Unit 1 Flashcards
Guide that serves as a pointer or indicator to locate something
Index
Facility database of all patients treated in that facility
Master patient index
Database used to track patients across multiple facilities (IDS)
Enterprise master patient index
Database used to track patients with specific disease processes or a particular surgical procedure
Disease and operation index
Database used to track medical cases associated with specific physician(s)
Physician index
Chronological listing of all data in a hospital setting
Registry
What is the most important resource in any healthcare facility?
The MPI
At a minimum the MPI should be able to:
Match the name of the patient coming in for treatment with their MPI record
Minimize duplicate records within a facility
Make it easier to merge MPIs
Create an ease for providers to access health records across an IDS or IDN
What does AHIMA stand for?
American Health Information Management Associate
Who are clinical professionals
Physicians, registered nurses, and physician assistants
What was the Hill-Burton Act?
Grants authorizing states to build new hospitals and modernize old ones
What does HIPAA stand for?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
What is meant by “continuum of care?”
The right provider, right facility, right time, right care as well as the range of services provided to the patient from emergency to routine
What came into play with the passage of the Public Law 89-97?
Medicare and Medicaid
An inpatient is treated in what kind of facility?
Acute care
What was the Social Security Act of 1935?
It extended the federal governments hand in providing assistance for public health, started during the Great Depression, and provided matching funds for individual states for maternal and infant care, rehab of crippled children, general public health and aid to children under the age of 16
What association(s) provides members with local access to professional HIM education?
The Component State and Local Association
What is an “integrated delivery network?”
A group of providers, facilities, and community agencies working together
In the AHIMA organization, what functions as the legislative body?
The House of Delegates
The right of an individual to control access to their PHI is the definition for…?
Privacy
In data quality, expected data values is the definition for…?
Precision
The expectation that PHI will be used for its intended purpose during the course of care is known as…?
Confidentiality
Data are true to the source and have not been altered or destroyed is the definition for…?
Integrity
Authorized users of the health record must be able to access information easily when and where they need it, regardless of format. What data characteristic does to describe?
Accessibility
The data quality management domain that refers to the purpose for which data is collected is known as…?
Data application
A data characteristic that describes data that are correct and valid is…?
Accuracy
ICD-10 CM was developed by…?
WHO
The list of data elements collected in individual health records is called…?
Data dictionary
What organization is the largest user of healthcare data?
TJC
Describes a single fact or measurement=fact
Data Element
Refers to data elements that can be used for specific purpose=meaning
Information
Recommended data elements with uniform definitions that are relevant for a particular use
Data Set
List of data elements collected in individual health records
Data Dictionary
Statement of expected behavior against which structures, processes and outcomes can be measured
Standards
Data that is extracted from individual health records and combined to create a specific set of information that can be used for many different things
Aggregate data
Data that is extracted from individual health records and the patient is identified within this data
Patient-specific/identified data or patient identifiable data