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private and public groups promulgate health informatics, the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology has responsibility for:
harmonization of standards from multiple sources
XML
A standard that allows data to be transferred across the Internet
Comparison of the performance of health plans
Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set
Reimbursement for home health services in dependent of data collected from:
Outcome and Assessment Information Set
While the focus of inpatient data collection is on the principal diagnosis, the focus of outpatient data collection is on:
reason for encounter
In long term care, the resident’s care plan is based on data collected in the:
MDS Version 2.0
A critical early step in designing an EHR is to develop a(n) ___ in which the characteristics of each data element are defined.
data dictionary
According to this, ethnicity should be recorded as either: Hispanic, non-Hispanic, or unknown.
Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set
Most healthcare information standards have been implemented by:
state regulation
healthcare standards governing electronic data interchange and data security.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
A network of networks.
National Health Information Network
Both HEDIS and the Joint Commission’s ORYX program are designed to collect data to be used for:
performance improvement programs
The inpatient data set that has been incorporated into federal law and is required for Medicare reporting.
Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set
aggregate data
Data that are collected on large populations of individuals and stored in databases.
minimum data set
Purpose is to recommend common data elements to be collected in health records.
Government agency that has led the development of basic data sets for health records and computer databases.
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
the negligence of the employee is imputed to, or placed on the employer.
respondent superior doctrine
ethics theories
Offer a means to explain and justify actions
Tort
A legal wrong
incremental budget
Couples with the rolling or flexible budget
ignores the previous years budget
zero-based budgeting
traditional budget
projections for the following year based on current expenditures and the previous annual budget.
Manager prepares the 12 month budget as they would in a traditional budget—when the first month of the new budget ends the manager projects that month’s budget for the following year
rolling budget
adjustments can be made throughout the year if changes in activity levels occur
flexible budget
feedback model
Information on how the system is doing
controlling
Process that checks performance against standards
morale
State of mind and emotion affecting the attitudes of individuals
motivation
Process affecting the inner needs that energize human behavior.
laissez faire
People left to do their work
People left to do their work
Permits temporary employment of illegal aliens/foreign Registered Nurses.
Prohibits use of polygraph by most private employers.
Employee Polygraph Protection Act
DMAIR
Design, Measure, Assess, Improve, Redesign
Addresses the role of subordinates in managerial authority in bottom up-approach.
acceptance authority theory
Originates at the top of the organizational hierarchy and is delegated downward from superiors to subordinates.
formal authority theory
Belief that most employees consider work natural and that most are eager to do the right thing
Theory Y
Belief that the average employee hates work, avoids work and tries to get by with doing as little as possible.
Theory X
Collect data and reward specific behaviors is a way to determine performance.
measurement and control systems
Activities aimed at fixing structural and functional arrangements.
reactive coordinating
Activities that anticipate and prevent problems.
proactive coordinating
CNO
Chief Nursing Officer
CMO
Chief medical officer
CIO
Chief information officer
CFO
Chief financial officer
COO
mostly internal and execution
CEO
Responsibilities include: planning rather than executing
(#3) Supervisors who organize how will things get done, using resources.
First line managers
(#2) Largest category–they lead and follow at the same time, comprised mostly of dept. heads.
Middle managers
(#1) CEO, Chief Executive officer, COO, owners, VP’s of finance, marketing.
Top managers
Hill Burton Act
provided funds for community hospitals.
Number of thousands of patients who die each year from medical errors.
98
How many million people are underinsured?
25
Who does arbitration favor?
employer
What is everyone’s job in a practice?
safety
What is MOST critical to LEAN?
world class leadership
Focus on design, operations, control and optimization of processes through the aid of systemic efforts.
process engineering
How many million people are uninsured?
46
5 S theory
Sort
Simplify
Sweep
Standardize
Self-discipline/sustain
The safety element/be watchful for all defects.
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