Mock RHIT Exam 1 & 2

The HIM department recently performed an audit of health records. The audit showed that for the 10,000 records filed there was a 7 percent error rate. Given that the national average labor cost of each misfile is $200, what is the labor cost for the department for handling these misfiled records? a) $1,400 b) $14,000 c) $140,000 d) $285,714

$140,000

The sum of a hospital's relative DRG weights for a year was 15,192, and the hospital had 10,471 discharges for the year. Given this information, what would be the hospital's case-mix index for that year? 0.689 0.689 × 100 1.45 × 100 1.45

1.45

Community Hospital had a total of 3,000 inpatient service days for the month of September. What was the average daily census for the hospital during September? a) 0 patients b) 96.77 patients c) 97 patients d) 100 patients

100 Patients

In May, 270 women were admitted to the obstetrics service. Of these, 263 women delivered; 33 deliveries were by C-section. What is the denominator for calculating the C-section rate? a. 33 b. 263 c. 270 d. 296

263

If an employee produces 2,080 hours of work in the course of one year, how many employees will be required for the coding area if the coding time on average for one record is 30 minutes and there are 12,500 records that must be coded each year? a) 3 b) 6 c) 36 d) 69

3

Patient had a laparoscopic incisional herniorrhaphy for a recurrent reducible hernia. The repair included insertion of mesh. What is the correct code assignment? 49565 49565, 49568 49656 49560, 49568

49656

From the information provided, how many APCs would this patient have? 1 4 5 Unable to determine

5

City Hospital's Revenue Cycle Management team has established the following benchmarks: (1) The value of discharged not final billed cases should not exceed two days of average daily revenue, and (2) AR days are not to exceed 60 days. The net average daily revenue is $1,000,000. The following data indicate that City Hospital's DNFB cases met its benchmarks: 25 percent of the time 50 percent of the time 75 percent of the time 100 percent of the time

50 percent of the time

Community Hospital discharged 9 patients on April 1. The length of stay for each of the patients was as follows: for patient A, 1 day; for patient B, 5 days; for patient C, 3 days; for patient D, 3 days; for patient E, 8 days; for patient F, 8 days; for patient G, 8 days; for patient H, 9 days; for patient I, 9 days. What was the average length of stay for these nine patients? a) 5 days b) 6 days c) 8 days d) 9 days

6 Days

Community Hospital's HIM department conducted a random sample of 150 inpatient health records to determine the discharge summary completion timeliness rate. Thirteen discharged were determined to be out of compliance with completion standards. Which of the following percentages represents the timeliness rate for discharge summaries at Community Hospital? a. 8.7% b. 9.5% c. 41.5% d. 91.3%

91.3%

Dr. Jones comes into the HIM department and requests that the HIM director provides a list of his records from the previous year that show a principal diagnosis of myocardial infarction. What would the HIM director use to provide this list? a. A disease index b. A master patient index c. An operative index d. A physician index

A Disease Index

Which of the following is an institutional user of the health record? a. A third-party payer b. Patient c. Physician d. Employer

A third-party payer

Community Hospital is planning implementation of various elements of the EHR in the next six months. Physicians have requested the ability to access the EHR from their offices and from home. What advice should the HIM director provide? a. HIPAA regulations do not allow this type of access. b. This access would be covered under the release of PHI for treatment purposes and poses no security or confidentiality threats. c. Access can be permitted providing that appropriate safeguards are put in place to protect against threats to security. d. Access can be permitted because the physicians are on the medical staff of the hospital and are covered by HIPAA as employees.

Access can be permitted providing that appropriate safeguards are put in place to protect against threats to security.

What number is assigned to a case when it is first entered in a cancer registry? Accession number Patient number Health record number Medical record number

Accession Number

Which of the following are components of AHIMA's principles of information governance? a. Accountability and accessibility b. Integrity and safeguards c. Safeguards and accessibility d. Accountability and integrity

Accountability and Integrity

A patient's gender, phone number, address, next of kin, and insurance policy holder information would be considered what kind of data? a. Clinical data b. Authorization data c. Administrative data d. Consent data

Administrative Data

You are the director of HIM at Community Hospital. A physician has asked for the total number of appendectomies that he performed at your hospital last year. What type of data will you provide the physician with? a. Patient-specific data b. Aggregate data c. Medical laboratory report d. Physical examination

