Deck 4: Health Data Concepts

Question 1

Data stored in paper form are static and lack the advantages of reorganization, manipulation, and integration.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Data from patient satisfaction surveys are an example of internal data.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The meaningful electronic exchange of detailed patient data elements requires the use of common data definitions.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The creation, authentication, and retention of health information in all health care settings is permitted and protected by federal legislation.

Question 5

The RAI is used to capture assessment data every 14 days in long-term care.

Question 6

Each data item should be captured once by an information system for all users who need the data item.

Question 7

Attorneys use primary data to settle malpractice claims.

Question 8

The medical staff uses primary and secondary data for peer review.

Question 9

Third-party payers use primary data for health care reimbursement.

Question 10

Providers of care use clinical data for determining effective utilization of services.

Question 11

The UHDDS is a nonsegmented data set.

Question 12

Administrators of health care organizations use internal and external data for benchmarking.

Question 13

All health care data should be collected for an identified purpose for their retrieval and use.

Question 14

The U.S. Census Bureau plays an active role in sponsoring, developing, and approving data sets in health care.

Question 15

Data uniformity is one characteristic of a health care data set.

Question 16

When designing forms and computer views, one should consult regulations and standards in addition to the needs of the user.

Question 17

The Joint Commission collects data for the purpose of accreditation using the Uniform Clinical Data Set (UCDS).

Question 18

A data element is the same as a data item.

Question 19

Data should be collected for a prespecified, identified purpose and user.

Question 20

When a health care organization analyzes market trend data, such as anticipated enrollment in managed care plans, they are examining external data.

Question 21

Which is a demographic datum collected in a health information system database?

A) DOB
B) Financial guarantor
C) Discharge order
D) Admission date

Question 22

A password can be a word or a series of letters, numbers, and symbols.

Question 23

Logic data fields are used for "yes/no" data entries.

Question 24

Computer views should guide the data collection and data validation process.

Question 25

In a database, all the information about a single patient is called a record.

Question 26

Quantitative analysis of the patient record is the same as deficiency analysis.

Question 27

Categorical data in a database would include patient date of birth, sex, race, and disposition on discharge.

Question 28

When reference is made to health care data having integrity, it means that the data are complete and accurate.

Question 29

What data management criterion has been met when the data collected meet the needs and stated goals of the health care organization?

A) Data appropriateness
B) Data availability
C) Data completeness
D) Data reasonableness

Question 30

What prerequisite must data meet to be comparable among external users of the data?

A) Appropriateness
B) Reasonableness
C) Timeliness
D) Uniformity

Question 31

All of the following are health care data sets EXCEPT:

A) MDS
B) NCDB
C) UADS
D) UHDDS

Question 32

When the legality of data is affirmed, the data have been created, authenticated, stored, and corrected according to law or regulation.

Question 33

Each of the following is an example of aggregate data EXCEPT:

A) 120 live births
B) Product of conception weighed 1005 g
C) Postoperative infection rate = 1.37%
D) 11,522 inpatient service days

Question 34

Good forms design divides forms into logical sections by rules.

Question 35

Results of a complete blood cell count are an example of numerical/integer type of data.

Question 36

The operating room log is equivalent to one data file in a computerized health information system.

Question 37

As with forms identification in a paper-based record, each computer view should be identified in the systems documentation.

Question 38

Which is secondary health care data?

A) Measles immunization: 3/12/89
B) 23 nosocomial infections
C) KCl 500 mg daily
D) BP 120/80

Question 39

One of the primary goals of the United Network of Organ Sharing is:

A) To ensure that organs are available for persons who are in need
B) To provide for the distribution of organs
C) To provide governmental control of organs
D) To inform providers of available organs

Question 40

Which data set was developed for capturing primary data on outpatients and clinic patients?

A) Uniform Clinical Data Set
B) Uniform Ambulatory Care Data Set
C) Ambulatory Care Group Case Mix Management System
D) Minimum Data Set

Question 41

Standards pertaining to the electronic health record are developed by which organization?

A) ASTM
B) ANSI
C) Joint Commission
D) CMS

Question 42

What is included in ASTM Standard E 1384?

A) Structure of an EHR
B) Entity relationships
C) Definitions of data items
D) All of the above

Question 43

Which of the following can electronically facilitate the creation of views for data capture and data display?

A) UHDDS
B) DBMS
C) MDS
D) OCR

Question 44

Which characteristic exemplifies the purposes of a data set?

A) Scalable
B) Economical
C) Uniform
D) Secure

Question 45

The organization that compiles data on osteopathic physician location and type of practice is the:

A) ACS
B) NPDB
C) APA
D) AOA

Question 46

Minimum data sets are available for use in all the following health care delivery systems EXCEPT:

A) Acute care
B) Ambulatory care
C) Long-term care
D) Mental health care

Question 47

All the following are associated with creating standards for the electronic exchange of health care data EXCEPT:

A) HL7
B) X12N
C) ASTM
D) NPDB

Question 48

The UPIN is used for:

A) Sequencing data
B) Formatting data
C) Event validation
D) Identification

Question 49

Which registry collects data internationally?

