Question 1

The outcomes data warehouse should be structured around

Accepted Answer

A)  An individual person whose data is stored in the warehouse. 
B)  The health care industry's data. 
C)  The population of people served or to be served by the warehouse. 
D)  Billed data captured from coded data. 
A)  An individual person whose data is stored in the warehouse. 
B)  The health care industry's data. 
C)  The population of people served or to be served by the warehouse. 
D)  Billed data captured from coded data. C

Question 2

Staging of neoplasms is recorded at the time of initial diagnosis and treatment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

A hospital would like to evaluate readmission rates of total hip replacements. What data should be used to identify the cases in the organization?

Accepted Answer

A)  Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) 
B)  Core measures 
C)  Pay for performance 
D)  Claims data 
A)  Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) 
B)  Core measures 
C)  Pay for performance 
D)  Claims data D

Question 4

Federal law requires the reporting of implant problems to the Food and Drug Administration when there is a probability a device has caused a death, serious illness, or injury.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Insurers often have access to longitudinal performance data through:

Accepted Answer

A)  Claims information such as coded and administrative data. 
B)  A more comprehensive clinical picture but limited sample size. 
C)  Data developed by standards development organizations but no external comparison. 
D)  A more limited clinical picture with added local data. 
A)  Claims information such as coded and administrative data. 
B)  A more comprehensive clinical picture but limited sample size. 
C)  Data developed by standards development organizations but no external comparison. 
D)  A more limited clinical picture with added local data.

Question 6

Registries are established for different purposes and respond to different regulating bodies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Comprehensive data for performance indicators must be obtained from:

Accepted Answer

A)  Various structures of the health care industry. 
B)  Distribution of data across multiple providers. 
C)  Benchmarks or standards of care. 
D)  Correlations between treatments. 
A)  Various structures of the health care industry. 
B)  Distribution of data across multiple providers. 
C)  Benchmarks or standards of care. 
D)  Correlations between treatments.

Question 8

All of the following clinical departments are required to be represented on a hospital cancer committee except:

Accepted Answer

A)  Clinical laboratory. 
B)  Surgery. 
C)  Radiology. 
D)  Pathology. 
A)  Clinical laboratory. 
B)  Surgery. 
C)  Radiology. 
D)  Pathology.

Question 9

Which of the following cancer registry files is considered a temporary file?

Accepted Answer

A)  Accession register 
B)  Follow-up 
C)  Patient index 
D)  Primary site 
A)  Accession register 
B)  Follow-up 
C)  Patient index 
D)  Primary site

Question 10

The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) has administered the contract for the nation's only Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) since 1986.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Coded and administrative data are used by public health agencies for:

Accepted Answer

A)  Reimbursing health services provided. 
B)  Planning related to health care services. 
C)  Tracking and preventing disability and disease. 
D)  Pay for performance. 
A)  Reimbursing health services provided. 
B)  Planning related to health care services. 
C)  Tracking and preventing disability and disease. 
D)  Pay for performance.

Question 12

A program approved by the American College of Surgeons has 1000 new cases of cancer in the registry annually. To meet approval requirements, at least how many cases must be reviewed?

Accepted Answer

A)  100 
B)  50 
C)  25 
D)  150 
A)  100 
B)  50 
C)  25 
D)  150

Question 13

The process of developing a data dictionary involves:

Accepted Answer

A)  It is a consensus among individuals to share information in a specified way so that all participants derive the same meaning from the content. 
B)  Accumulating a list of data elements over time so that new elements are captured as the electronic health record evolves. 
C)  Performance indicators are constantly evolving and it facilitates sharing of information. 
D)  It is an information repository that gives participants several meanings on the basis of the content of the electronic health record. 
A)  It is a consensus among individuals to share information in a specified way so that all participants derive the same meaning from the content. 
B)  Accumulating a list of data elements over time so that new elements are captured as the electronic health record evolves. 
C)  Performance indicators are constantly evolving and it facilitates sharing of information. 
D)  It is an information repository that gives participants several meanings on the basis of the content of the electronic health record.

Question 14

Which of the following cancer data may be released without patient authorization?

Accepted Answer

A)  Aggregate 
B)  Patient 
C)  Physician 
D)  Facility 
A)  Aggregate 
B)  Patient 
C)  Physician 
D)  Facility

Question 15

One of the reasons that aggregate data analysis from varying payers is limited in accuracy is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Differing providers and coding systems from provider data. 
B)  Lack of legal right to data for encounter information. 
C)  Differing coding requirement and reimbursement rules. 
D)  Lack of data sharing agreements and differing data elements for the longitudinal records. 
A)  Differing providers and coding systems from provider data. 
B)  Lack of legal right to data for encounter information. 
C)  Differing coding requirement and reimbursement rules. 
D)  Lack of data sharing agreements and differing data elements for the longitudinal records.

