RHIT Exam with Complete Solutions
DEEDS - ANS-Data Elements for Emergency Department Systems (Used for
Emergency Department)
EMDS - ANS-Electronic Document Management System
HEDIS - ANS-Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (used for Managed Care
and is designed to organize data for public release about the outcomes of care)
MDS - ANS-Minimum Data Set (Used in Long Term Care)
NCDB - ANS-National Cancer Database
OASIS - ANS-Outcome and Assessment Information Set (Used for home health care
and medicare)
ORYX - ANS-The Joint Commission's ORYX® initiative integrates outcomes and other
performance measurement data into the accreditation process. ORYX measurement
requirements are intended to support Joint Commission-accredited organizations in
their quality improvement efforts.
UHDDS - ANS-Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (Used for inpatient)
UACDS - ANS-Uniform Ambulatory Care Data Set (Used for outpatient)
Data - ANS-raw facts that are not interpreted or processed such as
numbers, letters, images, symbols and sounds that is organized in a hierarchy that
begins with the smallest to largest
Health Data - ANS-are the health facts collected on the patient
Example - blood pressure, a lab result
Information - ANS-is factual data that have been collected, combined,
analyzed, interpreted, and/or converted into a form that can be used for a specific
purpose.
Primary Data Source - ANS-The health record because it contains information about a
patient that has been documented by the professionals who provided the services.
Secondary Data Source - ANS-Data taken from the primary health record and entered
into registries and databases etc.
