Question: Electronic Medical Records Specialist 1. If A Patient Is Admitted And Discharged On The Same Day, The A. LOS Is Always 1 Day B. LOS Is Always 0.5 Day C. LOS Is Not Entered For That Patient D. Inpatient Service Days Number Is Used For LOS Data 2. Leave Of Absence Days Calculations For Discharge Days And Average Length Of Stay A. Are Usually Included …

Electronic Medical Records Specialist 1. If a patient is admitted and discharged on the same day, the A. LOS is always 1 day B. LOS is always 0.5 day C. LOS is not entered for that patient D. inpatient service days number is used for LOS data 2. Leave of absence days calculations for discharge days and average length of stay A. are usually included in B. are usually excluded in C. have nothing to do with D. are outdated because hospitals rarely use them anymore 3. If a patient is admitted to the hospital February 3 and dismissed March 15, that patient’s inpatient service days and LOS will be A. similar B. different C. the same D. computed at the same time 4. If a facility needs to evaluate similar groups of discharged patients, it will most likely look at the data related to A. total length of stay for each group B. the inpatient service days for each group C. average length of stay for the entire hospital D. individual lengths of stay for each patient in each group