Knowledge Activity: Retrieval of Data
(Baccalaureate)
Student instructions
1. If you have questions about this activity, please contact
your instructor for assistance.
2. You will review the chart of Jean Katz to complete
this activity. Your instructor has provided you with a
link to the Retrieval of Data (BS) activity. Click on
Launch EHR to review the patient chart and begin
this activity.
3. Refer to the patient chart and any suggested resources
to complete this activity.
4. Document your answers directly on this document as
you complete the activity. When you are finished, you
will save the document and upload it to your Learning
Management System (LMS).
Glossary
Algorithm/protocol: A mapping of rules that explain best
practices or recommended procedures to be followed in
specific situations. (Myers, 2006).
ICD code: International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is
the standard diagnostic tool for used both for clinical and
health management purposes, as well as for epidemiology.
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, An ICD code is used to classify and monitor disease and
health problems. Example of an ICD-10 code: E21.0 (Primary
hyperparathyroidism). (World Health Organization, 2016)
The activity
Review the Acute Coronary Syndromes Algorithm resource
document found under Step 1: Overview & Resources where
this activity document was located. This resource is needed
to successfully complete the activity.
You are a Health Information Technician at a large
academic hospital. One of the hospital’s attending
physicians has asked you to begin the process of compiling
data from the hospital’s EHR. She is conducting a study on
Acute Coronary Syndromes and has given you specific data
to retrieve. Included in the information provided by the
physician is a list of 20 names of patients who have been
preliminarily enrolled in her study. These patients have
recently been discharged from General Hospital after
receiving treatment for some form of Acute Coronary
Syndrome. The first patient on the list is Jean Katz.
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