HIT 220 - Chapter 1 & 2

Percentage

A fraction expressed in hundredths

CDC

A group of federal agencies that oversees health promotion and disease control and prevention activities in the United States

Rate

A measure used to compare an event over time; a comparison of the number of times an event did happen (numerator) with the number of times an event could have happened (denominator)

Inpatient

A patient who is provided with room, board, and continuous general nursing services in an area of an acute-care facility where patients generally stay at least overnight.

Facilities may choose to pursue accreditation for their Cancer Registries with the _____.

American College of Surgeons

WHO (World Health Organization)

An international organization founded by the United Nations, that is the directing and coordinating authority on international heath

Home Health

An umbrella term that refers to the medical and nonmedical services provided to patients and their families in their places of residence

Whole Number

Any of the set of nonnegative integers

Descriptive Statistics

Describe what the data show about the characteristics of a group or population; tells us information about a particular population

Which of the following is NOT a primary source of statistics?

Disease and operation index

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Division of the HHS that is responsible for developing healthcare policy in the US and for administering the Medicare program and the federal portion of the Medicaid program.

Visit

Encounters

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Part of the HHS, tries to make healthcare safer; of higher quality; more accessible, equitable, and affordable.

Census

The number of inpatients present in a healthcare facility at any given time

Quotient

The number resulting from the division of one number by another

Denominator

The part of a fraction below the line signifying division that functions as the divisor of the numerator and, in fractions with 1 as the numerator, indicates into how many parts the unit is divided

Numerator

The part of a fraction that is above the line and signifies the number of parts of the denominator taken

A secondary data source includes _____.

The physician's index

Rounding

The process of approximating a number

Proportion

The relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree

Outpatient

The type of patient who receives care in a hospital-based clinic or department

Inferential statistics

The type of statistics that makes inferences or a best guess about a larger group of data by drawing conclusions from a smaller group of data

Average

The value obtained by dividing the sum of a set of numbers by the number of values

A piece of information representing the truth is called which of the following?

A Fact

Nursing facility

A comprehensive term for long-term care facilities that provide nursing care and related services for residents requiring medical, nursing, or rehabilitative care.

Secondary Data Source

Data derived from the primary patient record, such as an index or database

The division of the Department of Health and Human Services that is responsible for developing healthcare policy in the United States is the _____.

CMS

Which of the following are unprocessed facts & figures?

Data

Ratio

Expresses the relationship of one quantity to another

True/False: The health record is considered a source of secondary data.

False

True/False: Third-party payers are not really interested in healthcare statistics.

False

Fraction

One or more parts of a whole

To be reliable, statistical data must _____.

Have some consistency.

Examples of primary source data

Inpatient census, vital statistics collected by NCHS, and the health record

Decimal

Numbered or proceeding by tens; based on the number 10; expressed in or utilizing a decimal system, especially with a decimal point

Ambulatory Care Facility

Provides preventative or corrective healthcare services on a nonresident basis in a provider's office, clinic setting, or hospital outpatient setting.

Primary Data Source

Record developed by healthcare professionals in the process of providing patient care

World Health Organization

The United Nations specialized agency created to ensure the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible levels of health

Encounter

The direct personal contact between a patient and a physician or other person authorized by state licensure law and, if applicable, by medical staff bylaws to order or furnish healthcare services for the diagnosis or treatment of the patient

True/False: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the lead agency responsible for protecting the health of the U.S. population

True

In order to be useful, the figures used in statistics must be _____.

Valid and reliable

Vital statistics

data related to births, deaths, marriages, and fetal deaths

The National Center for Health Statistics keeps statistics on _____.

Vital statistics, such as births, deaths, and fetal deaths in the 50 states and the six US-owned territories

Managed care organization

a type of healthcare organization that delivers medical care and manages all aspects of the care or the payment for care by limiting providers of care, discounting payment to providers of care, or limiting access to care

Hospice

an interdisciplinary program of palliative care and supportive services that addresses the physical, spiritual, social, and economic needs of terminally ill patients and their families