Midterm Exam Review Flashcards
What organisations accredit hospitals?
- Joint Commission
- DNV (Det Norske Veritas)
- American Osteopathic Association Health Facilities Accreditation Program (AOA HFAP)
Remember, CMS (Medicare/Medicaid) certifies and states license.
The requirements for CMS certification are called…
Conditions of Participation
Deemed status is granted to:
1. Which hospitals?
2. By whom?
- Granted to accredited hospitals
- By the CMS
Note: means accredited hospitals automatically meet CMS conditions of participation.
HIM educational programs are accredited by…?
CAHIIM, or the Commission for Accreditation of Health Informatics and Information Management Educational Programs
Demographic information is:
1. What?
2. Found where in the medical record?
- Identifying information about the patient.
- Found in the administrative documents of the record. The patient’s name, medical record number, and date of birth will also usually appear on each screen.
What are the following components of the medical history?
1. CC
2. HPI
3. PMH
- CC = chief complaint (what brought the patient to the hospital)
- HPI = history of present illness (when did it start, symptoms)
- PMH = past medical history
What are the following components of the medical history?
1. SH
2. FH
3. ROS
- SH = Social History (occupation, use of alcohol, tobacco, drugs)
- FH = Family History
- ROS = Review Of Systems (note this is part of the history, not the physical exam)
We can say the medical history is the result of which of the following?:
A. examination of the patient
B. interview of the patient
B. Interview of the patient
What is the definition of the following techniques used to perform the physical exam?
1. Auscultation
2. Inspection
3. Palpation
4. Percussion
- Auscultation = Listen with stethoscope
- Inspection = Look
- Palpation = Touch
- Percussion = Tap and listen
What is the Joint Commission time requirement for the history and physical? (3 answers).
- Within 24 hours of admission
- Always before surgery
- Within 30 days prior to admission
Note: Interval History-the patient is readmitted within 30 days of discharge for the same condition, then just update the previous history
Patient admitted to have a repair of an inguinal hernia experiences a heart attack 4 hours after admission. What is the principal diagnosis?
The Inguinal hernia, because the principal diagnosis is the one that caused the admission.
For the same patient, what kind of diagnosis was the heart attack?
Complication – arose after admission
A complication is a type of secondary diagnosis.
If this patient was also diabetic at the time of admission, what type of diagnosis was diabetes?
Comorbidity = cosickness. Another illness that existed at the time of admission.
A comorbidity is also a type of secondary diagnosis.
Physicians write orders because they are the captains of the ships. What does this mean?
Physicians are in charge of their patients.
When are consents used? (Three answers)
- On admission for examination, treatment, taking of speciments
- Before special procedures such as surgery
- Before experimental treatments.
What are the different educational levels for the RHIT/RHIA?
RHIT = associate degree
RHIA = bachelor’s or master’s degrees
What are the requirements to become a RHIT/RHIA? (two steps)
- Graduate from an accredited program.
- Pass the national examination.