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Ch 7 Flashcards

1
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Identify an instance of pt identifiable data.

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The pt was born on March 10 and lives at 123 Main street

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Identify when an internal user might utilize secondary data.

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Bench marking with other healthcare organizations

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Secondary data are used for multiple reasons including:

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Assisting researchers in determining effectiveness of treatments

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True/false: a pt health record is a secondary data source

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False. The pt health record is a primary data source

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True/ false: a pt health record contains aggregate data.

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False, the pt health record contains pt specific data. Aggregate data are found in registries

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True/false: HIM supervisors and managers are internal users of secondary data.

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True, managers of HIM & other departments use secondary data to make decisions

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7
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True/false: secondary data may be used to improve the health of an entire human population

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True, secondary data are used for quality performance & pt safety, research, population health & administrative purposes

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Which of the following indexes would be used if a physician wanted to conduct a study who have had a c section?

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Operation index

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The healthcare org would like to get approval for their cancer program. They should contact the

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The American college of surgeons commission on cancer

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After several visits to the hospital, a 78 yo female has just been diagnosed with cancer. What is the first thing you would do to get this pt entered in the cancer registry?

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Assign an accession number

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11
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Patient data such as name, age and address are known as?

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Secondary data

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12
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Patient data such as name, age and address are known as?

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Secondary data

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13
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What type of registry maintains a database on pts injured by external forces in events out of their control?

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Trauma registry

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14
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Why is MEDPAR file limited in terms of being used for research purposes?

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It only contains Medicare pts

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15
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Which of the following acts mandated the establishment of the National Practitioners Data Bank?

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Health care quality improvement act of 1986

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I started work today on a clinical trial and need to familiarize myself with the rules & procedures to be followed. This information is called the:

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Protocol

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17
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An advantage of HCUP is that it:

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Contains only Medicare data

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18
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Secondary data

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Data derived from the primary patient record

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Primary data

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Info about the pt that is documented by the clinicians who provide services to the patient

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Demographic data

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Info such as age and date of birth

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Aggregate data

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Data extracted from individual pt records and combined to form info about groups of pts

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what type of registry maintains a database on pts injured by external forces in events out of their control?

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Trauma registry

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The healthcare org would like to get approval for their cancer program. They should contact the:

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American College of surgeons commission on cancer

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Which of the following acts mandated establishment of the National Practitioner Data bank?

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Health care quality improvement act of 1986

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Identify an instance of pt identifiable data

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The patient was born March 10 and lives at 123 Main street

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After several visits to the hospital, a 75 yo female has just been diagnosed with cancer. What is the first thing you would do to get this pt entered in the cancer registry

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Assign an accession number

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27
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I started work today on a clinical trial and need to familiarize myself with the rules and procedures to be followed. This information is called the:

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Protocol

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28
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Identify when an internal user might utilize secondary data

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Benchmarking with other healthcare organization

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Why is MEDPAR file limited in terms of being used for research purposes?

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It only contain Medicare patients

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30
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True/ False HIM supervisors and managers are internal users of secondary data.

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True

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31
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Which of the following indexes would be used if a physician wanted to conduct a study on pts who have had a c- section?

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Operation index

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32
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True/False Secondary data may be used to improve the health of an entire human population.

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True

33
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An advantage of HCUP is that it:

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Contains data on all payer types

34
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True/ false A pt health record contains aggregate data

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False

35
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Patient data such as name, age, and address are known as:

A

Identification data

36
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True/False A pt health record is a secondary data source

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False

37
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Secondary data are used for multiple reasons including:

A

Assisting researches in determining effectiveness of treatments

38
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Disease index

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list of diseases & conditions of pts treated in a facility sequenced according to classification code numbers

39
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Facility based registry

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registry that includes only cases for a specific facility

40
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Physician index

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List of patients by physician, usually arranged by physician code numbers

41
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Accession registry

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list of cases in a cancer registry arranged in the order in which the cases were entered

42
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Operation index

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list of the operations and procedures performed in a facility sequenced according to classification code numbers

43
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population based registry

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registry that includes info from more than one facility, sequenced according to classification code numbers

44
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disease registry

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central collection of data used to improve quality of care and measure the effectiveness of an healthcare delivery

45
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Trauma registry

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list of patient with severe injuries

46
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Critique this statement: Case definition for trauma registries is determined by individual healthcare org

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This is true

47
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The medical staff has asked to include benign cancers in the cancer registry. This process is known as _____

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case definition

48
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Identify the true statement about the health record.

