AHIMA - RHIT EXAM - CHAPTER 1 - DATA
ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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 - - -
correct answer ✅X
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 - - -
correct answer ✅X
In healthcare, data sets serve two purposes. The first is to identify
data elements to be collected
, AHIMA - RHIT EXAM - CHAPTER 1 - DATA
ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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 - - -
correct answer ✅X
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 - - -
correct answer ✅X
Which of the following is not a characteristic of the common
healthcare data sets such as UHDDS
and UACDS?
ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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 - - -
correct answer ✅X
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 - - -
correct answer ✅X
In healthcare, data sets serve two purposes. The first is to identify
data elements to be collected
, AHIMA - RHIT EXAM - CHAPTER 1 - DATA
ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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 - - -
correct answer ✅X
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 - - -
correct answer ✅X
Which of the following is not a characteristic of the common
healthcare data sets such as UHDDS
and UACDS?
