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Collect health data
Assessment Strategies
through an exam or project(s) (such as creating a paper or electronic data collection tool)
Criteria
you utilize health data elements that correspond to given data sets
you demonstrate compliance with established quality form characteristics (margins, font, identification etc.)
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Apply policies to ensure the quality of health data
Assessment Strategies
through an exam or project(s)
Criteria
you verify the quality of given health data against the data quality attributes
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Compare clinical terminologies used in healthcare data collection, reporting and exchange
Assessment Strategies
through an exam or project(s)
Criteria
you differentiate between the uses and application of given clinical terminologies and vocabularies
you differentiate between characteristics (including code structure) of given clinical terminologies and vocabularies
you illustrate the use of clinical terminologies in the electronic health record
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Compare standards for the electronic transmission and exchange of health data
Assessment Strategies
through an exam or project(s)
Criteria
you compare the uses and application of given data standards
you compare the characteristics (e.g. content, code sets used etc.) of given data standards
you compare the uses and application of given messaging standards
you discuss the national initiatives related to the electronic transmission and exchange of health data (HIPAA, HITECH, ONC, NHII, ARRA)
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Comply with accreditation, certification and legislative requirements for health record documentation
Assessment Strategies
through an exam or project(s)
given policies, procedures or other guidelines (regulations etc.)
given paper or electronic health record documentation
using electronic HIM-related applications (deficiency management system etc.)
Criteria
you perform quantitative analysis of health records (paper and/or electronic) according to given guidelines
you enter deficiencies into an electronic deficiency management system
you illustrate or perform physician deficiency/delinquency processing procedures
you generate documents from an electronic deficiency management system (deficiency slips, physician notification letters, and/or reports etc.)
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Maintain the health record (paper & electronic)
Assessment Strategies
through an exam or project(s)
given policies, procedures or other guidelines (regulations etc.)
given paper or electronic health record documentation
using electronic HIM-related applications (record locator, master patient index etc.)
Criteria
you assemble health records according to a given chart order
you illustrate the process of scanning (from prep through quality checking and correction)
you track the location of paper records
you retrieve patient data using the MPI
you select the best storage alternative for a given situation(s)
you apply policies for record retention and destruction