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A HIM department currently is using 2000 linear filing inches to store

medical records, and plans to purchase new open shelf filing units. Each
of the shelves in a new 6 shelf unit measures 36 linear filing inches. It is
estimated that an additional 500 filing inches should be planned to allow
for a six-year expansion need. How many new file shelf units should be
purchased?
10
11
11.57
12
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There have been 2588 records pulled upon request in the clinic for the
ambulatory surgery program, out of a total of 2694 requests that were
actually made by the staff. The total amount of discharged patient
records in the files is 6, 798. What is the record retrieval rate?
9.60

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96.06
97
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Here is a flashback to classes past...The HIM department has just

purchased 200 units of 8 shelf cabinets and plans to use terminal digit
filing. How many shelves should be allocated to each primary number?
Hmmmmmm......how many terminal "digits" are there? That might be
helpful.
10
15
16
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General Hospital has been in operation for 20 years. It has 15,000

admissions per year. The healthcare facility has expanded and will allow
for 500 more admissions per year from now on. There are 3,000 linear
feet of filing space available, with only 1/2 of that being used. The facility
expects a 35% readmission rate. If a unit numbering/filing system is
used, how many file folders will be needed for the next year?
5425
10,000
10,075
15,500
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Calculate the number of shelving units to be purchased for storing

medical records based on the following information:
6 shelves per unit
Average record size = .50 inches

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30 inches per shelf

22,388 records
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62.1
63
64
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A large hospital retrieves an average of 355 inpatient discharge records

per week from various stations throughout the facility. Approximately 220
ambulatory surgery discharges are picked up on MTWRF.
Average ambulatory surgery record size is .20 inches thick
Average inpatient records .75 inches thick
6 shelf units = 36 inches per shelf
Sadly, this facility has not invested in a CPR system as of yet. How many
linear inches will be utilized by the incoming patient charts for an entire
year?
11518
16133
19642
28405
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General Hospital's cancer registry system does not have online access to
radiation therapy results. The abstracting specialist must go to radiation
therapy, and retrieve the files, copy the pertinent information, and refile
the records. The registry currently adds approximately 125 analytical
cases per month. IF 28% of these are patients who have received
radiation therapy, how many records must be pulled, copied and refiled
each month?
35

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This is ridiculous. The managers involved should get a CPR
system and quit wasting valuable employee time doing routine
mundane tasks at a cost higher than the software system probably
would be for the facility.
Both A and C in the real world
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If a large facility that currently maintains 100,000 records decided to

convert to optical disk storage and the average record is approximately
70 pages, how many optical disk platters would be needed if the platter
stored a maximum of 150,000 pages each?
47
50.50
70
150
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The average thickness of an inpatient record is .30 inches. Each

emergency room record requires .15 inches of space. There are 34,000
patients discharged each year and 13,000 ER patients seen each year.
The shelving cost is $2.05 per filing inch. How much money should be
allocated for storage space?
$12,150.00
$17,343.00
$24,907.50
$28,905.75
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The Director of Nursing is complaining that your staff only retrieved 75%
of the records requested during the month of November. You are, of
course, convinced she is looney because you have in fact tracked this
number as a part of the HIPAA procedures as well as quality review
function within your department. However, you must "walk-the walk"
and therefore backtrack and calculate the findings. Given the following
data - what is the "real story" here?
# requests from orthopedics 346

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# requests from surgery 450

# requests from OB/GYN 1190
# requests from medical floor 677
TOTAL number of records RETRIEVED 2662

74.0 is the correct retrieval rate

99.6 is the correct retrieval rate
96.8 - take that!
97.0, she's way off!
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It takes approximately 20 minutes to assemble and analyze a chart for
deficiencies. If there are 16,020 discharges for the month, how many
personnel hours are needed for this volume of work?

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3200
4000
5340
6800
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A coding supervisor at County General Hospital needs to determine the

number of full time equivalents (FTEs) necessary to code 750
discharges per week. It takes an average of 15 minutes to code each
record and each coder will work 40 hours per week. How many FTEs
are required?
4.34
4.69
6.01
13.11
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Calculate the absenteeism rate based on the following information:

January
Number of employees 40
Number of workdays 21
Number of days lost 27

.32%
3.21%
3.321%
4.32%
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A HIM department from a large healthcare facility will experience a 40%

increase in the number of discharges processed per day as the result of
a take-over with a larger facility. This 40% increase is projected as 375
additional records per day. The standard time for coding a record is 20
minutes. Compute the number of FTEs required to handle this
increased volume in coding based on an 8-hour day.
15
15.63
16.2
18
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Coder A $15 per hour with 45 hours worked per week
Coder B $13 per hour with 40 hours worked per week
Coder C $18 per hour with 49 hours worked per week
Coder D $11.50 per hour with 36 hours worked per week
What is the routine 40 per week cost of staffing the coding area of this
health information department?
$1500

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$2000
$2300
$3000
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Which unit of measure in autopsy rates includes only the total inpatient
deaths in the same period?
net autopsy
hospital autopsy rate
gross autopsy rate
all of the above
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How would you calculate average length of stay?

discharge days divided by total discharge
total length of stay times discharge days
total length of stay divided by discharge days
total inpatient service days divided by total discharges
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You are the newly employed statistician at the hospital. The

management information system is currently being redesigned. In order
to assure that the statistics are being calculated correctly, you manually
calculate the statistics to assure accuracy. The following statistics are
given for the month of July: (You will use this data for the next few
questions)
# admissions 929
# discharages 909
# discharge days 4988
# census days 5022
# beds 250
# patients remaining on the last day of the month 184
What was the average daily census for the month of July?
161

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167
170
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Using the data from question 18, what was the average length of stay for
the month of July?
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
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Using the data from question 18, what was the occupancy rate for the
month of July?
64.4
64.8
66.9
67.0
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Utilize the following information for the next few questions: The hospital
had the following statistics for the month of June:
beds 1500
admissions 701
discharges 689
deaths 3 (less than 48 hours 1, more than 48 hours 2)
census days 6802
discharge days 6890
bassinets 302
births 652
newborn discharges 587
newborn deaths 4 (less than 48 hours 1, more than 48 hours 3)
autopsies 3
coroner's cases 2

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What was the gross death rate for the month of June, round to 2 places
behind the decimal?
.44%
.54%
.55%
.57%
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Using the data from the previous question, what was the net autopsy
rate for the month of June, rounded to a whole number?
29%
40%
60%
71%
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When calculating the net autopsy rate, what is excluded?

Total inpatient deaths
Autopsied coroner's cases
Unautopsied coroner's cases
Total hospital autopsies
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A patient was admitted to the hospital on 9/12/2004 ( a regular non-leap

year) and expires March 21, 2005 (also a non-leap year). This patient
will:
have 111 discharge days
decrease the number of service days for 2004 for the entire facility
have 190 discharge days in 2005
none of the above
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The hospital will be expanding its facilities and will need additional
beds. Beginning on January 1 and continuing through June 30, the bed
count was 65 beds. Beginning July 1, there were an addtional 15 beds
added. The total inpatient service days for adults and children for the
first six months was 9,042. From July 1 through December 31, 9500
service days were provided. What was the inpatient bed occupancy
percentage for the year?
35%
61%
70%
71%