Chapter 7

Question 1

identify an instance of patient-identifiable data.

Answer 1

The patient was born on March 10 and lives at 123 Main Street

Question 2

Identify when an internal user might utilize secondary data.

Answer 2

Benchmarking with other healthcare organizations

Question 3

Secondary data are used for multiple reasons including:

Answer 3

Assisting researchers in determining effectiveness of treatments

Question 4

True or false:A patient health record is a secondary data source.

Answer 4

False. The patient health record is a primary data source

Question 5

True or false:A patient health record contains aggregate data.

Answer 5

False. The patient health record contains patient specific data. aggregated data is found in registries.

Question 6

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

Answer 6

True

Question 7

True or false:Secondary data may be used to improve the health of an entire human population.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

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

Answer 8

American College of Surgeon’s Commission on Cancer

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Assign an accession number

Question 10

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

Answer 10

.Identification data

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Trauma registry

Question 12

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

Answer 12

It only contains Medicare patients.

Question 13

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

a. Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986
b. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
c. Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990
d. Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997

Answer 13

Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986

Question 14

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:

Answer 14

Protocol

Question 15

An advantage of HCUP is that it:

Answer 15

Contains data on all payer types