According to the following data, the most serious record delinquecy
problem occurred in which month?
Record Delinquency Mo. April May June
% incomplete records 70% 88% 79%
%delinquent records 51% 43% 61%
% delinquent DT minssing H&P 3% 1.4% .05%
April, because JC reccommendation for improvement is indicated if the
number of delinquent records is greater than 50% or if the % of
delinquent records DT missing H&P exceeds 2% of average monthly
discharges. The % of incomplete records is irrelevant
An example of objective entry in the health record supplied by a health
care practitioner is the
Physical Assessment.
The medical history, including a review of systems and chief complaint, is
information supplied by the patient.
,As Chair of the Health Record Committee you have been asked to
reccommend a time limited documentation standard for inclusion in
medical staff bylaws, rules, and regulations. that must meet standards
of both JC and Medicare COP. For
H&P you advise the time period for completion should be set at
24 hours after admission or prior to surgery
An example of a primary data source for health care statistics is the
hospital census
Which of the following is LEAST likely to be identified by a definciency
analysis technician
Discrepancy between post-op diagnosis by the surgeon and pathology
diagnosis by the pathologist
In your facility it has become critical that information regarding patients
who are transferred to the oncology unit be sent to an outpatinet
scheduling system to facilitate outpatient appointments. This information
can be obtained most
efficiently from
R-ADT system also known as the registration-admission, discharge and
transfer system
, Which method of authorship or authentication of entries would be
inappropriate to use in a patient's health record?
Delegated use of a computer hey by radiology secretary.
Use of codes and stamped signatures MUST be confined to the owners
and they are never to be used by anyone else.