Purpose And Function Of The Health Record Flashcards

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Im a patient. My medical history including information from myself and my physicians is stored on the Internet. This is an example of which of the following: 
A. Health record 
B. EHR
C. PHR
 D. Data
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PHR

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We had 324 Medicare patients last month. This statement represents which of the following: 
A. Information 
B. Data 
C. Content of the PHR
 D. Patient-specific information
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Data

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Which of the following is an example of an primary purpose of the medical record

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Patient care management

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Examples of patient care delivery of the medical record

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Communication between caregivers

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Critique this statement:

The PHR and EHR are synonyms?

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False , PHR and EHR are different

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Who are the primary users of health records

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Patient care providers

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Are lawyers an individual user?

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True

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T/f

Education is a primary purpose of health record

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False, it is a secondary purpose

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Policy health and homeland security are a secondary purpose of a health record

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True

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To verify billing is an secondary purpose ?

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False it is a primary purpose

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Examples of patient care delivery usage of the medical record include which of the following uses?
A. Developing of practice guidelines
B. Communication between caregivers C. Reimbursement for patient care
D. Getting patients involved in their own care

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Communication between caregivers

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T/F
The health record is the principal repository for data and information about the healthcare services provided to individual patients

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True

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T/F The lab test “hemoglobin: 14.6 gm/110 ml” is considered information?

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False , this is data

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T/F Use of the health record to study the effectiveness of a given drug is considered a primary use of the health record.

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False statement

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14
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In what year did AHIMA develop the data quality management

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1998

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What are the four domains of the quality management model

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Data warehousing
Data application
Data collection
Data analysis

16
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Which of the following users of the health record is an example of an institutional user?

A. Third-party payer
B. Patient
C. Physician
D. Employer

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A. Third-party payer

17
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I work for CMS; how would I use the health record?

A. Make decisions on healthcare reimbursement
B. Medical research
C. Issuing hospital and medical staff licenses
D. Accrediting healthcare organization

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A. Make decisions on healthcare reimbursement

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Which of the following users would utilize aggregate data?

A. Patient care providers
B. Coding and billing staff
C. Law enforcement officers
D. Patient care managers and support staff

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. Patient care managers and support staff

19
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T/f

A physical therapist documenting in the health record is an institutional health record user.

A

False, individual user

20
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T/f
An auditor who is employed by Medicare is reviewing a health record for a mortality study. This auditor is an individual health record use

A

Institutional user

21
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T/f

CMS uses data to accredit hospitals

22
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What is the primary function of the health record ?

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Store patient care documentation

23
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Define data granularity

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attributes and values of data be defined at the correct level of detail for the intended use of the data

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What is the term for used to describe expected data values
Data precision
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Define | Confidentiality
refers to the expectation that the personal information shared by an individual
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What are the three formats for paper based records
Source-orientated Integrated health Problem-orientated
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A physician just received notification from an EHR system that a patient’s lab test had a dangerously high value. This is an example of what kind of clinical tool? A. Clinical decision support B. Electronic records C. Results management D. Order-entry/order mana
A. Clinical decision support
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Someone suggested that we collect a patient’s eye color. This was not implemented. What quality characteristic would be the justification for not collecting this information? A. Accuracy B. Consistency C. Granularity D. Relevancy
Relevancy
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It was suggested that we enter the patient’s age manually in all of our information systems rather than having it entered once in one system and interfaced to the other systems. What quality characteristic would be the justification for not doing this manual entry into each information system A. Accuracy B. Consistency C. Granularity D. Relevancy
Consistency
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``` According to the AHIMA data quality model, what is the term that is used to describe how data is translated into information? A. Data applications B. Data collection C. Data warehousing D. Data analysis ```
D. Data analysis
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A characteristic of data that includes every required data element
Data comprehensiveness
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A program designed to protect patient privacy and to prevent unauthorized access, alteration, or destruction of health records
Security
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According to the AHIMA Data quality model, what is the term that is used to describe how data is translated?
Data anaylsis
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The purposes for which day are collected
Data application