A) Cancer
B) Implant
C) Organ sharing
D) Trauma

Question 50

Referring to the information below, what type of data is illustrated? Coding scheme
Reimbursement Source
1 = Medicare
2 = Medicaid
3 = Blue Cross/Blue Shield
4 = Private Insurance
5 = Self-pay

A) Categorical data
B) Numerical data
C) Textual data
D) Alphanumerical data

Question 51

An integrated primary patient record is formatted by:

A) Date
B) Source
C) Problem
D) None of the above

Question 52

Health care data of particular interest in organizational planning include:

A) Physicians' orders
B) CBC results
C) Consultations
D) Services used

Question 53

Health information management control issues in data collection should include:

A) Controlling costs
B) Identifying all views and forms
C) Capturing all the data
D) All of the above

Question 54

Which of the following are advocated by AHIMA to help standardize clinical data?

A) Classifications
B) Nomenclatures
C) Patient record formats
D) All of the above

Question 55

Each of the following is a data set EXCEPT:

A) UMLS
B) LTS
C) UAS
D) UHDDS

Question 56

Which of the following activities is supported by patient data?

A) Evaluation of care
B) Clinical education
C) Financial viability
D) All of the above

Question 57

What is the nominal title for ASTM Standard E 1384?

A) Standards for Patient Privacy, Confidentiality, and Access
B) Standards for Authentication of Health Information
C) Standards for Content and Structure of the Electronic Health Record
D) None of the above

Question 58

Each of the following are general formats of the primary patient record EXCEPT:

A) Integrated
B) Patient oriented
C) Problem oriented
D) Source oriented

Question 59

All the following are costs associated with data collection EXCEPT:

A) Data input
B) Data management
C) Data brokering
D) Data transaction time

Question 60

Within how many hours, according to The Joint Commission, must all verbal orders associated with a potential hazard to the patient be authenticated?

A) 24 hours
B) 48 hours
C) 72 hours
D) Within a time frame defined in the medical staff rules and regulations

Question 61

Data entry at the time and location of direct patient service is called _________________________ documentation.

Question 62

The ___________________________________ sets standards for the collection of cancer data by hospitals.

Question 63

The system that allows many applications and many fields using relational tables of information is termed a:

A) File management system
B) Flat file
C) Database management system
D) Category system

Question 64

Referring to the information below, which datum is truncated? The master patient index screen for John VanVolkenburg reads as follows:

A) Patient name
B) Birth date
C) Physician
D) None of the above

Question 65

When an application is performed using both the old and new computer system for a period, it is called _________________________.

Question 66

Parallel processing means:

A) Performing an activity both manually and electronically
B) Performing an application both the old way and with the newly installed computer system
C) Two or more departments keeping redundant data on separate file management systems
D) Downloading data from the server to a department PC and uploading the data when complete

Question 67

A skip in the assignment of admission numbers is a:

A) Transaction error
B) Batch error
C) Sequence error
D) Digit error

Question 68

The abbreviation ____________________ refers to the ability to exchange data electronically.

Question 69

In a database, "2835" is an example of:

A) Information
B) Datum
C) A byte
D) Alphanumerical code

Question 70

The major purpose of the ____________________ organization is to provide guidelines for electronically exchanging data within health care organizations or between organizations.

Question 71

All the following are important features of a personal computer database software program EXCEPT the ability to:

A) Set up user menus
B) Set up own screen formats for data input
C) Perform desktop publishing functions
D) Import data from other databases

Question 72

Entering the same data over and over again in different application programs (e.g., patient name, address, Social Security number, telephone number, etc.) is termed:

A) Normalization
B) Inconsistency
C) Integrity
D) Redundancy

Question 73

The health information management department plans to install an automated tumor registry, and the vendor documentation is very, very lengthy giving instructions on how to work the system. All tumor registry staff thinks a "cheat sheet" or 1- to 2-page instruction summary should be written for ease of reference and increased data quality. Who should develop this reference?

A) The health information management department supervisor of that application
B) One of the three employees who will perform that application
C) The health information management department director
D) The Director of Information Systems/Data Processing

Question 74

Which of the following is a narrative data type?

A) Delivery room note
B) Disposition on discharge
C) Significant procedure
D) Anesthesia risk

Question 75

Transposition of a patient medical record number can be detected by a:

A) Check digit
B) Sequencing check
C) Format check
D) Transaction check

Question 76

The abbreviation ANSI represents the _____________________________________________.

Question 77

Which data type is the following: physician notified of patient fall out of bed (Yes/No)?

A) Narrative
B) Logic
C) Categorical
D) Text

Question 78

Data have the quality of ____________________ when they are recorded at or near the time of the event or observation.

Question 79

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

Question 80

In a computerized patient record system, the patient's provider name and identification number are stored in:

A) 1 column
B) 2 columns
C) 1 row
D) 2 rows