Exam 11: Quality and Uses of Health Information

Some HIM departments sometimes choose to perform concurrent review instead of retrospective review, most likely because:

Successful completion of a Medicare Conditions of Participation survey results in _________ for the health care facility.

Ensuring that data is collected the same way each time it is collected is an example of:

A supervisor and her team of employees are confronted with two solutions to a problem. Each solution involves time, money, and space. The supervisor might use a quality management tool called a ___________.

Discuss the difference between quality assurance and quality improvement.

A thorough review of the patient's health information to determine pertinence, appropriateness, or compliance with standards is _________.

List at least five of the HIM functions that must be completed in a timely manner to ensure quality assurance.

A predetermined course of treatment for a patient with a particular diagnosis is known as a ______________.

To improve quality according to a standard, a health care facility may use ___________, the comparison of itself to a similar or superior performer.

A __________ chart is useful for organizing the results of a brainstorming session.

CMS reviews to inspect the quality of health care delivery and to address beneficiaries' concerns about the health care provider care are completed by:

How can effective documentation of past patient care affect future patient care management?

To operate, the health care facility must obtain a license from:

Which of the following is an external use of health information?

__________ refers to disease within a population.

A quality improvement effort regarding scanning of loose reports would require an ___________ team.

Health information may be analyzed to support a _________ campaign to promote the facility within its community.

How is the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) used?

Which of the following committees acts as a liaison to the governing board of the facility?

List three appropriate requests for health information from an entity outside of the health care facility.