To achieve lasting performance improvements, managers should focus on
a. Training people in performance management skills.
b. Testing redesigned processes.
c. Keeping abreast on changing regulations and incentives having to do with
performance improvement.
d. All of the above.
Employee assistance programs (EAPs) typically deal with which of the following?
a. Alcohol and/or alcohol abuse
b. Compulsive gambling
c. Eating disorders
d. All of the above
Which statistic represents the number of individuals in a specific category divided by
the number of individuals in the category?
a. Rate
b. Percentage
c. Proportion
d. Ratio
Which Department of Health and Human Services agency was established by Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act in 1989 for supporting scientific research?
a. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
b. Social Security Administration
c. Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
d. Health Resources and Services Administration
Which federal branch of the government is charged with the health and welfare of the
U.S. people, including numerous regulatory programs?
a. Department of Health and Human Services
b. Department of Defense
c. Department of Justice
d. Institute of Medicine
Health care organizations and providers are required to report data on specific core
measures. This is an example of which use of health care data reporting?
a. Benchmarking
b. Clinical decision support
c. Consumer education
d. Performance management
A(n) ____________ is an instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance,
implant, in vitro reagent, or other similar or related article, including a component part,
or accessory which is recognized in the official National Formulary, or the United
States Pharmacopoeia and is intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other
conditions, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, in man or
other animals, or is intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of man
and does not achieve any of its primary intended purposes through chemical action
within or on the body or by metabolic means.
a. reagent
b. medical device
c. antibiotic
d. MDS
Assume that an employee of a hospital’s health information management department
inappropriately releases confidential information to a patient’s employer. The patient
decides to sue for breach of confidentiality. All the following parties could be held
liable for this breach except the
a. Patient’s employer.
b. Employee.
c. Supervisors/managers of employee.
d. Hospital.
An integrated primary patient record is organized by
a. Date.
b. Source.
c. Problem.
d. None of the above.
Which entity approves medical staff appointments?
a. Medical staff organization
b. Executive committee
c. Credentials committee
d. Governing body
The purpose of using thresholds when applying performance measures is to
a. Identify “best” outcomes.
b. Trigger focused reviews.
c. Establish provider accountability.
d. Evaluate relevance of the measure.
Retrospective study
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
What should be included in the significance section of a research proposal?
a. Goals or objectives
b. Importance of the research project
c. Step-by-step account of what will be done in the study
d. Data collection instrument
Age, sex, race
Match the term with the correct descriptor.
a. Independent variable
b. Dependent variable
c. Institutional review board
d. Risk factors
e. Specificity
f. Confounding variables
g. Case
h. Control
i. Research question
j. Historical-prospective study
k. Recall bias
l. Interviewer bias
Which of the following justify the importance of employee retention as a critical
management strategy?
a. The high costs of recruitment, selection, and training a new employee
b. The instability caused by high employee turnover
c. The potential adverse effects on quality of care
d. All of the above
Each of the following is included in an ERD EXCEPT
a. Attributes.
b. Entities.
c. Processes.
d. Relationships.
All the following components were specified for a computerized patient record system
by the Institute of Medicine Study of 1991 except
a. Clinical support systems.
b. Communications systems.
c. Alerts.
d. Reminders.
Which benefit can be realized from computerized health information systems?
a. Efficient use of personnel time
b. Improved presentation of data
c. Improved screening and tracking of patient care outcomes
d. All of the above
Those individuals who have a strong interest in connecting medical devices to the
organization’s EHR system are called ___________________.
What kind of data is shown?
Continuing education is mandatory for maintenance of certification as a health
information professional.
As with forms identification in a paper-based record, each computer view should be
identified in the systems documentation.
Referring to the information above, on what date was Mr. States discharged from his
second admission?
Medical devices can be portable or fixed.
Referring to the information above, did Mr. Rocky States’ visit to emergency services
result in admission?