Exam 1: Registered Health Information Administrator

The notice of privacy practices says: "Your medical record may be used for quality reviews." The reason this statement is on the notice is

The abstract completed on the patients in your hospital contains the following items: patient demographics; pre-hospital interventions; vital signs on admission; procedures and treatment prior to hospitalization; transport modality; and injury severity score. The hospital uses this data for its

This is the amount collected by the facility for the services it bills.

The manager of a transcription agency is preparing December's staffing schedule. Because month has several holidays, there are more requests for vacation and personal days than Additionally, it is apparent to the supervisor that she will not be able to approve all requests time off. It will be best for the supervisor to construct the schedule by

Placement of double-J stent

DSMIV-TR is used most frequently in what type of healthcare setting?

Your administrator is concerned about the snuff study (see previous question #88). The administrator would like to consider using a case control study model rather than the prospective one you are planning. One of the biggest reasons the administrator is promoting the case control model is because case control is

Your assignment is to collect and analyze some data. Which type of software package will you use?

Peggy has thymic dysplasia with immunodeficiency.

The Health Information Department receives research requests from various committees in the hospital. The Medicine Committee wishes to review all patients having a diagnosis of anterolateral myocardial infarction within the past 6 months. Which of the following would be the best source to identify the necessary charts?

Lye burn of the larynx repaired by laryngoplasty

Sybil has been admitted to Shady Acres Psychiatric facility for treatment of schizophrenia. Sybil is also manic depressive and has been noncompliant with her medications.

All of the following elements are found in the charge description master, EXCEPT for

Patient is admitted to the hospital for treatment of dehydration following chemotherapy as treatment for ovarian cancer.

Placement of vascular shunt in forearm

Case Study #2 You are the director of the Health Information Management Department for Bayshore Hospital. A former patient of the hospital, Barbara Masters, is suing the hospital for negligent care of an infected decubitus ulcer. You are asked by Barbara's attorney to provide sworn verbal testimony and/or written answers to questions. Referring to Case Study #2, the sworn verbal testimony you are asked to provide is called a(n)

A p value of less than 0.05 is what researchers commonly use to reject the null hypothesis. small p value may place interpretation of the results of the study at risk for a

A qualitative analysis of OB records reveals a pattern of inconsistent data entries when comparing documentation of the same data elements captured on both the prenatal form and labor and delivery form. The characteristic of data quality that is being compromised in this case is data

The outpatient coding staff has been working to improve coding accuracy. The standard for the number of cases that must be coded has been raised four times in the past year. The staff states that "the more cases that must be coded, the greater the error rate will be for the corresponding time period." The department keeps statistics on both the numbers of cases coded and the corresponding error rate. What is the best QI tool for testing the coding staff's theory?

A new health information management clerk has been on staff for 2 days. She has thus far analyzed charts incorrectly, sent out confidential information improperly, and used the cop machine inappropriately. Evaluate this situation and determine the best resolution.