Question 1

Prehistoric and ancient medicine was characterized by an interest in the Arts and Sciences.

Accepted Answer

F

Question 2

The focus of health care consumers is on primary and preventative care.

Accepted Answer

T

Question 3

. Preadmission testing on an outpatient basis is more frequently performed rather than admitting patients a day or two early to perform such tasks.

Accepted Answer

T

Question 4

Antyllos was a Roman physician appointed to the gladiators who gained anatomical insight by treating their fractures and wounds.

Accepted Answer

F

Question 5

Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch established the microbial, or germ theory of disease

Accepted Answer

T

Question 6

Medical Staff Departments serve as a liaison between the medical staff members and administration.

Accepted Answer

T

Question 7

Hospital-originated infections are also known as nosocomial infections.

Accepted Answer

T

Question 8

Greek physician Hippocrates became the first to consider medicine a science.

Accepted Answer

T

Question 9

During ancient times Antyllos performed and described new procedures, and he became an authority on aneurysms.

Accepted Answer

T

Question 10

Rhazes produced the Canon of Medicine, which summarized medical knowledge and accurately described many diseases.

Accepted Answer

F

Question 11

The Hippocratic Oath was adapted as an expression of early medical ethics and reflected high ideals.

Accepted Answer

T

Question 12

Sally Slip fell and broke her arm; her fracture would most likely be treated by an orthopedic specialist.

Accepted Answer

T

Question 13

The preparation of a final meeting agenda is the joint responsibility of the committee chairperson and secretary.

Accepted Answer

T

Question 14

When taking minutes, the committee secretary should record only the final decisions made by the committee

Accepted Answer

F

Question 15

Abstracting patient information (cases) gathers information used to generate diagnosis and procedure indexes.

Accepted Answer

T

Question 16

The purpose of contracting out health information services is to improve quality and contain costs.

Accepted Answer

T

Question 17

Many Health Information departments perform imaging processing to convert paper records to an Electronic health record.

Accepted Answer

T

Question 18

Coding is the assignment of numeric and alpha-numeric codes to diagnoses, procedures, and services; based on patient medical record documentation

Accepted Answer

T

Question 19

The responsibility for gathering information concerning general liability incidents is part of the job of a Utilization manager.

Accepted Answer

F

Question 20

A Privacy officer oversees activities that relate to the development, implementation, maintenance of, and adherence to the organization’s policies and procedures covering the privacy and access to patient’s health information.

Accepted Answer

T

Question 21

A coding and reimbursement specialist collects cancer data from a variety of sources and reports cancer statistics to government and health care agencies

Accepted Answer

F

Question 22

Coding and reimbursement specialists can obtain employment in clinics, hospitals, government agencies, home healthcare agencies among others

Accepted Answer

T

Question 23

Information System departs conduct orientation programs to acclimate new employees to their work environment.

Accepted Answer

F

Question 24

Medical assistants perform routine administrative and clinical tasks such as answering telephones and scheduling appointments.

Accepted Answer

T

Question 25

Many Medical transcriptionists work at home using the Internet.

Accepted Answer

T

Question 26

A medical office manager usually earns a bachelor’s degree from a technical college.

Accepted Answer

F

Question 27

Secondary care services include a patient being seen by a specialist because of a dermatological issue.

Accepted Answer

T

Question 28

. A case manager is responsible for coordinating patient care to ensure timely discharge or transfer patients.

Accepted Answer

T

Question 29

Student professional practice experiences are usually paid and benefit both the student and the facility.

Accepted Answer

F

Question 30

Breach of patient confidentiality can result in termination from a professional practice site.

Accepted Answer

T

Question 31

Health information managers are considered experts in managing patient health information and medical records

Accepted Answer

T

Question 32

Total Parenteral Nutrition is intravenous fluids (saline), electrolytes and others which are often given to patients after Chemotherapy

Accepted Answer

F

Question 33

Specialty hospitals concentrate on many types of patients and have the highest level of medical specialists on staff.

Accepted Answer

F

Question 34

Emergency care patients are treated for urgent problems, and always admitted to the hospital as inpatients.

Accepted Answer

F

Question 35

Nursing, social activities, as well as rehabilitation are available in long-term care facilities.

Accepted Answer

T

Question 36

Rehabilitation facilities provide occupational, physical, and speech therapy to patients with orthopedic injuries, work related injuries and various neurological and neuromuscular conditions

Accepted Answer

T

Question 37

Internal medicine physicians provide care for the entire family and focus on general medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics and geriatrics.

Accepted Answer

F

Question 38

A behavioral health care day treatment program provides short term crisis intervention and treatment

Accepted Answer

F

Question 39

Respite care is care provided by specially trained individuals’ at a setting other then the patients home to offer relief and rest to primary caregivers

Accepted Answer

T

Question 40

Personal care services would include insertion of catheters and assessment and monitoring of illness.

Accepted Answer

F

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