According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), it is estimated that more than half a million people in the U.S. have Crohn’s disease. For unknown reasons, the disease has become more widespread in both the U.S. and other parts of the world.
Information for 63,551 patients for Middletown Medical, a multispecialty physician group in Middletown, New York, was exposed due to a misconfigured security setting on a radiology interface.
Q: I'm in charge of a coding audit for our department for the first time and trying to determine how many cases to use as a sample. What factors should I consider when choosing the sample?