Exam 9: Health Information Systems: Collaboration, Analysis, Design, Implementation, and Operations

It is enough to have a clear understanding and commitment to the final outcome of an EHR project for it to be a success.

The Director of HIMS has calculated the break-even point for purchase of a new transcription system to be four years. Is this analysis correct?

Icons have cross-cultural advantages over dialog and menu interfaces when considering systems design.

Using the information in the table below, when will payback occur? To justify the purchase of a new release of information tracking system, Health Information Management Services (HIMS) wants to calculate the new system's payback period. The cost to operate the current system is $25,000 per year. The proposed cost of the new system for the first year is $35,000 with continuing operation costs per year of $15,000. An increase of $10,000 per year in billing is anticipated with the new system because of the addition of a billing component to the release of information tracking functionality. Data are summarized in the following table: Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Curent systern cost \ 25,000 \ 25,000 \ 25,000 \ 25,000 New 5ystern cost \ 35,000 \ 15,000 \ 15,000 \ 15,000 Yearly difference in cost -\ 10,000 +\ 10,000 +\ 10,000 +\ 10,000 Curmulative differences in costs

Windows and icons are interfacing elements for data displays in an information system.

All of the following support principles of good interface design EXCEPT

Which of the following would be considered a leading or biased question?

In a data dictionary notation for a data element, the "label" describes which of the following?

It is the central repository for all the information in the health care organization's data base.

Which of the following is an attribute for an MPI entry?

There are many principles to consider when embarking on a major systems development project such as an EHR implementation. The chapter suggests at least eight such principles. Name at least three.

Work teams established to perform specific tasks are known as environmental basics.

Which of the following is True regarding the development of an RFP?

In the logical description design, which of the following would be an output description?

Which of the following describes the process of installing and starting up a system in all organization units at the same time?

Which of the following questions would be considered a double-barreled question in a survey document?

Which of the following for an EHR system would likely appear in the technical requirements section of an RFP?

Health Information Management Services has an automated release of information (ROI) system that was installed 4 years ago to assist staff in responding to requests for information. The system is updated regularly to accommodate user needs and changes in laws and regulations. Given this information, at what phase in the information system's life cycle is the ROI system?

When upgrading an EHR system, physicians, nurses, social workers, and radiology technicians are all examples of potential stakeholders.

All of the following are True about the RFP process EXCEPT