HIM 350 Module Five Worksheet
This worksheet consists of 12 questions. Questions 1–5 are worth 6 points each. Questions 6–12 are
worth 10 points each.
1. Two weeks after being discharged, the patient scheduled a follow-up appointment with a
specialist to assess how well his wounds have healed. The specialist provider would like a
summary of the patient’s interaction at the hospital and would also like to know how the
institution is defining certain data elements such as length of stay, inpatient days, and so on.
Briefly describe two methods you could use to extract data from the data dictionary database to
be sent to the specialist provider.
2. What formula did you use to derive length of stay? Did you include the time in the emergency
room in your calculation? Why or why not? What is the patient’s length of stay according to
your calculation?
3. If the number of inpatient service days at the hospital for the month of December is 5,387, what
is the average daily census?
4. Why is it important that the specialist provider knows how the terms are defined and used at
the institution?
5. How does the use of vocabulary standards support data integrity and quality in healthcare?
Examine the data/information governance life cycle steps. Determine which step best supports
data integrity and quality.
Use the resources below to identify the formulas needed to calculate the scenarios in questions 6–12.
Also refer to the as a reference. Sample Problem Document
Hospital Statistical Formulas for the RHIT Exam
Calculation of Infection Rates
6. Calculate the average daily census from the following data:
Holly Hospital Inpatient Service Days for Year
Type of Service Number of Patients
Adult 75,800
Newborn 6,100