Aggregate Data

Secondary data is used for multiple reasons including: a) Assisting researchers in determining effectiveness of treatments b) Assisting physicians and other healthcare providers in providing patient care c) Billing for services provided to the patient d) Coding diagnoses and procedures treatedd

Assisting researchers in determining effectiveness of treatments

Which of the following is not a recommended guideline for maintaining integrity in the health record? a. Specifying consequences for the falsification of information b. Requiring periodic training covering the falsification of information and information security c. Assuring documentation that is being changed is permanently deleted from the record d. Prohibiting the entry of false information into any of the organization's records

Assuring documentation that is being changed is permanently deleted from the record

A coding compliance manager is reviewing a tool that identifies when a user logs in and out, what he or she does, and more. What is the manager reviewing? a. Audit trail b. Facility access control c. Forensics d. Security management plan

Audit Trail

A hospital is planning on allowing coding professionals to work at home. The hospital is in the process of identifying strategies to minimize the security risks associated with this practice. Which of the following would be best to ensure that data breaches are minimized when the home computer is unattended? a. User name and password b. Automatic session terminations c. Cable locks d. Encryption

Automatic session terminations

The three elements of a security program are ensuring data availability, protection, and: a. Suitability b. Integrity c. Flexibility d. Robustness

Integrity

The hospital-acquired infection rate for our hospital is 0.2%, whereas the rate at a similar hospital across town is 0.3%. This is an example of a: a) Benchmark b) Check sheet c) Data abstract d) Run chart

Benchmark

Which of the following ethical principles is being followed when a health information management professional ensures that patient information is only released to those who have a legal right to access it? a) Autonomy b) Beneficence c) Justice d) Nonmaleficence

Benificience

Which of the following refers to guarding against improper information modification or destruction? a. Confidentiality b. Integrity c. Privacy d. Security

Integrity

A hospital can monitor its performance under the MS-DRG system by monitoring its: Accounts receivable Operating costs RBRVS payments Case-mix index

Case-mix index

According to CPT, an endoscopy that is undertaken to the level of the midtransverse colon would be coded as a: Proctosigmoidoscopy Sigmoidoscopy Colonoscopy Proctoscopy

Colonoscopy

Which of the following is a medical condition that coexists with the primary cause of the hospitalization and affects the patient's treatment and length of stay? Case mix Complication Comorbidity Principal diagnosis

Comorbidity

Data found on sites such as Hospital Compare use aggregated data to describe the experiences of unique types of patients with one or more aspects of their care. This data collection is called: a) Patient-specific b) Aggregated c) Comparative d) Detailed

Comparative

A patient is admitted to the hospital with shortness of breath and congestive heart failure. The patient subsequently develops respiratory failure. The patient undergoes intubation with ventilator management. Which of the following would be the correct sequencing and coding of this case? Congestive heart failure, respiratory failure, ventilator management, intubation Respiratory failure, intubation, ventilator management Respiratory failure, congestive heart failure, intubation, ventilator management Shortness of breath, congestive heart failure, respiratory failure, ventilator management

Congestive heart failure, respiratory failure, ventilator management, intubation

Which of the following documentation must be included in a patient's health record prior to performing a surgical procedure? a. Consent for operative procedure, anesthesia report, surgical report b. Consent for operative procedure, history, physical examination c. History, physical examination, anesthesia report d. Problem list, history, physical examination

Consent for operative procedure, history, physical examination

Two coders have found the same abbreviation on two records. One abbreviation of "O.D." was used on an eye health record to mean "right eye." The other abbreviation on another patient's record was used to mean "overdose" on an abuse record. What data quality component is lacking here? a. Timeliness b. Completeness c. Security d. Consistency

Consistency

Access can be permitted providing that appropriate safeguards are put in place to protect against threats to security. a. Administrator of records b. Custodian of records c. Director of records d. Supervisor of records

Custodian of Records

A consumer nonprofit organization wants to conduct studies on the quality of care provided to Medicare patients in a specific region. An HIT professional has been hired to manage this project. The nonprofit organization asks the HIT professional about the viability of using billing data as the basis for its analysis. Which of the following would not be a quality consideration in using billing data? a) Accuracy of the data b) Consistency of the data c) Appropriateness of the data elements d) Cost to process the data

Cost to process the data

Which of the following data sets would be most helpful in developing a hospital trauma data registry? a. DEEDS b. MDS c. OASIS d. UACDS

DEEDS

Managing an organization's data and those who enter it is an ongoing challenge requiring active administration and oversight. This can be accomplished by the organization through management of which of the following? a. Data dictionary b. Data warehouse c. Data mapping d. Data set

