228-232 Flashcards
Match the description of items from part 2 of AF Form 560 listed in column A with the item listed in column B. Column B items may be used once or not at all.
Column A
Administrative data.
What is used as the source document for entering admission information into the CHCS?
AF Form 560
Match the description of items from part 2 of AF Form 560 listed in column A with the item listed in column B. Column B items may be used once or not at all.
Leave this item blank until provided an appropriate entry by the CHCS.
Register number.
Match the description of items from part 2 of AF Form 560 listed in column A with the item listed in column B. Column B items may be used once or not at all.
Enter “NB” for an infant born in your MTF.
Age.
Match the description of items from part 2 of AF Form 560 listed in column A with the item listed in column B. Column B items may be used once or not at all.
The term “DIS” (Disease) is used in this item.
Type of case.
Match the description of items from part 2 of AF Form 560 listed in column A with the item listed in column B. Column B items may be used once or not at all.
Enter whether or not the patient has private insurance coverage.
Administrative data.
Who completes the circled items found on the AF Form560?
Admitting health care provider.
What type of case should be entered in item 8 of the AF Form 560 for a female patient being admitted for pregnancy?
DIS
What rank should be entered into item 11 of the AF Form 560 for an OSI agent?
AB
What is CHCS?
An automated information system designed to support the administration and delivery of health care
What external computer system does CHCS communicate with to process patient eligibility inquiries?
DEERS
What CHCS subsystem supports admissions, dispositions, and transfers?
PAD
What is the purpose of the “Cancel ADT transactions” option?
To cancel admissions to, and transfers or dispositions from, inpatient units
What is an “AD HOC” report?
Reports tailored to meet a specific purpose
What letter does the CHCS produce each time an active duty patient is admitted as an inpatient?
CHCS admission notification letter
Who receives the CHCS admission notification letter?
Active duty patients’ commander
Which CHCS report lists admissions, dispositions change of status, newborns, and interward transfers occurring in a given 24-hour period?
Admissions and dispositions report
What items in the admission package may accompany the patient to the inpatient unit?
The AF Form 560; pertinent information from clinic services, one index card, AF Form 577, the patient’s outpatient record, embossed card, other pertinent information as requested, inpatient records from the previous MTF when the patient is admitted by transfer and a patient ID bracelet.
Describe the contents of the master index of patients.
It’s an index card file containing an active and inactive section. The active section contains cards for all hospital patients currently under treatment; the inactive section contains cards on patients that are no longer under treatment in the MTF (discharged).
What is the purpose of the patient suspense file?
It is a working file for all documents, communications, or administrative actions affecting the patient during their hospitalization. It serves as a file for inpatient records while patients are absent from the MTF as part of their treatment, on leave, etc., and as a follow-up file to ensure administrative actions are carried out promptly when required
What is the patient control file?
It serves as an inventory of patients covering a 24-hour period (0001 through 2400) and indicates which patients are bed occupants, subsisting out, on leave, AWOL, nonmilitary hospital patients etc.
Who must be notified whenever a military patient is admitted to the hospital? How is this notification made?
The member’s unit commander; contacting the member’s squadron by telephone or priority electrical message or by sending the CHCS generated notificationletter
Who assumes medical administrative responsibility of an active duty Air Force member admitted to a nonmilitary hospital?
The commander of the nearest Air ForceMTF.
What information is needed when an active duty member is admitted to a nonmilitary hospital?
The patient’s full name, grade, SSN, unit, duty station, and exact location; the name and telephone number of the attending physician; date and time of admission; status (leave, pass, etc.); circumstances surrounding the admission; diagnosis, present condition, and prognosis; the earliest date that the patient may be transferred to a military MTF.
