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To make conclusions about a population, use _____. - Answer Inferential statistics
The field that uses technology to manipulate and use information to improve healthcare is
known as _____. - Answer Health informatics
The HIM director accessed a vendor's _____ to determine if the supplies that she ordered had
been shipped. - Answer Extranet
Identify the true statement about the intranet. - Answer It is used to access employee
resources.
Which of the following is an example of information? - Answer The number of denials has
decreased by 45 percent over the past year.
The healthcare facility has decided to adopt a tool that helps with multidisciplinary care
planning. Select the tool that meets this criteria. - Answer Clinical pathways
Which of the following statements justifies the use of a dashboard? - Answer It monitors key
measures.
The interdisciplinary field whose goal is to improve healthcare is known as _____. - Answer
Health informatics
Which of the following is an example of a primary data source? - Answer Health Record
Choose one of the following statements to defend the need for version control. - Answer
Version control is required to manage documents.
The autonumbering field would be the best choice in field type for _____. - Answer Patient
account number
Which of the following is a use of secondary data sources? - Answer Research
Identify the statement that is true about amending a health record. - Answer Any
documentation deleted should be retrievable if needed.
, Edit checks ensure that _____. - Answer The format is appropriate for the data element.
True or False: Data quality measures are used to compare healthcare facilities. - Answer TRUE
True or False: Unstructured data is captured using drop-down menus and check boxes. - Answer
FALSE
Which of the following allows transcriptionists to use abbreviations and acronyms while the
software types out the complete words of the abbreviation or acronym? - Answer Expander
What software improves the efficiency of the coding using the translated dictation reports and
NLP to analyze clinical data? - Answer CAC
If a coding manager wanted to evaluate the impact of sequence changes of ICD-10-CM codes on
the MS-DRG assignment for cardiac inpatients, which software would be used? - Answer
Grouper
Which of the following information systems would be considered revenue generating for the
HIM department? - Answer ROI - Release of Information
What information system is used to improve the communication between physicians and HIM
staff to clarify information in the health record to improve its quality by making it more
complete and accurate? - Answer CDI - Clinical Documentation Improvement
Which software would identify that Dr. Williams needs to dictate and sign an operative report? -
Answer Chart deficiency
Which of the following systems, that is required by HIPAA, can be queried to determine the
percentage of responses to ROIs that are sent to attorneys, insurance companies, and covered
entities? - Answer Disclosure management system
Kelly, the CDI specialist, is evaluating the information used by the coding professionals when
they need to code various surgeries. She is particularly interested in the time lag between the
actual surgical procedure and when the pathology diagnosis is determined. In which
information system would the data element "principal procedure" be found? - Answer
Encoder/grouper