Data Dictionary

In a database the LAST_NAME column in a table would be considered a: a. Data element b. Record c. Primary key d. Row

Data Element

A hospital's EHR defines the expected values of the gender data element as female, male, and unknown. This type of specificity is known as: a. Data precision b. Data consistency c. Data granularity d. Data comprehensiveness

Data Precision

Patient name, zip code, and health record number are typical: a. Data elements b. Data sources c. Aggregate data d. Data monitors

Data elements

This type of chart plots all data points as a cell for two given variables of interest and, depending on frequency of observations in each cell, provides color to visualize high or low frequency. Data mining Data warehouse Data searching Big data

Data mining

What is the information identifying the patient (such as name, health record number, address, and telephone number) called? a. Accession data b. Indicator data c. Reference data d. Demographic data

Demographic Data

A dietary department donated its old microcomputer to a school. Some old patient data were still on the computer. What controls would have minimized this security breach? a. Access controls b. Device and media controls c. Facility access controls d. Workstation controls

Device and media controls

The hospital currently has a hybrid health record. Nurses and clinicians are recording bedside documentation electronically in a clinical documentation system, while most other documentation, such as physician progress notes and orders, are paper based and stored in a paper health record, making retrieval of the complete record after discharge difficult and risking the record's integrity. Given these circumstances, which of the following should the HIM director implement to alleviate these problems and preserve the efficiencies of an electronic record? a. Print out all electronic data post-discharge and file with the rest of the paper record b. Microfilm all electronic data and link to the paper record c. Digitally scan all paper records post-discharge, and integrate and index these into the existing electronic document management system d. Do not scan any of the paper records

Digitally scan all paper records post-discharge, and integrate and index these into the existing electronic document management system

A newborn is treated for pulmonary valve stenosis, with stretching of the valve opening accomplished via a percutaneous balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty. In ICD-10-PCS, what root operation would be coded for this procedure? Alteration Dilation Repair Restriction

Dilation

Community Hospital wants to provide transcription services for office notes of the private patients of physicians. All of these physicians have medical staff privileges at the hospital. This will provide an essential service to the physicians as well as provide additional revenue for the hospital. In preparing to launch this service, the HIM director is asked whether a business associate agreement is necessary. Which of the following should the hospital HIM director advise in order to comply with HIPAA regulations? a) Each physician practice should obtain a business associate agreement with the hospital. b) The hospital should obtain a business associate agreement with each physician practice. c) Because the physicians all have medical staff privileges, no business associate agreement is necessary. d) Because the physicians are part of an Organized Health Care Arrangement with the hospital, no business associate agreement is necessary.

Each physician practice should obtain a business associate agreement with the hospital.

A coding analyst consistently enters the wrong code for patient gender in the computer billing system. What measures should be in place to minimize this data entry error? a. Access controls b. Audit trail c. Edit checks d. Password controls

Edit Checks

With regard to training in PHI policies and procedures: a) Every member of the covered entity's workforce must be trained b) Only individuals employed by the covered entity must be trained c) Training only needs to occur when there are material changes to the policies and procedures d) Documentation of training is not required

Every member of the covered entity's workforce must be trained

In this experimental study, blood pressure is taken before and after an experimental medication is used as the intervention in a sample of participants that were previously unable to control their blood pressure with other medications. In this example, the independent variable is the ________ and the dependent variable is the________. Experimental medication; blood pressure Blood pressure; experimental medication Blood pressure; heart disease Experimental medication; heart disease

Experimental medication; blood pressure

Community Hospital has been collecting quarterly data on the average monthly health record delinquency rate for the hospital. This graph depicts the trend in the delinquency rate. The hospital has established a 35 percent benchmark. Given this data, what should the hospital's Performance Improvement Council recommend? a) Continue tracking the delinquency rate to see if the last two quarters' trend continues b) Establish a higher benchmark to accommodate an increase in delinquent records c) Further analyze the data to determine why the benchmark is not being met d) Take an average of all the data points to arrive at a new benchmark

Further analyze the data to determine why the benchmark is not being met

Patient accounting is reporting an increase in national coverage decisions (NCDs) and local coverage determinations (LCDs) failed edits in observation accounts. Which of the following departments will be tasked to resolve this issue? Health information management Patient access Patient accounts Utilization management

Health Information Management

This type of chart plots all data points as a cell for two given variables of interest and, depending on frequency of observations in each cell, provides color to visualize high or low frequency. Barplot Scatter plot Boxplot Heatmap

