Exam 13: Data Analytics: Reporting, Interpretation, and Use

When health care organizations compare their organizations' patient safety and quality indicators against peer organizations that are known for their excellence, they are using which of the following tools?

Which organ-specific registry is associated with the National Organ Procurement Transplantation Network?

The major benefits of implementing an electronic death registration system include all of the following except

Cancer registries have been established to

In Best Health General Hospital, the cancer registrar associated with the cancer program undertakes a systematic sampling of 5% to 10% of cases in the registry. The main goal of the evaluation is to

All the following are included in the International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, 3rd edition (ICD-O-3) coding scheme except

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

The HIM professional can participate in a variety of public health research roles including

The outcomes data warehouse should be structured around

What is the required follow-up rate for approved hospital cancer programs?

A physician at Best Health General Hospital questions the quality of the data in the computerized cancer registry. The quality control process would be specified in the Cancer Registry Manual under

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

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

Identify which one of the following is NOT a core public health function.

A registry established by the state to capture all patients with reportable cases is a

Approved cancer programs are required to publish and distribute an annual report.

A study is conducted that evaluates the impact on the use of coronary artery bypass grafts in patients with myocardial infarctions in the populations of two states. Which of the following is the most likely way to adjust for risk in the two populations?

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

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

Coded and administrative data are used by public health agencies for