HIM 2000 Midterm Exam Complete Q&A

20 CEUs every two years - correct answer--What are the CEU requirements for RHIT credentials? 24 hours - correct answer--The discharge summary must be completed within this time period for patients transferred to other facilities. 30 CEUs every two years - correct answer--What are the CEU requirements for RHIA credentials? 30 days - correct answer--The discharge summary must be completed with this many days after discharge for most patients. 48 hours - correct answer--Discharge summaries are not always required for patients who were hospitalized for less than this time period. A statement that the records were destroyed in the normal course of business. - correct answer--A certificate of destruction should include this detail: Abstracting - correct answer--This supports the auxiliary utilization of patient information for registries, public reporting, research, and various purposes. Accession Register - correct answer--A chronological listing of each cancer patient entered into the registry by year. Accreditation organization - correct answer--A professional organization that establishes the standards against which healthcare organizations are measured and conducts periodic assessments of the performance of individual healthcare organizations. ACO - correct answer--Accountable care organizations Acute care - correct answer--Medical care of a limited duration that is provided in an inpatient hospital setting to diagnose and treat an injury or a short-term illness. Advanced decision support - correct answer--Data driven intelligence that makes the latest clinical guidelines and research findings available to physicians at a click. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - correct answer--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 - correct answer--Data extracted from individual health records and combined to form deidentified information about groups of patients that can be compared and analyzed. AHIMA - correct answer--American Health Information Management Association Allied health professional - correct answer--A credentialed healthcare worker who is not a physician, nurse, psychologist, or pharmacist (for example physical therapist, dietitian, social worker, or occupational therapist). Ambulatory care - correct answer--Preventive or corrective healthcare services provided on a nonresident basis in a provider's office, clinic setting, or hospital outpatient setting. American College of Physicians (ACP) - correct answer--Founded in 1936 in Philadelphia, PA. This organization certifies specialists in internal medicine through its board. American College of Surgeons - correct answer--Cancer registries are accredited by: American College of Surgeons - correct answer--The scientific and educational association of surgeons formed to improve the quality of surgical care by setting high standards for surgical education and practice. American Hospital Association - correct answer--Founded in 1898 in Chicago, IL. It promotes public welfare through its leadership and to provide better health services. It provides educational programs, seminars, library services, and published an annual survey of hospitals. American Medical Association (AMA) - correct answer--Founded in 1847 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL. It has component organizations at the state, county, and territorial levels of physicians. American National Standards Institute (ANSI) - correct answer--An organization that governs standards in many aspects of public and private business; developer of the Health Information Technology Standards Panel. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) - correct answer--The purposes of this act include 1) Preserve and create jobs and promote economic recovery, 2) assist those most impacted by the recession, 3) provide investments needed to increase economic efficiency by spurring technological advances in science and health, 4) invest in transportation, environmental protection, and other infrastructure that will provide long-term economic benefits, 5) stabilize state and local government budgets in order to minimize and avoid reduction in essential services and counterproductive state and local tax increases.