The Old Practice of Flagging Records for Deficiencies and Requiring

question 1205

Multiple Choice

The old practice of flagging records for deficiencies and requiring retrospective documentation add little or no value to patient care. You try to convince the entire health care team to consistently enter data into the patient's record at the time and location of service instead of waiting for retrospective analysis to alert them to complete the record. You are proposing

• A) quantitative record review.
• B) clinical pertinence review.
• C) concurrent record analysis.
• D) point-of-care documentation.

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Definitions:

Population Parameter

A numerical value that describes a characteristic of an entire population, such as the mean or standard deviation.

Point Estimate

A single value given as the best guess or estimate of a population parameter based on sample data.

Interval Estimate

An interval estimate is a range of values derived from sample statistics that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter.

Population Parameter

A numerical value summarizing the entire population that can often be estimated by a statistic derived from a sample.