Competency Assessment 1. Why would the HIM department want to track data requests? 2. How does one determine the optimal
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 7:59 am
Competency Assessment 1. Why would the HIM department want to track data requests? 2. How does one determine the optimal source of data? 3. What is the optimal source for the following data in an inpatient record? a. Medications that the patient has already received. b. Possible diagnosis after 2 days in the hospital. C. Patient's temperature. 4. Your manager has asked you to use a publicly available Medicare database to compare the number of myocardial infarction patients who were admitted through the ED with your hospital's admission source for this type of patient. You know that the data she mentioned is compiled from UHDDS. What is your response? 5. How do facilities make discrete data available for query if it is not a data element required for collection by regulatory requirements, accreditation bodies, or payers?