Exam 1: Registered Health Information Administrator

When using stationary open-shelf files, _________ inches are recommended for aisles between file units.

A risk manager needs to locate a full report of a patient's fall from his bed, including witness reports and probable reasons for the fall. She would most likely find this information in the

The primary source document used in quality assessment monitoring is the

Organizations collect statistics to increase their knowledge of a specified population. knowledge doesn't come automatically - it is developed in the following sequence:

HIPAA requires that certain covered entities provide every patient a Notice of Privacy Practices that sets forth all of the following EXCEPT

A serum potassium level of 2.8 would indicate

Ty Ngynn is Assistant Director in Information Services. He has made an appointment with the Director of Human Resources to discuss his recent trip to the state HIM meeting with his Director, Wendy Richard. During the trip, Wendy repeatedly, asked Ty to her room, suggested it might not be worthwhile for him to attend future state meetings. The HR Director should

A quality control measure that should be established for the filing, storage, and retrieval of health records includes criteria for the

A patient is seen in the emergency room of an acute care hospital with tachycardia and hypotension. The patient had received an injection of tetanus toxoid (correct dosage) earlier at his primary care physician's office. Which of the following is the appropriate sequencing for this encounter?

Patient comes into his physician's office complaining of wrist pain. Physician sends the patient to the hospital for an arthrography. Code the complete procedure.

Patient has been diagnosed with carcinoma of the vagina and she has a radical vaginectomy with complete removal of the vaginal wall.

Which of the following is a risk factor involved in the etiology of gallstones?

Patient is 6 weeks' pregnant and complains of left-sided abdominal pains. Patient is suspected of having an ectopic pregnancy. Patient has a laparoscopic salpingectomy with removal of the ectopic tubal pregnancy.

Huhner test and semen analysis

Patient presents to the operating room for fulguration of bladder tumors. The cystoscope was inserted and entered the urethra which was normal. Bladder tumors measuring approximately 1.5 cm were removed.

You need a system that will provide information on your census, update your master patient index, and distribute demographic data. What type of system would you purchase?

Under the Patient Self-Determination Act of 1990, advance directives

Bilateral sensorineural conductive hearing loss

A rare malignant tumor often associated with AIDS is

Four HIT students are working on a LOS project at their clinical site. To describe the variability of the data, Smithson suggests using range because it is the most exact; Donaldson wants to use the mean because it is easy to calculate; Franklin recommends variance because it is the most popular measure of variability; and Howell proposes the use of standard deviation because it is the most easily understood. Who made the best suggestion?