Heatmap

A physician correctly prescribes Coumadin. The patient takes the Coumadin as prescribed but develops hematuria as a result of taking the medication. Which of the following is the correct way to code this case? Poisoning due to Coumadin Unspecified adverse reaction to Coumadin Hematuria; poisoning due to Coumadin Hematuria; adverse reaction to Coumadin

Hematuria; adverse reaction to Coumadin

Which of the following is the goal of the quantitative analysis performed by HIM professionals? a. Ensuring that the health record is legible b. Verifying that health professionals are providing appropriate care c. Identifying deficiencies early so they can be corrected d. Ensuring bills are correct

Identifying deficiencies early so they can be corrected

When an individual requests a copy of the PHI or agrees to accept summary or explanatory information, the covered entity may: a. Impose a reasonable cost-based fee b. Not charge the individual c. Impose any fee authorized by state statute d.Charge only for the cost of the paper on which the information is printed

Impose a reasonable cost-based fee

Which of the following is an argument against the use of the copy and paste function in the EHR? a. Inability to identify the author b. Inability to print the data out c. The time that it takes to copy and paste the documentation d. The users will not know how to perform the copy and paste function

Inability to identify the author

The hospital is revising its policy on health record documentation. Currently, all entries in the health record must be legible, complete, dated, and signed. The committee chairperson wants to add that all entries must have the time noted. However, another clinician suggests that adding the time of notation is difficult and rarely may be correct because personal watches and the hospital clocks may not be coordinated. Another committee member agrees and says that only electronic documentation needs a time stamp. Given this discussion, which of the following might the HIM director suggest? a. Suggest that only hospital clock time be noted in clinical documentation b. Suggest that only electronic documentation have time noted c. Inform the committee that according to the Conditions of Participation, all documentation must include date and time d. Inform the committee that according to the Conditions of Participation, only medication orders must include date and time

Inform the committee that according to the Conditions of Participation, all documentation must include date and time

Information assets are: a. Information considered to add value to an organization b. Data entered into a patient's health record by a provider c. Clearly defined elements required to be documented in the health record d. A list of all data elements added within a record

Information considered to add value to an organization

Release of birth and death information to public health authorities: Question options: a) Is prohibited without patient consent b) Is prohibited without patient authorization c) Is a public interest and benefit disclosure that does not require patient authorization d) Requires both patient consent and authorization

Is a public interest and benefit disclosure that does not require patient authorization

Which of the following is a characteristic of breach notification? a) It is only required when 500 or more individuals are affected b) It applies to both secured and unsecured PHI c) It applies when one person's PHI is breached d) Is only applies when 20 or more individuals are affected

It applies when one person's PHI is breached

Spoliation can be defined as which of the following? a. It is required after a legal hold is imposed b. It is the negligent destruction or changing of information c. It is destroying, changing, or hiding evidence intentionally d. It can only be performed on records that are involved in a court proceeding

It is destroying, changing, or hiding evidence intentionally

Why is the MEDPAR file limited in terms of being used for research purposes? It only provides demographic data about patients It only contains Medicare patients It uses ICD-10-CM diagnoses and procedure codes It breaks charges down by specific type of service

It only contains medicare patients

Assign codes for the following scenario: A 35-year-old male is admitted with esophageal reflux. An esophagoscopy and closed esophageal biopsy were performed. K21.9, 0DB58ZX K20.9, 0DB58ZZ K21.0, 0DB58ZX K21.9, 0DJ08ZZ, 0DB58ZX

K21.9, 0DB58ZX

Which of the following would be considered a security vulnerability? a. Lack of laptop encryption b. Workforce employees c. Tornado d. Electrical outage

Lack of laptop encryption

Suppose that you want to display the number of deaths due to breast cancer for the years 2005 through 2015. What is the best graphic technique to use? a) Table b) Histogram c) Line graph d) Bar chart

Line Graph

Which of the following would be part of the release of information system? a. Letter asking for additional information on a patient previously treated at the hospital b. Letter notifying the individual that the authorization was invalid c. Letter notifying the physician that he has delinquent health records d. Letter asking the physician to clarify primary diagnosis

Letter notifying the individual that the authorization was invalid

Patient is admitted with prepatellar bursitis following a crushing injury to the left knee as a result of being hit by a car two years ago. What diagnosis codes would be assigned for this patient? M70.40, S87.02xA M70.42, S87.02xS M70.42, S87.02xD M70.40, S87.02xS

