WGU C810 PRINCIPLE & AHIMA CHARACTERISTICS QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

Accuracy CORRECT ANSWER Data that is free from error Accessibility CORRECT ANSWER Data items should be easily obtainable and legal to access Comprehensiveness CORRECT ANSWER All required data items are included. • Ensure that the entire scope of the data is collected. Timeliness CORRECT ANSWER information being available to users early enough to allow them to use it in the decision process Precision CORRECT ANSWER a measure of how close a series of measurements are Granularity CORRECT ANSWER refers to the level of detail in the model or the decision-making process Currency CORRECT ANSWER Many types of healthcare data become obsolete after a period of time. A patient's admitting diagnosis is often changed by the time he or she is discharged If a clinician needed a current diagnosis