RHIT Domain 1 Guaranteed Success
1. Where would you expect to find a patient's laboratory results in their health record?
Answer: In the laboratory report.
2. What is the purpose of reviewing the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)?
Answer: To check for any adverse licensure actions against a physician.
3. What is a significant concern when managing a master patient index (MPI)?
Answer: Duplicate health record numbers.
4. What type of information is collected within a healthcare organization to support patient care and
business operations?
Answer: Information assets.
5. What is used to match patients in the master patient index (MPI) to merge patient information?
Answer: Algorithm.
6. What is the term for reviewing a health record for missing signatures and medical reports?
Answer: Analysis.
7. What is a key feature of a problem-oriented health record?
, Answer: An itemized list of patient's present and past conditions.
8. What is the key to identifying and accessing a patient's health record?
Answer: Master patient index.
9. What is the concept of data availability when and where it is needed, known as?
Answer: Accessibility.
10. What is the paper health record converted to when it is scanned and made digital?
Answer: It is known as imaging.
11. Which database should be queried during the credentialing process for a physician initially applying
for medical staff privileges?
Answer: NPDB.
12. When an addendum is created, what date should it be dated?
Answer: The day the addendum was created.
13. What is the goal of documentation standards in healthcare?
Answer: To ensure that what is documented in the health record is complete and accurately reflects the
treatment provided to the patient.
14. Who determines a physician's scope of practice when they are appointed to a healthcare
organization's medical staff?
1. Where would you expect to find a patient's laboratory results in their health record?
Answer: In the laboratory report.
2. What is the purpose of reviewing the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)?
Answer: To check for any adverse licensure actions against a physician.
3. What is a significant concern when managing a master patient index (MPI)?
Answer: Duplicate health record numbers.
4. What type of information is collected within a healthcare organization to support patient care and
business operations?
Answer: Information assets.
5. What is used to match patients in the master patient index (MPI) to merge patient information?
Answer: Algorithm.
6. What is the term for reviewing a health record for missing signatures and medical reports?
Answer: Analysis.
7. What is a key feature of a problem-oriented health record?
, Answer: An itemized list of patient's present and past conditions.
8. What is the key to identifying and accessing a patient's health record?
Answer: Master patient index.
9. What is the concept of data availability when and where it is needed, known as?
Answer: Accessibility.
10. What is the paper health record converted to when it is scanned and made digital?
Answer: It is known as imaging.
11. Which database should be queried during the credentialing process for a physician initially applying
for medical staff privileges?
Answer: NPDB.
12. When an addendum is created, what date should it be dated?
Answer: The day the addendum was created.
13. What is the goal of documentation standards in healthcare?
Answer: To ensure that what is documented in the health record is complete and accurately reflects the
treatment provided to the patient.
14. Who determines a physician's scope of practice when they are appointed to a healthcare
organization's medical staff?
