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A set of standards that provides universal Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC)
names and codes for laboratory and
clinical results is _____.
High-quality information is contingent on d. Reliable data
_____.
a. Computerized decision support
b. Systems integration
c. Knowledge management
d. Reliable data
The individual most likely to lead strategic c. CIO
planning for a healthcare organization's
information system is the _____. a. CEO
b. HIM director
c. CIO
d. Medical director
140. An audit trail is a good tool for which b. Reconstructing electronic events
one of the following?
a. Holding an individual
patientaccountable for actions
b. Reconstructing electronic events
c. Defending the corporation
against an
IRS audit
d. Stopping attacks from the
intranet to the
Internet
Health information loses PHI status and is b. Is deidentified
no longer protected by the HIPAA Privacy
Rule when it _____.
a. Becomes an oral communication
b. Is deidentified
c. Is used for TPO
d. Is individually identifiable
ASTM Standard E2522-07 provides Content and structure of health records
guidance to healthcare organizations
in developing _____. a. Data security
b. Medical vocabulary
c. Transaction standards
d. Content and structure of health records
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,An important part of the maintenance of c. Overlay
the master patient index is to resolve
situations where a patient is assigned
another patient's medical record number.
This is an example of which of the
following?
a. Duplicate medical record number
b. Overlap
c. Overlay
d. Reduplication
The percent of antibiotics administered Process measure
immediately prior to open reduction and
internal fixation (ORIF) surgeries or the
percent of deliveries accomplished by
cesarean section are examples of what
type of performance measure? a.
Outcome measure
b. Data measure
c. Process measure
d. System measure
Fifty percent of patients treated at our d. Aggregate
facilities have Medicare as their primary
payer. This is an example of what type of
information?
a. Patient-specific
b. Expert knowledge
c. Comparative
d. Aggregate
Your chief medical officer has requested Statistical process control chart
that you track patient satisfaction over time
and in a way that attempts to separate
routine variation from true underlying
changes over time. The best tool to select
from the options below is a(n) _____. a.
Affinity diagram
b. Histogram
c. Statistical process control chart
d. Stem and leaf diagram
A researcher would like to test the null b. t-test for means
hypothesis that the lengths of stay at two
hospitals are equal. What statistical test
should the researcher use in this situation?
a. Tukey's HSD
b. t-test for means
c. ANOVA
d. Z-test for proportions
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, We want to compare the average weight a. Paired t-test
of patients before and after a specialty diet
is administered. We expect the weight to
decrease after administration of the diet.
Which of the following tests should be
conducted to determine if the average
weight for each patient is less at the
conclusion of the diet? a. Paired t-test
b. One-sample t-test
c. t-test for two independent sample
means
d. Z-test for comparing two
populationproportions
When a data analyst develops a sample Systematic random sampling
selection involving the choice of every
fourth patient from each clinic schedule for
each physician during the course of a
three month period, this sampling
technique being used by the analyst is
called which of the following?
a. Stratified random sampling
b. Random sampling
c. Quota sampling
d. Systematic random sampling
The mean is an appropriate statistic to use ratio
to measure which type of data? a.
Qualitative
b. Nominal
c. Ordinal
d. Ratio
If a health plan analyst wanted to b. Two-sample Z-test for proportions
determine if the readmissions rates for two
hospitals were statistically different, which
hypothesis test should be used? a. Chi
square
b. Two-sample Z-test for proportions
c. t-test
d. One-sample Z-test for proportion
Which data collection program is the basis Hospital Compare
for the CMS value-based purchasing
program?
a. Leapfrog
b. HEDIS
c. Hospital Compare
d. HCU
If an analyst is studying the wait times at a Systematic sampling
clinic and the only list of patients available
is hard copy, which sampling technique is
the easiest to use?
a. Simple random sampling
b. Systematic sampling
c. Cluster sampling
d. Stratified sampling
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