Exam 1: Registered Health Information Administrator

Mr. Beasley determined that the rate of absenteeism with three of his employees was 15%. He felt that this was unacceptable and decided that there were two different ways he could handle this situation. He evaluated these alternatives and thought the best thing to do would be to suspend all three for 2 days. Once he implemented this idea, he analyzed the consequences. How would you label this process?

Patient is admitted to St. Mary's Hospital with hyperthermia, tachycardia, hypoxemia, and altered mental status. Urinalysis is positive for E. coli and blood cultures are negative. Patient is immediately started on broad-spectrum IV antibiotics. Physician documents urosepsis as the final diagnosis. The coder should

The ER staff has collected the data on the number of visits and wait times in the ER and has displayed the data on the chart shown. Based on this information, what kind of correlation do you see between the number of visits (Variable X) and the wait times (Variable Y)?

Patient underwent anoscopy followed by colonoscopy. The physician examined to colon to 60 cm.

WORM technology is useful in storing medical information on optical disks or platters because

As supervisor of the cancer registry, you report the registry's annual caseloads to administration. The most efficient way to retrieve this information would be to use

The childhood viral disease that unvaccinated pregnant women should avoid because it may be passed to the fetus, causing congenital anomalies such as mental retardation, blindness, and deafness, is

Left carotid artery excision for tumor of carotid body

The Quality Improvement Organizations (QIO) are given hospital-specific data from the Hospital Payment Monitoring Program (HPMP). Hospital data is provided to the QIOs for fourteen target areas on a quarterly basis. This report is called the

Newborn, born in hospital with tetralogy of Fallot

Patient Jamey Smith has been seen at Oceanside Hospital three times prior to this current encounter. Unfortunately, because of clerical errors, Jamey's information was entered into the MPI incorrectly on the three previous admissions and consequently has three different medical record numbers. The unit numbering system is used at Oceanside Hospital. Jamey's previous entries into the MPI are as follows: 09/03/04 Jamey Smith MR# 10361 03/10/05 Jamey Smith Doe MR# 33998 07/23/06 Jamie Smith Doe MR# 36723 The next available number to be assigned at Oceanside Hospital is 41369. Duplicate entries in the MPI should be scrubbed and all of Jamey's medical records should be filed under medical record number

Basic metabolic panel (calcium, total) and total bilirubin

Pain is a symptom of which of the following conditions?

As a prerequisite to phasing in a new imaging system, what process would facilitate automatic indexing?

The primary goal of a hospital-based cancer registry is to

Procedures on bony pelvis

Roberta Little Eagle is the new HIM supervisor at a large South Dakota reservation clinic. In order to become familiar with the specific steps currently used in record processing, she uses which graphic tool?

Jennifer presents to the emergency department with severe chest pain and shortness of breath. Chest x-ray revealed a spontaneous pneumothorax. Jennifer also has acute bronchitis. The emergency department physician inserts a chest tube and Jennifer is admitted.

Johnston City was set upon by a swarm of killer bees. All 5,000 residents are at risk of a bee attack. If 25 residents were attacked by the bees, the incidence of bee attacks

When designing a computer view for information capture, all of the following should be considered except for which one?