Question 16

Lifelong follow-up has been a requirement for all population-based and hospital cancer registries since their inception.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Cancer screening and smoking cessation programs are a function of which type of population-based registries?

Accepted Answer

A)  Incidence 
B)  Cancer control 
C)  Research 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Incidence 
B)  Cancer control 
C)  Research 
D)  All of the above

Question 18

Population-based and hospital-based cancer registries are of several types.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

All of the following are minimum required data in the master patient index of a hospital-based cancer registry except:

Accepted Answer

A)  Accession number. 
B)  Address of the patient. 
C)  Date of diagnosis. 
D)  Primary site of cancer. 
A)  Accession number. 
B)  Address of the patient. 
C)  Date of diagnosis. 
D)  Primary site of cancer.

Question 20

Compared with claims data, the value of registry data is of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Higher quality. 
B)  Lower quality. 
C)  Higher consistency. 
D)  Lower consistency. 
A)  Higher quality. 
B)  Lower quality. 
C)  Higher consistency. 
D)  Lower consistency.

The outcomes data warehouse should be structured around

Staging of neoplasms is recorded at the time of initial diagnosis and treatment.

A hospital would like to evaluate readmission rates of total hip replacements. What data should be used to identify the cases in the organization?

Federal law requires the reporting of implant problems to the Food and Drug Administration when there is a probability a device has caused a death, serious illness, or injury.

Insurers often have access to longitudinal performance data through:

Registries are established for different purposes and respond to different regulating bodies.

Comprehensive data for performance indicators must be obtained from:

All of the following clinical departments are required to be represented on a hospital cancer committee except:

Which of the following cancer registry files is considered a temporary file?

The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) has administered the contract for the nation's only Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) since 1986.

Coded and administrative data are used by public health agencies for:

A program approved by the American College of Surgeons has 1000 new cases of cancer in the registry annually. To meet approval requirements, at least how many cases must be reviewed?

The process of developing a data dictionary involves:

Which of the following cancer data may be released without patient authorization?

One of the reasons that aggregate data analysis from varying payers is limited in accuracy is:

Lifelong follow-up has been a requirement for all population-based and hospital cancer registries since their inception.

Cancer screening and smoking cessation programs are a function of which type of population-based registries?

Population-based and hospital-based cancer registries are of several types.

All of the following are minimum required data in the master patient index of a hospital-based cancer registry except:

Compared with claims data, the value of registry data is of:

Health Care Systems

The Health Informatics and Information Management Profession

Health Information Infrastructure and Systems

Health Data Concepts

Electronic Health Record Systems

Classification Systems, Clinical Vocabularies, and Terminology

Technology, Applications, and Security

Information Systems Life Cycle and Project Management

Managing Electronic Health Record Systems: Collaboration and Implementation

Statistics and Data Presentation

Research and Epidemiology

Performance Management and Patient Safety

Privacy and Health Law

Human Resource Management

Operational Management

Revenue Cycle and Financial Management

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Exam 13: Data Reporting, Interpretation, and Use

The outcomes data warehouse should be structured around

Staging of neoplasms is recorded at the time of initial diagnosis and treatment.

A hospital would like to evaluate readmission rates of total hip replacements. What data should be used to identify the cases in the organization?

Federal law requires the reporting of implant problems to the Food and Drug Administration when there is a probability a device has caused a death, serious illness, or injury.

Insurers often have access to longitudinal performance data through:

Registries are established for different purposes and respond to different regulating bodies.

Comprehensive data for performance indicators must be obtained from:

All of the following clinical departments are required to be represented on a hospital cancer committee except:

Which of the following cancer registry files is considered a temporary file?

The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) has administered the contract for the nation's only Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) since 1986.

Coded and administrative data are used by public health agencies for:

A program approved by the American College of Surgeons has 1000 new cases of cancer in the registry annually. To meet approval requirements, at least how many cases must be reviewed?

The process of developing a data dictionary involves:

Which of the following cancer data may be released without patient authorization?

One of the reasons that aggregate data analysis from varying payers is limited in accuracy is:

Lifelong follow-up has been a requirement for all population-based and hospital cancer registries since their inception.

Cancer screening and smoking cessation programs are a function of which type of population-based registries?

Population-based and hospital-based cancer registries are of several types.

All of the following are minimum required data in the master patient index of a hospital-based cancer registry except:

Compared with claims data, the value of registry data is of:

Health Care Systems

The Health Informatics and Information Management Profession

Health Information Infrastructure and Systems

Health Data Concepts

Electronic Health Record Systems

Classification Systems, Clinical Vocabularies, and Terminology

Technology, Applications, and Security

Information Systems Life Cycle and Project Management

Managing Electronic Health Record Systems: Collaboration and Implementation

Statistics and Data Presentation

Research and Epidemiology

Performance Management and Patient Safety

Privacy and Health Law

Human Resource Management

Operational Management

Revenue Cycle and Financial Management

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