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In 2002, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that peer review organiztions (PROs) would be known as quality improvement organizations (QIOs), and they will continue to:

Hospice care provides comprehensive medical and supportive social, emotional, and spiritual care to terminally ill patients and their families. The goal of hospice is to provide:

Data _________ is accurate, complete, consistent, up-to-date, and the same no matter where the data is recorded.

Severity of illness is the physiologic complexity that comprises the extent and interactions of a patient’s diseases as presented to medical personnel. Severity of illness scores are based on:

A vocabulary of clinical and medical terms is called a:

Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) classify inpatient hospital cases into groups that are expected to consume similar hospital resources. Which is characteristic of inpatient care received under DRGs?

The primary purpose of the patient record is to provide continuity of care, which means:

The hospital inpatient record documents the care and treatment received by a patient admitted to the hospital. Where is the paper-based record stored while the patient is in the hospital?

Vital statistics are complied for events, which include births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages, and divorces. Which federal agency is responsible for maintaining official vital statistics?

Operative reports are to be documented ____ after surgery.