MHA 705 MODULE 7 EXAM 7 ACTUAL EXAM
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥abstracting - 1. The process of extracting information from a document
to create a brief summary of a patient's illness, treatment, and outcome
2. The process of extracting elements of data from a source document or
database and entering them into an automated system
⩥Accession number - A number assigned to each case as it is entered in
a cancer registry
⩥Accession registry - A list of cases in a cancer registry in the order in
which they were entered
⩥Activities of daily living (ADLs) - The basic activities of self-care,
including bathing, grooming, ambulating, toileting, and eating
⩥Agency for healthcare research and quality (AHRQ) - The branch of
the US Public Health Service that supports general health research and
distributes research findings and treatment guidelines with the goal of
improving the quality, appropriateness, and effectiveness of healthcare
services
,⩥Aggregate data - Data extracted from individual health records and
combined to form de-identified information about groups of patients that
can be compared and analyzed
⩥Auto dialing system - A method used to automatically call and remind
patients of upcoming appointments
⩥Case definition - A method of determining criteria for cases that should
be included in a registry
⩥Case finding - A method of identifying patients who have been seen or
treated in a healthcare facility for the particular disease or condition of
interest to the registry
⩥Claim - An itemized statement of healthcare services and their costs
provided by a hospital, physican office, or other healthcare provider;
submitted for reimbursement to the healthcare insurance plan by either
the insured party or the provider
⩥Clinical trial - A controlled research study involving human subjects
that is designed to evaluate prospectively the safety and effectiveness of
new drugs, tests, devices, or interventions
⩥Collaborative stage data set - A new standardized neoplasm-staging
system developed by the American Joint Commission on Cancer
,⩥Computer virus - a software program that attacks computer systems
and sometimes damages or destroys files
⩥Credentialing - The process of reviewing and validating the
qualifications (degrees, licenses, and other credentials) of physicians and
other licensed independent practitioners, for granting medical staff
membership to provide patient care services
⩥Data confidentiality - The extent to which personal health information
is kept private
⩥Data dictionary - A descriptive list of the data elements to be collected
in an information system or database whose purpose is to ensure
consistency of terminology
⩥Data security - The process of keeping data, both in transit and at rest,
safe from unauthorized access, alteration, or destruction
⩥Database - An organized collection of data, text, references, or pictures
in a standardized format, typically stored in a computer system for
multiple applications
, ⩥Deidentification - The process in which users of secondary data will
need to remove identifying data so that data can be used without
violating the patient's privacy
⩥Demographic information - Information used to identify an individual,
such as name, address, gender, age, and other information linked to a
specific person
⩥Disease index - A list of diseases and conditions of patients sequenced
according to the code numbers of the classification system in use
⩥Disease registry - A centralized collection of data used to improve the
quality of care and measure the effectiveness of a particular aspect of
healthcare delivery
⩥Edit - A condition that must be satisfied before a computer system can
accept data
⩥Encryption - The process of transforming text into an unintelligible
string of characters that can be transmitted via communications media
with a high degree of security and then decrypted when it reaches a
secure destination
⩥Facility based registry - A registry that includes only cases from a
particular type of healthcare facility, such as a hospital or clinic
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥abstracting - 1. The process of extracting information from a document
to create a brief summary of a patient's illness, treatment, and outcome
2. The process of extracting elements of data from a source document or
database and entering them into an automated system
⩥Accession number - A number assigned to each case as it is entered in
a cancer registry
⩥Accession registry - A list of cases in a cancer registry in the order in
which they were entered
⩥Activities of daily living (ADLs) - The basic activities of self-care,
including bathing, grooming, ambulating, toileting, and eating
⩥Agency for healthcare research and quality (AHRQ) - The branch of
the US Public Health Service that supports general health research and
distributes research findings and treatment guidelines with the goal of
improving the quality, appropriateness, and effectiveness of healthcare
services
,⩥Aggregate data - Data extracted from individual health records and
combined to form de-identified information about groups of patients that
can be compared and analyzed
⩥Auto dialing system - A method used to automatically call and remind
patients of upcoming appointments
⩥Case definition - A method of determining criteria for cases that should
be included in a registry
⩥Case finding - A method of identifying patients who have been seen or
treated in a healthcare facility for the particular disease or condition of
interest to the registry
⩥Claim - An itemized statement of healthcare services and their costs
provided by a hospital, physican office, or other healthcare provider;
submitted for reimbursement to the healthcare insurance plan by either
the insured party or the provider
⩥Clinical trial - A controlled research study involving human subjects
that is designed to evaluate prospectively the safety and effectiveness of
new drugs, tests, devices, or interventions
⩥Collaborative stage data set - A new standardized neoplasm-staging
system developed by the American Joint Commission on Cancer
,⩥Computer virus - a software program that attacks computer systems
and sometimes damages or destroys files
⩥Credentialing - The process of reviewing and validating the
qualifications (degrees, licenses, and other credentials) of physicians and
other licensed independent practitioners, for granting medical staff
membership to provide patient care services
⩥Data confidentiality - The extent to which personal health information
is kept private
⩥Data dictionary - A descriptive list of the data elements to be collected
in an information system or database whose purpose is to ensure
consistency of terminology
⩥Data security - The process of keeping data, both in transit and at rest,
safe from unauthorized access, alteration, or destruction
⩥Database - An organized collection of data, text, references, or pictures
in a standardized format, typically stored in a computer system for
multiple applications
, ⩥Deidentification - The process in which users of secondary data will
need to remove identifying data so that data can be used without
violating the patient's privacy
⩥Demographic information - Information used to identify an individual,
such as name, address, gender, age, and other information linked to a
specific person
⩥Disease index - A list of diseases and conditions of patients sequenced
according to the code numbers of the classification system in use
⩥Disease registry - A centralized collection of data used to improve the
quality of care and measure the effectiveness of a particular aspect of
healthcare delivery
⩥Edit - A condition that must be satisfied before a computer system can
accept data
⩥Encryption - The process of transforming text into an unintelligible
string of characters that can be transmitted via communications media
with a high degree of security and then decrypted when it reaches a
secure destination
⩥Facility based registry - A registry that includes only cases from a
particular type of healthcare facility, such as a hospital or clinic
