RHIT Data Integrity and Quality 3

Question 1

Which organization publishes the data quality management model widely referenced in health information management?

Accepted Answer

AHIMA

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CMS

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The Joint Commission

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ONC

Question 2

A hospital discovers that encounter dates in its billing system are consistently one day later than dates in its EHR. This is best described as a:

Accepted Answer

Systematic error

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Random error

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Sampling error

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Transcription error

Question 3

Which concept ensures that health data means the same thing regardless of who collects it or where?

Accepted Answer

Data standardization

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Data warehousing

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Data mining

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Data virtualization

Question 4

A concurrent record review identifies missing physician signatures on operative notes. This review supports which data quality goal?

Accepted Answer

Ensuring data completeness and accuracy

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Improving data granularity

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Increasing data accessibility

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Reducing data redundancy

Question 5

What is 'data provenance' in health informatics?

Accepted Answer

The documented history of data's origin, movement, and transformation

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The geographic origin of data collected in clinical trials

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A method for encrypting patient data at rest

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The process of removing duplicate patient records

Question 6

Which term describes the process of replacing specific patient identifiers with codes to protect privacy while maintaining data usability?

Accepted Answer

De-identification

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Data masking

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Data encryption

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Data segmentation

Question 7

In a health data quality review, a 'false positive' result from a validation rule would mean:

Accepted Answer

A valid record was incorrectly flagged as an error

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A truly erroneous record was correctly flagged

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A duplicate record was successfully merged

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A missing value was automatically populated