CHDA Exam Prep Questions And Correct Answers
The implementation of electronic health records requires an organization to identify and
define strategic roles. These planning roles may be defined within three categories:
leadership, internal stakeholders, and external stakeholders. The governing body
(board) is an example of which of the following? - Answer Leadership only
Which of the following statements best describes how the strategic planning and the
strategic IM planning should relate in the healthcare entity? - Answer The two process
are distinctly interrelated. The CIO needs to be involved with both to ensure the IS
priorities reflect and support the overall strategic plans of the entity.
Medical record number - Answer One way to analyze readmissions within a specified
time frame at your institution would be to extract patient data for that period of time and
search for duplicates of which attribute common in clinical data sets?
A drug interaction alert would be a typical function of a _______. - Answer Decision
support system
Which of the following code set would be utilized to develop a report that reflects the
case mix index of a particular hospital? - Answ DRG (Diagnosis Related Group)
A set of standards that provides universal names and codes for a laboratory and clinical
results is ___________. - Ans LONIC
Your chief financial officer has called you because your facility's case-mix index was
higher last year than the previous. He would like to hear your hypothesis for why this is
the case. Of the choices below, which would be the best explanation for an increase in
case mix index? - Answer The clinical documentation was of higher quality
Activities of daily living (ADL) are parts of - Answer MDS and OASIS
,Suppose you are the manager of a 10-physician group primary care practice, and the
physicians are interested in contracting with an application service provider to develop
and manage patient records electronically. Which of the following statements is an
indication that an ASP may be a good idea for this practice? - Answer The practice does
not have an upfront capital or IT staff needed to purchase and implement a system from
a health information systems vendor.
Maps from terminologies to classifications (and possibly from classifications to
terminologies) are expected to _____. - Answer Facilitate "enter once, use many"
functionally
Which of the following basic services provided by an HIE entity ensures information can
be retrieved when needed? - Answer Secure data transport
Which of the following statements best describes how strategic planning and strategic
IM planning should relate to each other for an arbitrary health care entity? - Answer The
two processes certainly are interrelated. It is advisable that the CIO participate in both
to make sure IS priorities align with the overall strategic plans of the entity.
What types of measures are representations of the result of care provided to patients
and populations, including patient and family satisfaction? -Answer Outcome
For which of the following activities are you most likely to find the activity taking place
during the analysis phase of the systems development life cycle? -Answer Analyze the
existing system and identify ways to improve it
Which of the following RVU components is best suited as a measure of physician
productivity? -Answer wRVU
Which of the following component(s) is/are the basis for the physician fee schedule? -
Answer All of these
, Comparing the ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM diabetes mellitus codes, along with
documenting variations, creates a______________. - Answer Data map
MS-DRGs are a prospective payment system developed by the CMS to reimburse
hospitals a pre-determined amount of money for services provided to - Answer
inpatients
A research instrument used to collect data and information from subjects in a uniform
manner by having the same predefined, structured questions and possible responses
administered to them is known as a ________. -Answer Survey
A statewide cancer data system would be an example of what type of database that
relies on standardized data definitions? -Answer
Which of the following is an external user of data? - Answer Public health department
Which of the following indexes and databases includes patient-identifiable information? -
Answer Master population/patient index
Although HIM departments may be the source of identification, mitigation, and
correction of MPI errors, the knowledge is usually not transferred to other departments
within the healthcare organization. After procedural issues have been identified that
contribute to the creation of the MPI errors, with what department should the MPI
manager collaborate to correct these procedural problems? Answer Registration of
patient access
The inpatient data set that was incorporated into federal law and required for Medicare
reporting is called the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set. - Answer Uniform Hospital
Discharge Data Set
Standardized sets of valid, reliable, and evidence-based measures implemented by the
Joint Commissions are called ___________. - Answer Core (performance) measures
The implementation of electronic health records requires an organization to identify and
define strategic roles. These planning roles may be defined within three categories:
leadership, internal stakeholders, and external stakeholders. The governing body
(board) is an example of which of the following? - Answer Leadership only
Which of the following statements best describes how the strategic planning and the
strategic IM planning should relate in the healthcare entity? - Answer The two process
are distinctly interrelated. The CIO needs to be involved with both to ensure the IS
priorities reflect and support the overall strategic plans of the entity.
Medical record number - Answer One way to analyze readmissions within a specified
time frame at your institution would be to extract patient data for that period of time and
search for duplicates of which attribute common in clinical data sets?
A drug interaction alert would be a typical function of a _______. - Answer Decision
support system
Which of the following code set would be utilized to develop a report that reflects the
case mix index of a particular hospital? - Answ DRG (Diagnosis Related Group)
A set of standards that provides universal names and codes for a laboratory and clinical
results is ___________. - Ans LONIC
Your chief financial officer has called you because your facility's case-mix index was
higher last year than the previous. He would like to hear your hypothesis for why this is
the case. Of the choices below, which would be the best explanation for an increase in
case mix index? - Answer The clinical documentation was of higher quality
Activities of daily living (ADL) are parts of - Answer MDS and OASIS
,Suppose you are the manager of a 10-physician group primary care practice, and the
physicians are interested in contracting with an application service provider to develop
and manage patient records electronically. Which of the following statements is an
indication that an ASP may be a good idea for this practice? - Answer The practice does
not have an upfront capital or IT staff needed to purchase and implement a system from
a health information systems vendor.
Maps from terminologies to classifications (and possibly from classifications to
terminologies) are expected to _____. - Answer Facilitate "enter once, use many"
functionally
Which of the following basic services provided by an HIE entity ensures information can
be retrieved when needed? - Answer Secure data transport
Which of the following statements best describes how strategic planning and strategic
IM planning should relate to each other for an arbitrary health care entity? - Answer The
two processes certainly are interrelated. It is advisable that the CIO participate in both
to make sure IS priorities align with the overall strategic plans of the entity.
What types of measures are representations of the result of care provided to patients
and populations, including patient and family satisfaction? -Answer Outcome
For which of the following activities are you most likely to find the activity taking place
during the analysis phase of the systems development life cycle? -Answer Analyze the
existing system and identify ways to improve it
Which of the following RVU components is best suited as a measure of physician
productivity? -Answer wRVU
Which of the following component(s) is/are the basis for the physician fee schedule? -
Answer All of these
, Comparing the ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM diabetes mellitus codes, along with
documenting variations, creates a______________. - Answer Data map
MS-DRGs are a prospective payment system developed by the CMS to reimburse
hospitals a pre-determined amount of money for services provided to - Answer
inpatients
A research instrument used to collect data and information from subjects in a uniform
manner by having the same predefined, structured questions and possible responses
administered to them is known as a ________. -Answer Survey
A statewide cancer data system would be an example of what type of database that
relies on standardized data definitions? -Answer
Which of the following is an external user of data? - Answer Public health department
Which of the following indexes and databases includes patient-identifiable information? -
Answer Master population/patient index
Although HIM departments may be the source of identification, mitigation, and
correction of MPI errors, the knowledge is usually not transferred to other departments
within the healthcare organization. After procedural issues have been identified that
contribute to the creation of the MPI errors, with what department should the MPI
manager collaborate to correct these procedural problems? Answer Registration of
patient access
The inpatient data set that was incorporated into federal law and required for Medicare
reporting is called the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set. - Answer Uniform Hospital
Discharge Data Set
Standardized sets of valid, reliable, and evidence-based measures implemented by the
Joint Commissions are called ___________. - Answer Core (performance) measures