M70.42, S87.02xS

Which of the following would be the best technique to ensure nurses do not omit any essential information on the nursing intake assessment in an EHR? a. Add validation edits on all essential fields b. Provide an input mask for essential data fields c. Make all essential data fields required d. Provide sufficient space for all essential fields

Make all essential data fields required

The link that tracks patient, person, or member activity within healthcare organizations and across patient care settings is known as: a. Master patient index (MPI) b. Audit trail c. Case-mix management d. Electronic document management system (EMDS)

Master Patient Index (MPI)

The credentialing process of independent practitioners within a healthcare organization must be defined in: a. Hospital policies and procedures b. Medical staff bylaws c. Accreditation regulations d. Hospital licensure rules

Medical Staff Bylaws

The following data fields comprise a database table: patient last name, patient first name, street address, city, state, zip code, patient date of birth. Given this information, which of the following is a true statement about maintaining the data integrity of the database table? a) Patient last name should be used as the primary key for the table. b) Patient date of birth should be used as the primary key for the table. c) None of the data fields are adequate to use as a primary key for the table. d) Patient last and first name should be used as the primary key for the table.

None of the data fields are adequate to use as a primary key for the table.

In which type of distribution are the mean, median, and mode equal? Question options: Bimodal distribution Simple distribution Nonnormal distribution Normal distribution

Normal Distribution

Activities of daily living (ADL) are components of: a. OASIS-C b. UHDDS c. UACDS d. ORYX and RAPs

OASIS-C

Which of the following reports includes names of the surgeon and assistants, date, duration, and description of the procedure and any specimens removed? a. Anesthesia report b. Laboratory report c. Operative report d. Pathology report

Operative Report

A health data analyst has been asked to abstract patient demographic information into an electronic database. Which of the following would the analyst include in the database? a. Patient date of birth b. Name of attending physician c. Patient room number d. Admitting diagnosis

Patient date of birth

Physician orders for DNR and DNI should be consistent with: Question options: a. Patient's advance directive b. Patient's bill of rights c. Notice of privacy practices d. Authorization for release of information

Patient's advance directive

This individual assists in educating medical staff members on documentation needed for accurate coding. Physician champion Compliance officer Chargemaster coordinator Data monitor

Physician champion

AHIMA's retention standards recommend that the master patient index be maintained: a. For at least 5 years b. For at least 10 years c. For at least 25 years d. Permanently

Permanently

A home health agency plans to implement a computer system whereby its nurses document home care services on a laptop computer taken to the patient's home. The laptops will connect to the agency's computer network. The agency is in the process of identifying strategies to minimize the risks associated with the practice. Which of the following would be the best practice to protect laptop and network data from a virus introduced from an external device? a. Biometrics b. Encryption c. Personal firewall software d. Session terminations

Personal firewall software

Identify the report where the following information would be found: "HEENT: Reveals the tympanic membranes, nares, and pharynx to be clear. No obvious head trauma. CHEST: Good bilateral chest sounds." 1. Discharge summary 2. Health history 3. Medical laboratory report 4. Physical examination

Physical Examination

Version control of documents in the EHR requires: a. The deletion of old versions and the retention of the most recent b. Policies and procedures to control which version(s) is displayed c. Signed and unsigned documents not to be considered two versions d. Previous versions to be accessible to administration only

Policies and procedures to control which version(s) is displayed

An individual's right to control access to his or her personal information is known as: a) Security b) Confidentiality c) Privacy d) Access control

Privacy

Which of the following is a core ethical obligation of health information professionals? a. Coding diseases and operations b. Protecting patients' privacy and confidential communications c. Transcribing health reports d. Performing quantitative analysis on record content

Protecting patients' privacy and confidential communications

Which of the following would be the best technique to ensure that registration clerks consistently use the correct notation for assigning admission date in an EHR? a. Make admission date a required field b. Provide a template for entering data in the field c. Make admission date a numeric field d. Provide sufficient space for input of data

Provide a template for entering data in the field

A hospital HIM department wants to move five years of health records to a remote storage location. The records will be stored in boxes and will be filed on open shelves at the remote location. Which of the following should be done so that record location can be easily identified in the remote storage area? a. Provide a unique identifier for each box and prepare a log of the records that is cross-indexed by box identifier b. Prepare a sequential list of all records sent to remote storage c. Provide a unique box identifier and list the records by health record number on the outside of each box d. File the records in terminal digit order in each box

