Hillcrest Hospital and Endwell Hospital Are Merging

question 33

Multiple Choice

Hillcrest Hospital and Endwell Hospital are merging. The new HIM director for both hospitals needs to ensure that the two MPIs are accurately merged. Each hospital currently uses manual MPIs, and they will convert to one automated MPI. Which activity below should the director avoid?

• A) Establishing a merger plan for the hospital MPIs
• B) Performing a manual alphabetical search to identify duplicate MPI files
• C) Shredding the manual MPI within four weeks after the conversion
• D) Using software to identify and correct errors in the automated MPI

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Definitions:

Sample Size

The number of observations or data points collected in a study or used to represent a larger population.

Confidence Interval

A range of values that is likely to contain a population parameter, estimated from a sample data with a given level of confidence.

Sample Size

The number of observations or units chosen from a population to participate in a study.

Confidence Interval

A sequence of values, stemming from sample analyses, presumed to contain the value of an undisclosed population parameter.