Assignment 1 Flashcards
1
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True/False: Prehistoric and ancient medicine was characterized by an interest in the Arts and Sciences
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False
2
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True/False: The focus of health care consumers is on primary and preventative care
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True
3
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True/False: Preadmission testing on an outpatient basis is more frequently performed rather than admitting patients a day or two early to perform such tasks
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True
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True/False: Antyllos was a Roman physician appointed to the gladiators who gained anatomical insight by treating their fractures and wounds
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False
5
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True/False: Lous Pasteur and Robert Koch established the microbial, or germ theory of disease
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True
6
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True/False: Medical Staff Departments serve as a liason between the medical staff members and administration
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True
7
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True/False: Hospital-originated infections are also known as nosocomial infections
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True
8
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True/False: Greek pysician Hippocrates became the first to consider medicine a science
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True
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True/False: During ancient times Antyllos performed and described new procedures, and he became an authority on aneurysms
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True
10
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True/False: Rhazes produced the Canon of Medicine, which summarized medical knowledge and accurately described many diseases
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False
11
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True/False: The Hippocratic Oath was adapted as an expression of early medical ethics and reflected high ideals
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True
12
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True/False: Sally Slip fell and broke her arm; her fracture would most likely be treated by an orthopedic specialist
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True
13
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True/False: The preparation of a final meeting agenda is the joint responsibility of the committee chairperson and secretary
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True
14
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True/False: When taking minutes, the committee secretary should record only the final decisions made by the committee
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False
15
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True/False: Abstracting patient information (cases) gathers information used to generate diagnosis and procedure indexes
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True
16
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True/False: The purpose of contracting out health information services is to improve quality and contain costs
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True
17
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True/False: Many Health Information departments perform imaging processing to convert paper records to an Electronic health record
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True
18
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True/False: Coding is the assignment of numeric and alpha-numeric codes to diagnoses, procedures, and services; based on patient medical record documentation
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True
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True/False: The responsibility for gathering information concerning general liability incidents is part of the job of a Utilization manager
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False
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True/False: A privacy officer oversees activities that relate to the development, implementation, maintenance of, and adherence to the organization’s policies and procedures covering the privacy and access to patient’s health information
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True
21
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True/False: A coding and reimbursement specialist collects cancer data from a variety of sources and reports cancer statistics to government and health care agencies
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False
22
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True/False: Coding and reimbursement specialists can obtain employment in clinics, hospitals, gvernment agencies, home healthcare agencies among others
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True
23
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True/False: Information System departments conduct orientation programs to acclimate new employees to their work environment
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False
24
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True/False: Medical assistants perform routine administrative and clinical tasks such as answering telephones and scheduling appointments
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True
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True/False: Many Medical transcriptionists work at home using the internet
True
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True/False: A medical office manager usually earns a bachelor's degree from a technical college
False
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True/False: Secondary care services include a patient being seen by a specialist because of a dermatological issue
True
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True/False: A case manager is responsible for coordinating patient care to ensure timely discharge or transfer patients
True
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True/False: Student professionals practice experiences are usually paid and benefit both the student and the facility
False
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True/False: Breach of patient confidentiality can result in termination from a professional practice site
True
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True/False: Health information managers are considered experts in managing patient health information and medical records
True
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True/False: Total Parenteral Nutrition is intravenous fluids (saline), electrolytes and others which are often given to patients after Chemotherapy
False
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True/False: Speciality hospitals concentrate on many types of patients and have the highest level of medical specialists on staff
False
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True/False: Emergency care patients are treated for urgent problems, and always admitted to the hospital as inpatients
False
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True/False: Nursing, social activities, as well as rehabilitation are available in long-term care facilities
True
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True/False: Rehabilitation facilities provide occupational, physical, and speech therapy to patients with orthopedic injuries, work related injuries and various neurological and neuromuscular conditions
True
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True/False: Internal medicine physicians provide care for the entire family and focus on general medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics, and geriatrics
False
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True/False: A behavioral health care day treatment program provides short term crisis intervention and treatment
False
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True/False: Respite care is care provided by specially trained individuals at a setting other than the patient's home to offer relief and rest to primary caregivers
True
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True/False: Personal care services would include insertion of catheters and assessment and monitoring of illness
False
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True/False: Most hospice care is provide in a facility and families are involved in the care of the patient
False
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True/False: Ancillary services are diagnostic and therapeutic services provided to inpatients and outpatients
True
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True/False: The hospital bed count is the total number of patients admitted in a given day
False
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True/False: John James was in a motor vehicle accident and needs to learn how to walk because of injuries. He would most likely be admitted to a rehabillitation hospital
True
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True/False: Ambulatory patient is another name for outpatient
True
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True/False: Ethics is demographic information
False
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True/False: An imaging centre is a freestanding facility that provides radiographic, MRI, and PET services to ambultaory patients
True
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True/False: Internal medicine physicians specialize in the care of infants and children
False
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True/False: Public health departments provide preventative services which include immunizations and routine check-ups
True
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True/False: Family support services assist families in caring for outpatients
True
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True/False: Crisis services consists of a team of specially trained staff who visit patients in their homes
False
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True/False: Respite care offers relief and rest to primary caregivers of patients
True
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True/False: Skilled care workers duties include assessment of illness, insertion of catheters, and wound care
True
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True/False: The goal of hospice is palliative rather than curative
True
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What types of patients are treated for comfort mangement, not for curative care?
