Structure of an HER
b. Entity relationships
c. Definitions of data items
d. All of the above
Laws that give patients the right to access their own health information include all
except
a. Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records.
b. Federal Privacy Act.
c. Freedom of Information Act.
d. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
Concurrently describes characteristics at one point in time
Match the term with the correct descriptor.
a. Cross-sectional study
b. Descriptive study
c. Analytic study
d. Case-control study
e. Odds ratio
f. Relative risk
g. Prospective study
h. Clinical trial
i. Life-table analysis
j. Outcome measures
Ten patients were discharged from the obstetrical service on May 4 at Rocky Mountain
Hospital. The day’s stay for each patient was 3, 2, 1, 1, 6, 5, 1, 2, 2, and 4. What
was(were) the mode(s) for these patients?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 1 and 2
d. 3
Which of the following describes the process of installing and starting up a system in all
organization units at the same time?
a. Gradual phase-in by unit
b. Gradual rollout by unit
c. Abrupt changeover
d. Gradual changeover
A HIM professional in a hospital would be supporting implementation of a syndromic
surveillance system when he
a. Presents the public health benefits to the Chairman of the Medical Record Committee
in preparation for a scheduled monthly meeting.
b. Works with the hospital’s CIO to research and develop a secure methodology to
identify and transmit de-identified hospital-specific coded health care data to the public
health authority.
c. Educates ER, outpatient, and hospital HIM coders about the critical nature of
syndromic surveillance.
d. All of the above.
When intervals are used in frequency distribution tables, the intervals should be
a. No less than 5 and no more than 20.
b. Of equal width.
c. End points that do not overlap.
d. All of the above.
The Department of Health and Human Services agency whose primary responsibility is
to produce and disseminate scientific research and policy-relevant information is the
a. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
b. Agency for Health Care Research and Quality.
c. Health Resources and Services Administration.
d. Administration for Children and Families.
In an 800-bed health care facility during the month of January the total inpatient days
for adults were 13,500. What was the average daily census?
a. 439.5
b. 435.5
c. 440
d. 453.5
The phenomenon of discontinuity of information systems being at different stages in the
information life cycle causes stress on which of the following organizational resources:
a. Technical assistance.
b. Time.
c. Equipment.
d. All of the above.
Which health care organization(s) is bound by the provisions of the Privacy Act of
1974?
a. Indian Health Service facilities
b. State-owned behavioral health facility
c. Veterans Administration hospital
d. Both a and c
Performance assessment should occur
a. Before a Joint Commission survey.
b. When yearly strategic planning occurs.
c. At periodic intervals defined by the facility.
d. When service volume is higher than usual.
When a HIM manager is using a systematic process to gather and analyze information
to describe data analytic jobs, she is using
a. Strategic analysis.
b. Job evaluation.
c. Job analysis.
d. Pay structure.
Cancer screening and smoking cessation programs are a function of which type of
population-based registries?
a. Incidence
b. Cancer control
c. Research
d. All of the above
One of the reasons that aggregate data analysis from varying payers is limited in
accuracy is
a. Differing providers and coding systems from provider data.
b. Lack of legal right to data for encounter information.
c. Differing coding requirement and reimbursement rules.
d. Lack of data sharing agreements and differing data elements for the longitudinal
records.
Which of the following is an example of disparate treatment?
a. Members of a protected group are subject to stricter attendance rules.
b. A neutral staffing practice results in discrimination against protected groups.
c. Height restrictions are set for all security guards.
d. All employees are required to take an intelligence test.
With the terminal digit filing method, which number is located directly after 16-57-92
in the file?
a. 16-57-93
b. 17-57-92
c. 16-58-92
d. 16-58-93
Which officer in a health care organization is primarily responsible for its fiscal
integrity?
a. COO
b. CFO
c. CEO
d. CIO
Because patients volunteer information to their care providers, care providers cannot be
found guilty of invasion of privacy.
Computer processing of a natural language is called
___________________________________.
Data entry at the time and location of direct patient service is called
______________________________ documentation.
Eradicating tuberculosis is an example of a _____________________goal.
An alphabetically arranged database used for the location of patient records in a
numeric identification system is called a ______________________________.
An organization as open system survives by shielding itself from all influences and
forces in its environment.