You Have Been Asked by a Peer Review Committee to Print

question 561

Multiple Choice

You have been asked by a peer review committee to print a list of the medical record numbers of all patients who had CABGs performed in the past year at your acute care hospital. Which secondary data source could be used to quickly gather this information?

• A) disease index.
• B) physician index.
• C) master patient index.
• D) operation index.

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Definitions:

Ideological Reasoning

The process of thinking or making judgments that are influenced strongly by a specific set of beliefs or a particular ideology.

Top-Down Thinking

An analytical approach that begins with the broader, general concepts before breaking them down into more specific, detailed components.

Deductive Reasoning

A reasoning method where the outcome is derived from the agreement of several statements that are usually considered accurate.