a. Palliative care
b. Emergency
c. Inpatient
d. Mental Health
a. Palliative Care
56
Which of the following is not a function of the admitting department?
a. Initiate discharge planning process upon admission
b. Provide patients with advance directive materials
c. Obtain patients signatures for consent
d. Register inpatients and outpatients
a. Initiate discharge planning process upon admission
57
Which medical staff membership category includes physicians who deliver most of the hospital's inpatient medical services?
a. active
b. associate
c. consulting
d. honorary
a. active
58
Medical transcriptionists have unique skills that enable them to:
a. code diagnostic and procedural information
b. enter information into computerized data banks
c. keyboard prerecorded medical dictation
d. stage tumors according to SEER and TNM
c. keyboard prerecorded medical dictation
59
The responsibility for gathering information concerning general liability incidents is part of the job of a(n)
a. Risk manager
b. Utilization manager
c. Privacy officer
d. Coding manager
a. Risk manager
60
A patient's entry to the health care system in most non-emergency situations, which include health maintenance and coordination of referrals, is called _______ care
a. primary
b. preventative
c. secondary
d. tertiary
a. primary
61
Medical staff members are granted clinical privileges by the
a. chief executive officer
b. ethics committee
c. governing board
d. quality management committee
c. governing board
62
Which coding system is used in Canada to collect information about diseases and injuries and to classify diagnosis and procedures?
a. CDT
b. CPT
c. ICD-9-CM
d. ICD-10-CA
d. ICD-10-CA
63
Which identifier measures an individual's unique physical characteristics or behavior and compares it to a stored digital template to authenticate the identity of the individual?
a. biometrics
b. digital signature
c. electronic signature
d. smartcard
a. biometrics
64
Which committee ensures patient safety by analyzing trends of incidents and establishing priorities for dealing with high-risk area?
a. disaster control
b. risk management
c. safety
d. utilization review
b. risk management
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The release of information department
a. creates information for patients on medical conditions
b. develops statistics for the hospital
c. reviews written requests for medical information, and releases pertinent information to the requester
d. manages patient discharges from the facility
c. reviews written requests for medical information, and releases pertinent information to the requester
66
Marsha's responsibility in the health information department includes confirming that document images have become part of the patient chart: Marsha's job is a
a. data analyst
b. checker
c. release of information specilist
d. verifier
d. verifier
67
Dr. Jones examines Sally Sick in the office and completes a history and physical exam for the treatment of an upper respiratory infection. He writes a prescription for antibiotics and instructs her to return to his office in 10 to 14 days. This is classified as a(n) care service
a. acute
b. primary
c. secondary
d. tertiary
b. primary
68
Ms. Organized has developed a draft strategic plan for Sunny Valley Hospital and will present the plan at the hospital board of trustees meeting next month. Ms. Organized role at Sunny Valley is most likely:
a. chairperson of the board
b. chief executive officer
c. chief information officer
d. chief operative officer
b. chief executive officer
69
Dr. Jones has examined Tom Smith's eye and had determined that Tom has a suspicious area on the cornea. Dr. Jones refers Tom to an eye specialist in the field of:
a. dermatology
b. gynecology
c. ophthalmology
d. urology
c. ophthalmolgy
70
The quality assurance committee has completed a study to review preoperative and pathologic diagnosis. Upon review of the statistical findings it appears that three surgeons may be performing surgeries that cannot be justified. These findings should also be reviewed by the _________ committee
a. credentials
b. ethics
c. executive
d. tissue committee
d. tissue committee
71
Pam Paper reviews inpatient admissions to assess patients who may have post hospital services on discharge. She works for the
a. admissions office
b. business office
c. case management department
d. compiance department
c. case management department
72
Mark Smith, a victim of a motor vehicle accident, has instructed his physician that, if he stops breathing or his heartbeat stops, he does not want to be revived. The physician should complete which of the following for the patient
a. do not resuscitate order
b. health care proxy form
c. living will
d. standing order
a. do not resuscitate order
73
The assembly and analysis of discharge patient records is called:
a. abstracting
b. coding
c. incomplete record processing
d. universal chart order
c. incomplete record processing
74
Medical assistants routinely perform which task?
