RHIT - Registered Health Information Technician Data Integrity and Quality 2

Question 1

A hospital's duplicate medical record rate has increased from 3% to 8%. Which strategy would be most effective to address this issue?

Accepted Answer

Implement an enterprise master patient index (EMPI) with algorithm-based matching and regular audits

Answer

An EMPI with algorithmic matching identifies potential duplicates at registration, and regular audits ensure ongoing clean-up.

Question 2

Which data quality characteristic ensures that all required fields in a health record are completed?

Accepted Answer

Completeness

Answer

Completeness ensures that all required data elements and fields are present and filled in.

Question 3

What is the primary purpose of a data quality management program in a healthcare organization?

Accepted Answer

To ensure data meets standards for accuracy, completeness, consistency, and timeliness

Answer

A data quality management program establishes processes to ensure health data meets quality dimensions throughout its lifecycle.

Question 4

A data integrity audit reveals that a patient's blood type is recorded as Type A in the lab system but Type O in the EHR. What type of issue is this?

Accepted Answer

A consistency issue

Answer

When the same data element has different values across systems, it represents a consistency issue.

Question 5

Which tool is most commonly used to analyze root causes of data quality problems in healthcare?

Accepted Answer

Fishbone (Ishikawa) diagram

Answer

A fishbone diagram is commonly used for root cause analysis to identify factors contributing to a data quality problem.

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