Question: Electronic Medical Records Specialist 9. What Data Will Hospitals Often Compare To Evaluate Patient Care And Decide How To Improve It? A. LOS And DRGs B. LOS And Bed Days C. ALOS And Bed Days D. DRGs And Doctors’ Rate Of Pay 10. Mercy Hospital’s Discharge Days For September Were 802 For Adults And Children And 76 For Newborns. There Were 127 Adults …

Electronic Medical Records Specialist 9. What data will hospitals often compare to evaluate patient care and decide how to improve it? A. LOS and DRGs B. LOS and bed days C. ALOS and bed days D. DRGs and doctors’ rate of pay 10. Mercy Hospital’s discharge days for September were 802 for adults and children and 76 for newborns. There were 127 adults and children and 21 newborns discharged during the month. What is the newborn ALOS for the month of September? _days 11. New Way Hospital reports 1,652 discharges for the month of September. The infection control report documents 21 nosocomial infections and 27 community- acquired infections for the same month. What is the nosocomial infection rate? A. 1.3 B. 1.4 C. 1.6 D. 2.9 12. Total discharges for adults and children is 8,904 and the total discharges for newborns is 1,213. The nosocomial infections is 8. What is the hospitals infection rate (not including newborns)? A. 9.0% B. 0.09% C. 0.9% 13. Rhonda was required to stay in the hospital over night after her knee surgery and wakes up the first day with a cough, sore throat and body aches. What type of infection is this? A. Nosocomial B. Hospital-acquired C. Community-acquired 14. While hospitalized, Ethan has a stent placed. Two days later, the site of the operation is infected. What type of infection is this? A. Nosocomial B. Hospital-acquired C. Community-acquired