Volume 2 Unit 3 Part 2

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What is CHCS?

Composite Health Care System

An automated information system designed to support the administration and delivery of health care (correct)

A system to check in patient

A system to just register patients

What external computer system does CHCS communicate with to process patient eligibility inquiries?

Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) (correct)

Composite Health Care System (CHCS)

BAMC

GENESIS

What CHCS subsystem supports admissions, dispositions, and transfers?

Patient Administration Directory (PAD) (correct)

Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS)

Composite Health Care System (CHCS)

Mission Impossible

What is the purpose of the “Cancel ADT transactions” option?

To cancel admissions to, and transfers or dispositions from, inpatient Signup and view all the answers

What is an “AD HOC” report?

Reports tailored to meet a specific purpose Signup and view all the answers

What letter does the CHCS produce each time an active duty patient is admitted as an inpatient?

CHCS admission notification letter Signup and view all the answers

Who receives the CHCS admission notification letter?

Active duty patients' commander Signup and view all the answers

Which CHCS report lists admissions, dispositions change of status, newborns, and interward transfers occurring in a given 24-hour period?

Admission and Disposition reports Signup and view all the answers

What items in the admission package may accompany the patient to the inpatient unit?

The AF Form 560; pertinent information from clinic services, one index card, AF Form 577, the patient’s outpatient record, embossed card, other pertinent information as requested, inpatient records from the previous MTF when the patient is admitted by transfer and a patient ID bracelet Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the patient suspense file?

It is a working file for all documents, communications, or administrative actions affecting the patient during their hospitalization. It serves as a file for inpatient records while patients are absent from the MTF as part of their treatment, on leave, etc., and as a follow-up file to ensure administrative actions are carried out promptly when required. Signup and view all the answers

Describe the contents of the master index of patients.

It’s an index card file containing an active and inactive section. The active section contains cards for all hospital patients currently under treatment; the inactive section contains cards on patients that are no longer under treatment in the MTF (discharged) Signup and view all the answers

What is the patient control file?

It serves as an inventory of patients covering a 24-hour period (0001 through 2400) and indicates which patients are bed occupants, subsisting out, on leave, AWOL, nonmilitary hospital patients etc. Signup and view all the answers

Who must be notified whenever a military patient is admitted to the hospital? How is this notification made?

The member’s unit commander; contacting the member’s squadron by telephone or priority electrical message or by sending the CHCS generated notification letter. Signup and view all the answers

Who assumes medical administrative responsibility of an active duty Air Force member admitted to a nonmilitary hospital?

The commander of the nearest Air Force MTF Signup and view all the answers

What information is needed when an active duty member is admitted to a nonmilitary hospital?

The patient’s full name, grade, SSN, unit, duty station, and exact location; the name and telephone number of the attending physician; date and time of admission; status (leave, pass, etc.); circumstances surrounding the admission; diagnosis, present condition, and prognosis; the earliest date that the patient may be transferred to a military MTF. Signup and view all the answers

On pre-admission cases, which blocks are left blank when completing part 1 of AF Form 560?

The register number, time, and date of admission Signup and view all the answers

When an active duty patient is to be hospitalized over 90 days, what organization should be notified?

The individual’s Military Personnel Flight (MPF) Signup and view all the answers

Who has the responsibility for accepting patient valuables?

MDG/CC Signup and view all the answers

Who normally performs the actual duties associated with patient valuables?

Patient valuables custodian (primary and/or alternate) Signup and view all the answers

What does the term “valuables” mean?

Cash, jewelry, and other articles of a similar nature. Signup and view all the answers

How often is an inspection of patient valuables conducted?

Monthly Signup and view all the answers

What criteria does the MDG/CC use to appoint an individual to perform an inspection of patient valuables?

NCO in the grade of E–5 or above, a civilian with comparable grade, or anofficer Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of AF Form 1052?

To store small valuables such as jewelry, or cash etc. that will fit into it and a record of all valuables being deposited. Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the AF Form 1053?

Used as a log of each patient who has deposited valuables Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the DD Form 599?

Use as a tag attached to each item that cannot be placed in the AF Form 1052. Signup and view all the answers

Define disposition or discharge

The removal of a patient from inpatient treatment Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what are some examples of patient dispositions?

Return to duty; discharge from treatment; evacuate to US; separate or retire due to physical disability; transfer out. Signup and view all the answers

When completing an AF Form 560, in which item would you document all diagnoses and procedures of a patient's case?

Item 38, Diagnosis-Procedures Signup and view all the answers

How are surgical procedures entered on AF Form 560?

Numbered with the principal procedure listed first, and then those that are associated procedures. Signup and view all the answers

In which item of AF Form 560 is the nature of a patient’s disposition recorded?

Item 41, Disposition Signup and view all the answers

What source documents do you use to input information about a patient’s discharge into the CHCS?

AF Form 560 and the inpatient record. Signup and view all the answers