HIT 125 MODULE 4 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Which of the following datasets was created to collect uniform data across the United
States for inpatient patient stays?
A. Uniform Ambulatory Care Data Set (UACDS)
B. Outcomes and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)
C. Data Elements for Emergency Department Systems (DEEDS)
D. Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS)
Rationale: One of the first defined and used data sets across the US healthcare industry
was the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS). The UHDDS collects uniform
data elements from the health records of every hospital inpatient patient. - Answers - D.
Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS)
Rationale: One of the first defined and used data sets across the US healthcare industry
was the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS). The UHDDS collects uniform
data elements from the health records of every hospital inpatient patient.
A/n ___________________ is a list that provides guidance, indication, or other
references of information contained in a database?
A.Map
B. Mining
C. Element
D. Index - Answers - D. Index
Rationale: An index is a report or list from a database that provides guidance, indication,
or other references to the data contained in the database. An index serves as a guide or
indicator to locate something within a database or other systems storing data.
What concept refers to the process of creating management and oversight of data
assets to support the organization's mission, vision, and values?
A. Enterprise information management
B. Outcomes and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)
C. Information governance
D. Data governance - Answers - Rationale: Information governance focuses on
principles and oversight to manage the information that is produced from the different
systems within an organization. Information governance is based off of 9 principles that
support the management of information assets in an organization based on the mission,
vision, and values.
, True or false. Information is single elements that define a specific characteristic about a
patient.
True
False - Answers - False
Rationale: Information is different than data as it refers to data elements that have been
combined and then manipulated into something meaningful regarding a patient or a
group of patients.
True or false. The oversight of the definition of structure of data elements as well as the
creation, storage, and transmission of data elements is referred to as data
management.
True
False - Answers - True
Rationale: Data management refers to the definition and structure of data elements and
the creation, storage, and transmission of data elements.
Which of the following is an external user of data?
A. Public health department
B. Medical staff
C. Hospital administrator
D. Director of the clinical laboratory - Answers - A. Public health department
Rationale: All of the users listed are internal users with the exception of the public health
department which is a government agency - not a department of the organization.
Review of disease indexes, pathology reports, and radiation therapy reports is part of
which function in the cancer registry?
A. Case definition
B. Case-finding
C. Follow-up
D. Reporting - Answers - B. Case-finding
Rationale: Case-finding is reviewing indices and other sources to identify patients who
were treated for cancer.
What is the information identifying the patient (such as name, health record number,
address, and telephone number) called?
A. Accession data
B. Indicator data
ANSWERS
Which of the following datasets was created to collect uniform data across the United
States for inpatient patient stays?
A. Uniform Ambulatory Care Data Set (UACDS)
B. Outcomes and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)
C. Data Elements for Emergency Department Systems (DEEDS)
D. Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS)
Rationale: One of the first defined and used data sets across the US healthcare industry
was the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS). The UHDDS collects uniform
data elements from the health records of every hospital inpatient patient. - Answers - D.
Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS)
Rationale: One of the first defined and used data sets across the US healthcare industry
was the Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS). The UHDDS collects uniform
data elements from the health records of every hospital inpatient patient.
A/n ___________________ is a list that provides guidance, indication, or other
references of information contained in a database?
A.Map
B. Mining
C. Element
D. Index - Answers - D. Index
Rationale: An index is a report or list from a database that provides guidance, indication,
or other references to the data contained in the database. An index serves as a guide or
indicator to locate something within a database or other systems storing data.
What concept refers to the process of creating management and oversight of data
assets to support the organization's mission, vision, and values?
A. Enterprise information management
B. Outcomes and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)
C. Information governance
D. Data governance - Answers - Rationale: Information governance focuses on
principles and oversight to manage the information that is produced from the different
systems within an organization. Information governance is based off of 9 principles that
support the management of information assets in an organization based on the mission,
vision, and values.
, True or false. Information is single elements that define a specific characteristic about a
patient.
True
False - Answers - False
Rationale: Information is different than data as it refers to data elements that have been
combined and then manipulated into something meaningful regarding a patient or a
group of patients.
True or false. The oversight of the definition of structure of data elements as well as the
creation, storage, and transmission of data elements is referred to as data
management.
True
False - Answers - True
Rationale: Data management refers to the definition and structure of data elements and
the creation, storage, and transmission of data elements.
Which of the following is an external user of data?
A. Public health department
B. Medical staff
C. Hospital administrator
D. Director of the clinical laboratory - Answers - A. Public health department
Rationale: All of the users listed are internal users with the exception of the public health
department which is a government agency - not a department of the organization.
Review of disease indexes, pathology reports, and radiation therapy reports is part of
which function in the cancer registry?
A. Case definition
B. Case-finding
C. Follow-up
D. Reporting - Answers - B. Case-finding
Rationale: Case-finding is reviewing indices and other sources to identify patients who
were treated for cancer.
What is the information identifying the patient (such as name, health record number,
address, and telephone number) called?
A. Accession data
B. Indicator data
