RHIT (Data Analysis and Management)| 98 Questions and Answers with complete solution

(1) 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 - D) Data dictionary (2) 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 - A) Data sets (3) In healthcare, data sets serve two purposes. The first is to identify data elements to be collected 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 - A) Provide uniform data defintions(4) 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 - A) UHDDS