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the health record is a primary data source

49
Q

A level 1 trauma center provides care

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For every aspect of the injury from prevention through rehab

50
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A 78 yo male patient’s medical information was hacked. The hackers found out that pt was last seen for malfunction of a pacemaker. Determine which of the following is the likely source the hackers targeted?

A

Implant registry

51
Q

The Medicare Provider analysis and review file is made up of ____

A

Medicare claims from acute care hospitals and skilled nursing facilities

52
Q

Identify the organization that has a certification program for state population based registries

A

North American association of central cancer registration

53
Q

Which of the following is an external user of data

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Public health department

54
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Identify the database made up of claims data from medicare claims submitted by acute care hospitals and skilled nursing facilities

A

MEDPAR

55
Q

The information identifying the patient (such as name, health record number, address, and telephone number) is called ____

A

Demographic data

56
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Vital statistics include data on ____

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Births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages and divorces

57
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Review of disease indices, pathology reports and radiation therapy reports is part of which function in the cancer registry

A

case finding

58
Q

which of the following is an example of aggregate data?

A

average length of stay

59
Q

Case finding is a method used to _____

A

identify pts who have been seen or treated in a facility for a particular disease or condition for in

60
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Secondary data is generally used _______

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By external users

61
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Explain what the accession number 21 -214 means

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the year the patient was entered in the registry is 2021 and this was the 214th patient entered in the registry during 2021

62
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A population based registry

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Includes information from more than one facility in a particular geopolitical area such as a state or region

63
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A physician has a patient with a cancer that is not responding to treatment so he looks for research being conducted on the cancer. Who developed a database that he can use to locate any existing clinical trial?

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National Library of medicine

64
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In a cancer registry the accession number _____

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is the number assigned to each case as it is entered into a cancer registry

65
Q

The incidence of cancer is identified through the _____

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population registry

66
Q

A pt in rural town Kentucky was visiting his daughter in Maine. He had a heart attack & was rushed to a hospital in Maine. Identify the best example of hospital A sharing with hospital B

A

Health information exchange

67
Q

Identify the law that requires the reporting of deaths and severe complications due to devices.

A

Safe medical devices act of 1990

68
Q

Identify the index that includes diagnosis code number order of patients discharged from a healthcare organization during a particular time period.

A

Disease index

69
Q

Choose the correct statement regarding population registries

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population registries may or may not contain follow up information on patients

70
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A ___ is a collection of secondary data related to pts with a specific diagnosis, condition, or procedures.

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disease registry

71
Q

The agency responsible for developing the clinical trials database is the ____

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National Library of medicine

72
Q

The creation of the National Practitioner data bank was mandated by the _____

A

Health care quality improvement act

73
Q

Dr. Smith has applied for medical staff privileges. The healthcare facility must query the _____database

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NPDB

74
Q

A physician is looking for the number of pts born with cerebral palsy. Identify the type of registry that should be queried.

A

Birth defect

75
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A record is considered a primary data source when it _____

A

Contains info about the pt that has been documented by the professionals who provided care to the pt

76
Q

Identify the database from the National Health care survey that uses the pt health record as a data source

A

National ambulatory medical care survey

77
Q

Identify an example of an external user utilizing secondary data

A

Agency for health care research and quality

78
Q

Integration of biomedical concepts from many sources is performed by ____

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Unified medical language system

79
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Secondary data sources consists

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Regisistgb

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