Which of the following is a narrative data type?
a. Delivery room note
b. Disposition on discharge
c. Significant procedure
d. Anesthesia risk
In a data flow diagram, an arrow is used to represent which of the following?
a. External entity
b. Data flow
c. Data store
d. Data process
What is the basis for initial certification as a health information practitioner?
a. Formal education
b. Examination
c. Work experience.
d. Both a and b
Which of the following coding systems is a nomenclature?
a. ATLAS
b. ICD-0
c. RBRVS
d. SNOMED
The selection of a data element should meet which of the following criteria?
a. Can be reused in a different system if it has a different definition
b. Should be obtainable in the normal work process
c. Must be unique and clearly definable
d. Should be used to make decisions important to the organization
All of the following are considered advance directives except
a. Durable power of attorney.
b. Durable power of attorney for health care.
c. Living will.
d. Health care declaration.
The Baldrige Award criteria
a. Are similar to the Joint Commission criteria.
b. Must be met to qualify for Medicare funding.
c. Are based on categories of management disciplines.
d. Are applicable only to nonprofit entities.
Which of the following best describes cost-effectiveness evaluation?
a. Attempts to evaluate beneficial consequences in nonmonetary terms
b. Determines the costs to operate a current system
c. Assigns dollar values to the costs and benefits of a system
d. Determines whether a system will fully recover its costs
Which of the following cancer registry files is considered a working file?
a. Accession register
b. Follow-up
c. Patient index
d. Primary site
One Health Port services in Washington State include(s)
a. Standard mapping for the continuity of care document.
b. Physician orders for controlled substances.
c. Eligibility verifications.
d. Both a and c.
The organization that compiles data on osteopathic physician location and type of
practice is the
a. ACS.
b. NPDB.
c. APA.
d. AOA.
All the following are data input devices except
a. Printer.
b. Tablet.
c. Smartphone.
d. Keyboard.
Treat patients.
Match the uses of health information with the major users of health information.
a. Providers
b. Payers
c. Providers and researchers
d. Providers, researchers, and regulators
e. Providers, payers, and policy makers
A study is conducted that evaluates the impact on the use of coronary artery bypass
grafts in patients with myocardial infarctions in the populations of two states. Which of
the following is the most likely way to adjust for risk in the two populations?
a. Coding Classification Sets
b. Elixhauser Comorbidity Measurement
c. Weiner Data Complexes
d. Charleson Index
Females age 13-15 are encouraged to get the HPV vaccine. The target for HPV in
Healthy People 2020 is 80%. The current reported level (2008) is approximately
a. 10-15%.
b. 21-25%.
c. 16-20%.
d. 26-30%.
In a computerized patient record system, the patient’s provider name and identification
number are stored in
a. 1 column.
b. 2 columns.
c. 1 row.
d. 2 rows.
A registered health information administrator (RHIA) who also holds a certified health
data analyst (CHDA) credential needs 40 continuing-education units (CEUs) for the
2-year reporting cycle.
Government initiative involving federal agencies related to health care and use of
electronic information
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
Consolidated Health Information Initiative participants include the Department of
Veterans Affairs, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, the Department of Defense, and the National Institutes of
Health.
If layoffs are inevitable, what are some options that a human resource manager may
take to reduce the amount of human suffering associated with a loss of job?
An automated record tracking system limits online inquiry to one system terminal.
Besides monitoring the progress of the new imaging system, the health information
manager is also interested in monitoring the overall financial stability of health
information services quarterly. Which financial statement will depict the financial
activity of the organization for this period of time?
Classifications are intended to aggregate and group information.
The first minimum standards pertaining to physicians and hospitals in the United States
were established by the American College of Surgeons.
When planning space for health record filing needs, one needs to consider the amount
of linear filing space needs.
When one medical record number is assigned to a patient during the first encounter and
is used for all future encounters, this is called
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