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Which means of data modeling is illustrated in the table shown above?

Where in an acute care health record would the documentation “Admit to 3C. Diet: NPO. Meds: Compazine 10mg IV Q 6 PRN.” be found?

As the Information Security Officer at your facility, you have been asked to provide examples of the physical safeguards used to manage data security measures throughout the organization. Which of the following would you provide?

Everyone in the Health Information Department has been working overtime to complete a major record conversion. The supervisor will have to plan for overtime pay for all personnel who are not

A 16-year-old male was treated at your facility for a closed head injury. The patient’s 18-year-old wife accompanied him to the hospital and signed the consent for admission and treatment because of the patient’s incapacity at the time. The patient has requested that copies of his medical records be sent to his attorney. Who should sign the authorization to release the records?

In the past, Joint Commission standards have focused on promoting the use of a facility approved abbreviation list to be used by hospital care providers. With the advent of the Commission’s national patient safety goals, the focus has shifted to the 

The patient had a thrombectomy, without catheter, of the peroneal artery, by leg incision.

Four HIT students are working on a LOS project at their clinical site. To describe the variability of the data, Smithson suggests using range because it is the most exact. Donaldson wants to use the mean because it is easy to calculate. Franklin recommends variance because it is the most popular measure of variability. Howell proposes the use of standard deviation because it is the most preferred and has better interpretive uses. Who made the best suggestion?

As your meeting with the clerical staff on the stat report continues, one clerk suggests a possible reason for the delays is a lack of training concerning the nature of stat reports. On the cause and effect diagram, this would most appropriately be listed under

Which of the following data sets would be most helpful in developing a home health data registry?