MHA 705 FINAL PAPER UPDATED
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS BUNDLED REVIEW GUIDE
●● abstracting
Answer: 1. The process of extracting information from a document to
create a brief summary of a patient's illness, treatment, and outcome 2.
The process of extracting elements of data from a source document or
database and entering them into an automated system
●● Accession number
Answer: A number assigned to each case as it is entered in a cancer
registry
●● Accession registry
Answer: A list of cases in a cancer registry in the order in which they
were entered
●● Activities of daily living (ADLs)
Answer: The basic activities of self-care, including bathing, grooming,
ambulating, toileting, and eating
●● Agency for healthcare research and quality (AHRQ)
,Answer: The branch of the US Public Health Service that supports
general health research and distributes research findings and treatment
guidelines with the goal of improving the quality, appropriateness, and
effectiveness of healthcare services
●● Aggregate data
Answer: Data extracted from individual health records and combined to
form de-identified information about groups of patients that can be
compared and analyzed
●● Auto dialing system
Answer: A method used to automatically call and remind patients of
upcoming appointments
●● Case definition
Answer: A method of determining criteria for cases that should be
included in a registry
●● Case finding
Answer: A method of identifying patients who have been seen or treated
in a healthcare facility for the particular disease or condition of interest
to the registry
●● Claim
,Answer: An itemized statement of healthcare services and their costs
provided by a hospital, physican office, or other healthcare provider;
submitted for reimbursement to the healthcare insurance plan by either
the insured party or the provider
●● Clinical trial
Answer: A controlled research study involving human subjects that is
designed to evaluate prospectively the safety and effectiveness of new
drugs, tests, devices, or interventions
●● Collaborative stage data set
Answer: A new standardized neoplasm-staging system developed by the
American Joint Commission on Cancer
●● Computer virus
Answer: a software program that attacks computer systems and
sometimes damages or destroys files
●● Credentialing
Answer: The process of reviewing and validating the qualifications
(degrees, licenses, and other credentials) of physicians and other
licensed independent practitioners, for granting medical staff
membership to provide patient care services
●● Data confidentiality
, Answer: The extent to which personal health information is kept private
●● Data dictionary
Answer: A descriptive list of the data elements to be collected in an
information system or database whose purpose is to ensure consistency
of terminology
●● Data security
Answer: The process of keeping data, both in transit and at rest, safe
from unauthorized access, alteration, or destruction
●● Database
Answer: An organized collection of data, text, references, or pictures in a
standardized format, typically stored in a computer system for multiple
applications
●● Deidentification
Answer: The process in which users of secondary data will need to
remove identifying data so that data can be used without violating the
patient's privacy
●● Demographic information
Answer: Information used to identify an individual, such as name,
address, gender, age, and other information linked to a specific person
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS BUNDLED REVIEW GUIDE
●● abstracting
Answer: 1. The process of extracting information from a document to
create a brief summary of a patient's illness, treatment, and outcome 2.
The process of extracting elements of data from a source document or
database and entering them into an automated system
●● Accession number
Answer: A number assigned to each case as it is entered in a cancer
registry
●● Accession registry
Answer: A list of cases in a cancer registry in the order in which they
were entered
●● Activities of daily living (ADLs)
Answer: The basic activities of self-care, including bathing, grooming,
ambulating, toileting, and eating
●● Agency for healthcare research and quality (AHRQ)
,Answer: The branch of the US Public Health Service that supports
general health research and distributes research findings and treatment
guidelines with the goal of improving the quality, appropriateness, and
effectiveness of healthcare services
●● Aggregate data
Answer: Data extracted from individual health records and combined to
form de-identified information about groups of patients that can be
compared and analyzed
●● Auto dialing system
Answer: A method used to automatically call and remind patients of
upcoming appointments
●● Case definition
Answer: A method of determining criteria for cases that should be
included in a registry
●● Case finding
Answer: A method of identifying patients who have been seen or treated
in a healthcare facility for the particular disease or condition of interest
to the registry
●● Claim
,Answer: An itemized statement of healthcare services and their costs
provided by a hospital, physican office, or other healthcare provider;
submitted for reimbursement to the healthcare insurance plan by either
the insured party or the provider
●● Clinical trial
Answer: A controlled research study involving human subjects that is
designed to evaluate prospectively the safety and effectiveness of new
drugs, tests, devices, or interventions
●● Collaborative stage data set
Answer: A new standardized neoplasm-staging system developed by the
American Joint Commission on Cancer
●● Computer virus
Answer: a software program that attacks computer systems and
sometimes damages or destroys files
●● Credentialing
Answer: The process of reviewing and validating the qualifications
(degrees, licenses, and other credentials) of physicians and other
licensed independent practitioners, for granting medical staff
membership to provide patient care services
●● Data confidentiality
, Answer: The extent to which personal health information is kept private
●● Data dictionary
Answer: A descriptive list of the data elements to be collected in an
information system or database whose purpose is to ensure consistency
of terminology
●● Data security
Answer: The process of keeping data, both in transit and at rest, safe
from unauthorized access, alteration, or destruction
●● Database
Answer: An organized collection of data, text, references, or pictures in a
standardized format, typically stored in a computer system for multiple
applications
●● Deidentification
Answer: The process in which users of secondary data will need to
remove identifying data so that data can be used without violating the
patient's privacy
●● Demographic information
Answer: Information used to identify an individual, such as name,
address, gender, age, and other information linked to a specific person
