Determines what research has been previously conducted
Match the term with the correct descriptor.
a. Hypothesis
b. Methodology
c. Specific aims
d. Literature review
e. Validity
f. Reliability
g. Bias
h. Prevalence
i. Incidence
Which of these functions is typically not a responsibility of human resource
management?
a. Collective bargaining
b. Physician credentialing
c. Employee handbooks
d. Employee training and development
Develops standards for medical imaging (radiology)
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 of the following are potential outcomes of a job analysis?
a. Eliminating obsolete or irrelevant job requirements
b. Providing data useful for fair compensation management
c. Identifying key employee selection criteria
d. All of the above
Incidence rate of exposed/incidence rate of unexposed
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 prerequisite must data meet to be comparable among external users of the data?
a. Appropriateness
b. Reasonableness
c. Timeliness
d. Uniformity
Which of the following is a primary data source for patient safety reports?
a. Utilization review documents
b. Master patient index
c. Credentials files
d. Incident reports
A sample is a subset of a population that is valid if it is a true representation of
a. The population.
b. The subset.
c. The mean of the sample.
d. The median of the population.
All the following are included in the International Classification of Diseases for
Oncology, 3rd edition (ICD-O-3) coding scheme except
a. Differentiation.
b. Etiology.
c. Grading.
d. Morphology.
As an employee of a managed care organization in the area of quality improvement,
which of the following is an important resource for quality management?
a. Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
b. American Health Information Management Association
c. National Committee for Quality Assurance
d. Community Health Accreditation Program
Retrieves and transfers radiology images and diagnostic information.
Match the abbreviation with the correct description.
a. HL7
b. DICOM
c. NCPDP
d. IEEE 1073
e. CHI
f. RxNorm
g. SNOMED
h. ASTM 1384
i. LOINC
j. HIPAA transactions
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 the
range for these patients’ length of stay?
a. 5
b. 4
c. 3
d. 6
The top leading cause of death in the United States in 1900 was
a. Pneumonia/influenza.
b. Heart attack.
c. Cancer.
d. Childbirth.
Stage One of Meaningful Use for Public Health requires that an eligible professional
successfully submit one test submission for each of these three types of data: lab data,
syndromic surveillance data, and immunization data.
You are a supervisor for the release-of-information unit in a medium-sized urban
hospital. You notice that the unit is receiving an average of 100 requests a month from
the Social Security Administration (SSA) for disability claims. What action and
recommendation would you bring to the health information management director?
a. Analyze the work flow and amount of time it takes for a clerk to process an SSA
request for information and calculate the extra amount of needed full-time equivalent
time.
b. Analyze the work flow and distribute the SSA requests equally among the clerks.
c. Analyze the type of documents the SSA is requesting and create a designated record
set to meet their needs.
d. Analyze the work flow and the type of documents the SSA is requesting and set up a
time to meet with the SSA representative.
Tend to ask questions differently or probe more
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
All the following fall under provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act EXCEPT
a. Overtime pay.
b. Child labor.
c. Collective bargaining.
d. Working hours.
The duplicate storage media should be kept
a. In the same room as the computer for staff efficiency.
b. In a room different from the one where the computer is located but within the facility.
c. In a building not housing the computer system.
d. In a room different from the one where the computer is located but within the same
building.
When the legality of data is affirmed, the data have been created, authenticated, stored,
and corrected according to law or regulation.
States assume the function of licensing health care institutions.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services contracts with quality improvement
organizations to ensure that patients get the right care at the right time.
Persons who rely on computer systems to perform their job are called
____________________.
Use the information below to answer the following questions.
1) Referring to the information given, compute the current ratio.
2) Referring to the information given, compute the operating margin ratio
3) Referring to the information given, compute the days of revenue in patient accounts
receivable
4) Referring to the information given, compute the return on assets
5) Referring to the information given, how much depreciation expense would the
hospital incur each year for the optical imaging components?
6) Referring to the information given, what is the payback period for the optical
imaging system components only?
The _________________________ demonstrates how values are spread around the
mean and is the square root of the variance.