RHIT EXAM PREP EXAM QUESTIONS (Data Analysis and Management)

(1) A critical early step in designing an EHR is to develop a(n) ________in which the characteristics of each data element are defined. A) Accreditation manual B) Core content C) Continuity of care record D) Data dictionary ANS: - D) Data dictionary (2) Once hospital discharge abstract systems were developed and their ability to provide comparative data to hospitals was established, it became necessary to develop: A) Data sets B) Data elements C) Electronic data interchange D) Bills of mortality ANS: - A) Data sets (3) In healthcare, data sets serve two purposes. The first is to identify data elements to be collected about each patient. The second is to: A) Provide uniform data definitions B) Guide efforts toward computerization C) Determine statistical formulas D) Provide a research database ANS: - A) Provide uniform data defintions (4) A health information technician is responsible for designing a data collection form to collect data on patients in an acute-care hospital. The first resource that she should use is: A) UHDDS B) UACDS C) MDS D) ORYX ANS: - A) UHDDS (5) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the common healthcare data sets such as UHDDS and UACDS? A) They define minimum data elements to be collected B) They provide a complete and exhaustive list of data elements that must be collected C) They provide a framework for data collection to which an individual facility can add data items D) The federal government recommends, but does not mandate, implementation of most of the data sets ANS: - B) They provide a complete and exhaustive list of data elements that must be collected (6) In a paper-based system, the completion of the chart is monitored in a special area of the HIM department called the ______ file. A) Incomplete record B) Permanent C) Temporary D) Remote storage ANS: - A) Incomplete record (7) Consider the following sequence of numbers. What filing system is being used if these numbers represent the health record numbers of three records filed together within the filing system? 36-45-99 37-45-99 38-45-99