HIT Intro
Establishes standards for the content of college programs in health information management
AHIMA Accreditation program
Can include the following:
language and literacy
socioeconomic conditions
Availability of resources to meet daily needs
Exposure to crime, violence, and social disorder
Social determinants of health
Which HIM tasks is eliminated by the electronic health record system?
Assembly of paper charts
When should the copy/past function be used in documentation?
NEVER
Treats diseases of joints, muscles, bones, and tendons
Rheumatology
Who is appointed by the President of the United States to provide leadership and science-based recommendations about the public's health?
Surgeon General of the US
Patient history questionnaires are most often used in what setting?
Ambulatory care
What kind of information does patient registration include?
MRN, DOB, Gender
A quantitative review of the health record for missing reports and signatures that occurs when the patient is in the hospital is referred to as a _______ review.
Concurrent review
Diagnoses and treats all types of cancer and other benign and malignant tumors.
Medical Oncology
Standardized performance measures developed to improve the safety and quality of healthcare.
Core measures
What is a good example of a long-term care setting?
Assisted living center, or nursing home.
The reliability and effectiveness of data for it's intended uses in operations, decision-making and planning.
Data quality
How can the healthcare facility determine which physician has the best patient outcomes?
Data mining
Specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and support of critically ill and injured patients, particularly trauma victims.
Critical care medicine
Members of AHIMAs Board of Directors is appointed or elected?
Elected
What is the 1st step in the accreditation process?
Decision on accreditation, then self-assessment
A record not completed within the time frame specified in the medical staff rules and regulations is called a ____________.
Incomplete record
How should an addendum to the health record should be dated?
The day the addendum was created
Focuses on patients with complications of pregnancy and the effects on both the mother and the fetus
Maternal-fetal medicine
Which credentials are available through AHIMA?
RHIT, RHIA, CDIP
The term used to describe controlling information is?
Information governance
Which filing system is considered the most efficient?
Terminal digit filing
The process of identifying the source of health record entries by attaching a handwritten signature, the author's initials, or an electronic signature.
Specializes in diseases of the blood, spleen and lymph.
Hematology