Provide a unique identifier for each box and prepare a log of the records that is cross-indexed by box identifier

Health departments use the health record to monitor outbreaks of diseases. In this situation what type of use of the health record does this represent? a) Educational b) Public health and research c) Medical review organization d) Patient cared

Public Health and Research

Removing health records of patients who have not been treated at the facility for a specific period of time from the storage area is called: a. Purging records b. Assembling records c. Logging records d. Cycling records

Purging records

In reviewing a patient chart, the coder finds that the patient's chest x-ray is suggestive of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The attending physician mentions the x-ray finding in one progress note, but no medication, treatment, or further evaluation is provided. Which of the following actions should the coder take in this case? Query the attending physician and ask him to validate a diagnosis based on the chest x-ray results Code the COPD because the documentation substantiates it Query the radiologist to determine whether the patient has the COPD Assign a code from the abnormal findings to reflect the condition

Query the attending physician and ask him to validate a diagnosis based on the chest x-ray results

Which of the following can be used to develop a focused inpatient coding review? Controversial issues identified in CPT Assistant Recent data quality issues identified by external review agencies Analysis of HCPCS comparative data Top 25 APC groups by volume and charges

Recent data quality issues identified by external review agencies

In a routine health record quantitative analysis review, it was found that a physician dictated a discharge summary on 1/26/20XX. Because of unexpected complications, however, the patient was discharged two days after the discharge summary was dictated. What would be the best course of action in this case? a. Request that the physician dictate an addendum to the discharge summary b. Microfilm all electronic data and link to the paper record c. Request that the physician dictate another discharge summary d. File the record as complete because the discharge summary includes all of the pertinent patient information

Request that the physician dictate an addendum to the discharge summary

Which of the following should be avoided when designing forms for an electronic document management system (EDMS)? a. Color borders around the edge of a form b. Mnemonic descriptor used for nonbarcode recognition engine c. Quarter-inch border on each side of document without bar code d. Shading of bars or lines that contain text

Shading of bars or lines that contain text

Which of the following is not a component of the data analytics process? Software testing Dissemination Data extraction Data preparation

Software testing

Which of the following should be considered first when establishing health record retention policies? a. State retention requirements b. Accreditation standards c. AHIMA's retention guidelines d. Federal requirements

State retention requirements

A hospital HIM department receives a subpoena duces tecum for records of a former patient. When the health record technician goes to retrieve the patient's health records, it is discovered that the records being subpoenaed have been purged in accordance with the state retention laws. In this situation, how should the HIM department respond to the subpoena? a. Inform defense and plaintiff lawyers that the records no longer exist b. Submit a certification of destruction in response to the subpoena c. Refuse the subpoena since no records exist d. Contact the clerk of the court and explain the situation

Submit a certification of destruction in response to the subpoena

How are amendments handled in the EHR? a. Amendments are automatically appended to the original note. No additional signature is required. b. Amendments must be entered by the same person as the original note c. Amendments cannot be entered after 24 hours of the event. d. The amendment must have a separate signature, date, and time.

The amendment must have a separate signature, date, and time.

Which events must occur in order to maintain patient identity data integrity? The data must be accurately queried The data must be accurately analyzed The data must be accurately normalized The data must be accurately coded

The data must be accurately queried

In the scatter chart below what can be concluded about the relationship between age and income There is a strong negative relationship between age and income There is no relationship between age and income There is a strong positive relationship between age and income There is not enough information to determine the relationship

There is a strong positive relationship between age and income

The facility privacy officer receives a phone call from a patient who is concerned that her former sister-in-law who is a hospital employee has accessed her health record. The privacy officer requests an audit log of activity within the patient's health record. What part of the audit log must be analyzed to determine if this complaint has merit? The patient demographic information Which employees viewed, created, updated, or deleted information The ownership of the record Whether the patient had requested to be omitted from the facility patient directory

Which employees viewed, created, updated, or deleted information

The legal health record: a. Is inadmissible into evidence b. May not be hybrid c. Must consist in part on paper d. Will be disclosed upon request

Will be disclosed upon request

A subpoena duces tecum compels the recipient to: a. Serve on a jury b. Answer a complaint c. Testify at trial d. Bring records to a legal proceeding

bring records to a legal proceeding

Cancer registries are maintained by hospitals: a. By federal law or state law b. Voluntarily or by state law c. Voluntarily or by federal law d. By mandate from the American College of Surgeons

voluntarily or by state law