Information Access Flashcards
According to AHIMA’s recommended retention standards, which of the following types of health information does NOT need to be retained permanently?
physician index
Which one of the following is NOT a data retrieval Which one of the following is NOT a data retrieval tool?
point-and-click fields
If the HIM Department has purchased 100 units of 8-shelf files and plans to use the terminal digit filing system, how many shelves should be allocated to each primary number?
8
Dr. Gray has applied for medical staff privileges at your hospital. What database would you research to determine if he has been denied medical staff privileges at another hospital?
National Practitioner Data Bank
How many years does the Food and Drug Administration require research records pertaining to cancer patients be maintained?
30
What is the chief criterion for determining record inactivity?
amount of space available for storage of newer records
The HIM practitioner’s duty to retain health information via the archiving and storage of health data includes all but which of the following?
a retention plan for multiple volumes of records.
a retention plan for financial data
strategies ensuring that inactive records are as secure as active records.
Capital Health Center is moving to a new facility in December 2016. The CEO is projecting a conversion to an electronic health record system by then. This new facility will not include space for filing of paper-based health records. Which of the following items would not be considered when planning this conversion?
relationship with the microfilm vendor
On his 12/23/15 admission to Metropolitan Hospital, David Robinson was assigned the medical record number 07-23-38. The previous record number assigned to Mr. Robinson during a 9/1/15 admission was 07-10-47. In a serial numbering/filing system, how would these records be filed?
Each admission is filed under its own number.
Which one of the following is NOT an advantage of a computerized master patient index?
Duplication of patient registration can never occur.
Which of the following is NOT a consideration when implementing a disaster plan?
Test the disaster plan only once.
Health Informatics, Inc. is a vendor with a large collection of clinical information systems and hospital information systems that are designed to share data without human or technical intervention. This is a(an)
interfaced system.
University Hospital has the messaging technology to securely route an alert for a patient’s possible drug interaction or abnormal lab result to the appropriate physician’s pager number. Which one of the following is the medical staff using?
clinical information system
A health care facility has received a request to participate in a statewide study on cleft lip and cleft palate. This study would include data from the past year and subsequent years. Given that each of the data sources cited below contains the necessary information, the initial data would be most easily collected from the
birth defects registry.
Which of the following microform types is the least expensive to prepare and results in the greatest storage density?
roll microfilm