a. completing insurance claims
b. writing prescriptions
c. examining and treating patients
d. perform diagnostics on patients
a. completing insurance claims
75
Transcriptionists working in specialized areas are more likely to encounter speech recognition technolgy in the areas of:
a. anesthesiology and nuclear medicine
b. pathology and surgery
c. radiology and pathology
d. surgery and nuclear medicine
c. radiology and pathology
76
A release of information receptionist's responsibilities include all of the following except:
a. Greets clients in the release of information department
b. assists clients with the competion of the request form
c. prepares charts for medical legal cases
d. enter release of information requests in the correspondence log
c. prepares charts for medical legal cases
77
A health care professional who oversees the development, implementation, maintenance of, and adherence to the organizations policies that cover the safeguarding of patient health information is called a
a. case manager
b. privacy officer
c. quality manager
d. risk manager
b. privacy officer
78
Susy Staff's job responsibilites include coordinating patient care to ensure that patients receive timely discharge or transfer. Her job title is
a. privacy officer
b. quality manager
c. risk manager
d. utilization manager
d. utilization manager
79
An internet-based third party entity that manages and distributes software based services across a WAN from a central data centre is known as a(n) _______ provider
a. application service
b. LAN
c. software service
d. Wide Area Network
a. application service
80
A hospital that provides emergency care, performs surgery, and admits patients for a range of problems is a ________ hospital
a. behavioral hospital
b. general
c. specialty
d. rehabilitation
b. general
81
Patients that undergo care and procedures that can be performed on an outpatient basis are categorized as:
a. rehabilitation patients
b. ambulatory surgery patients
c. clinic outpatients
d. observation patients
b. ambulatory surgery patients
82
A family of a 45 year old Down syndrome patient is seeking assistance with the mangement of care for the family member. Assistance would be available at a:
a. crisis center
b. day treatment program
c. development/mentally disabled facility
d. skilled nursing facility
c. development/mentally disabled facility
83
A candidate for hospice care would be a patient who:
a. was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease
b. has a non-healing fracture
c. is a post-surgical patient
d. manages his blood pressure at home
a. was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease
84
Measurements of a Health care organization's level of performance in specific area that are created by acredited agencies are called _____________
a. performance management tools
b. standards
c. accreditations
d. licensure
b. standards
85
From 500 AD through 1347 AD, a series of epidemics known as the _________ killed 42 million people in Europe
a. Influenza pandemic
b. Tyhpoid Fever
c. Black Death
d. Spanish Flu
c. Black Death
86
A universal chart order is created when inpatient and ________ patient records are organized in the same order
a. outpatient
b. discharged
c. electronic
d. incomplete
b. discharged
87
Paul Ehrlich destroyed microbes responsible for particular diseases by using ________
a. antibiotic
b. chemotherapy
c. cryotherapy
d. radiation
b. chemotherapy
88
Medical assistants perform routine administrative and clinical tasks to keep the office and clinics of ________, podiatrists, chiropractors, and optometrists running smoothly
a. nurses
b. physicians
c. specialists
d. nurses
b. physicians
89
A health insurance specialist reviews health-related claims to determine, ____________ based on a patent's diagnoses and procedures
a. whether the costs are reasonable and medically necessary
b. to ensure that the patient's treatment is effective
c. to report findings to government agencies
d. actuarial tables
a. whether the costs are reasonable and medically necessary
90
Amanda's responsibilities in ABC hospital includes management of information resources. Amanda is the __________
a. CIO
b. CKO
c. CFO
d. COO
a. CIO
91
The primary function of hospitals is to provide _________, nursing, and other health related services to patients for surgical and ______ conditions
a. outpatient service
b. inpatient medical; nonsurgical
c. rehab
d. behavioral mangement
b. inpatient medical; nonsurgical
92
Ambulatory surgery, also called ________ or ________ is elective surgery that is performed on patients who are admitted and discharged on the same day
a. short stay; one day surgery
b. ambulatory; clinic
c. primary care surgery; short stay
d. emergency care; day treatment centre
a. short stay; one day surgery
93
A physician practice in which the physician does not have a partner or employment affiliations with other practice organizations is a ____________
a. specialist
b. solo physician practice
c. HMO
d. teaching hospital
b. solo physician practice
94
A referred outpatient receives diagnositc or therapeutic services in an outpatient department. The follow-up care for these services is done at the _______
a. primary care providers office
b. specialist office
c. acute care facility
d. hospital
a. primary care providers office
95
___________ is the intravenous administration of chemical agents that have specific and toxic effects upon a disease-causing cell or organism
a. Pharmacology
b. Chemotherapy
c. Vaccinations
d. Radiation
b. Chemotherapy
96
Inpatients stay overnight in the facility for ________, and are provided with room and board and nursing services
a. rehabilitation services
b. 24 or more hours
c. emergency care
d. 12-23 hours
b. 24 or more hours
97
Health care information can be released only with a patient's _____ or by a ______
a. consent; court order
b. health care provider; nursing assistant
c. mother; doctor
d. person to notify; next of kin
a. consent; court order
98
The hospital ___________is the total number of inpatient beds for which a facility is authorized to have open
a. biometrics
b. bed count/bed size
c. HMO
d. DRG
b. bed count/bed size
99
________ provide comprehensive services for infants, children and adolescents
a. ambulatory care centres
b. pediatric hospitals
c. acute care facilities
d. rehabilitation centres
b. pediatric hospitals
100
_______ transcribe prerecorded dictation, creating medical reports
a. physicians
b. transcriptionist
c. coders
d. nursing assistants
b. transcriptionist
