Deck 12: Informatics

Question 1

In 1998, Medicare issued reimbursement rules that allowed reimbursement for teleconsultations in rural health professional shortage areas.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Health care informatics intersects with health information management in that both concern health care data.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Health Informatics is an application of technology to support specialized activities associated with a range of health care workers and the practice of medicine.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Public Health objectives address the improvement of the health of populations as a whole instead of the health of a specific individual.

Question 5

Some EHR systems employ cloud computing as a cost-savings matter.

Question 6

Public health informatics refers to the application of technology to public health practice, research, and learning.

Question 7

Voice Recognition Technology allows a computer to convert the spoken word into a word-processing document.

Question 8

Educational informatics is sometimes referred to as e-learning.

Question 9

The CMS Final Rule creates standards, specifications, and certification criteria for EHRs.

Question 10

Under a paper-based system, authentication would include a written signature or initials.

Question 11

E-health applies to both consumers and businesses.

Question 12

Both authorship and authentication would seemingly be more accurate in a paper base system.

Question 13

Telemedicine works best in urban and suburban areas.

Question 14

A benefit of the EHR is the reduction in the incidence of medication errors.

Question 15

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act have published the final rule on the EHR incentive program.

Question 16

Authorship refers to the identification of the health care provider who makes an entry in a record.

Question 17

Information brokering is the business of buying and selling information as a commodity.

Question 18

Evidentiary rules permit the health record to be admitted into evidence under the business record exception to the hearsay rule.

Question 19

Many of the steps necessary to implement an electronic health record rely on the computer concepts and communications technologies.

Question 20

CPOE refers to applications that permit physicians to enter orders for medications and treatments directly into a computer system.

Question 21

Which stage explains the electronic capture of PHI in a structured format?

A) Stage 1
B) Stage 2
C) Stage 3
D) Stage 4

Question 22

There are two stages for meaningful use of the EHR.

Question 23

A designated record set refers to the record maintained by the covered entity that includes medical and billing records about an individual.

Question 24

The ONC Rule enables and advances the definition of meaningful use through employment of certified EHR technology functionality.

Question 25

The ______ final rule creates standards, specifications, and certification criteria for EHRs.

A) CMS
B) ONC
C) HIPAA
D) HHS

Question 26

E-prescribing has contributed to promoting patient care and containing costs because of all of the following EXCEPT

A) reducing errors.
B) reading illegible handwriting.
C) tracking how much usage.
D) allowing patients to refill their prescriptions

Question 27

_____ refers to the identification of the health care provider who makes an entry in a record.

A) Authentication
B) Accuracy
C) Authorship

Question 28

Among the most functional elements of the EHR is health information and data, which centers on the patient and is found in a defined

A) Data Set.
B) Clinical Decision Support System.
C) Order Entry and Management System.
D) Health Information System.

Question 29

CMS has adopted two sets of objectives: a core set of objectives with associated measures and a menu set of objectives with associated measures.

Question 30

On a deadline set by _________, the CMS final rule provides that a downward adjustment will be made to any Medicare and Medicaid payments they would receive in the ordinary course of business.

A) CMS
B) HIPAA
C) Congress
D) HHS

Question 31

CPOE stands for

A) Computerized Planning Organizational Entry.
B) Communicating Planning Organizational Entry.
C) Computerized Physician Order Entry.
D) Communicating Physician Organizational Entry.

Question 32

_________ refers to the virtualization of servers, software, data access, and storage resources where computers present at a work site are connected through a network to the Internet where a central system administers the computer system.

A) Health Information System
B) Cloud computing
C) Clinical decision support system
D) EHR

Question 33

How many stages are there to describe meaningful use?

A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) None of the above

Question 34

________ refers to using certified electronic health records in a way that allows for electronic exchange of health information to improve quality of care and to submit information on clinical quality measures.

A) HIPAA
B) Meaningful Use
C) ARRA
D) CMS

Question 35

Which meaningful stage encourages use of HIT to promote: (a) continuous quality improvement at point of care; and (b) the exchange of information in the most structured format possible.

A) Stage 1
B) Stage 2
C) Stage 3
D) Stage 4

Question 36

A system that integrates data from multiple sources, captures data at the point of care, and supports health care providers in their decision making is

A) CPOE,
B) CPRI.
C) CPOI.
D) HIE.

Question 37

Incentive payments for Medicare and Medicaid are eligible to all of the following, EXCEPT

A) eligible professionals.
B) eligible hospitals.
C) critical access hospitals.
D) medical and group practices.

Question 38

________ refers to health improvement and disease management techniques that utilize the Web and other interactive electronic communication tools.

A) Electronic Health
B) E-health organizations
C) E-health consumers
D) Telemedicine

Question 39

The health record as a legal document has traditionally been viewed as being ___________.

A) hybrid
B) electronic
C) paper based

Question 40

The CMS Rule is a program to test and certify complete EHRs and EHR modules.

Question 41

Match the term with its descriptor
application of technology to support public health practice, research, and learning

A)Dental Informatics
B)Public Informatics
C)Nursing Informatics
D)Consumer Health Informatics
E)Educational Informatics
F)Medical Informatics
G)Health Care Informatics
H)Clinical Informatics

Question 42

A computer application that uses voice patterns to allow a computer to record and automatically translate voice into written language in real time is

A) telemedicine.
B) interactive voice recognition.
C) voice recognition technology.
D) electronic health.

Question 43

Devices that work similar to photocopiers to scan paper documents are

A) scanners.
B) digital imaging devices.
C) EHR.
D) electronic document management system.

Question 44

Which term refers to the application of technology to public health practice, research, and learning?

A) Public Health Informatics
B) Educational Informatics
C) Nursing Informatics
D) Consumer Informatics

Question 45

___________ is the use of electronic communications and information technologies to provide or support clinical care at a distance.

A) Electronic health
B) E-health organizations
C) E-health consumers
D) Telemedicine

Question 46

In what year did Medicare issue reimbursement rules that allowed reimbursement for teleconsultations in rural health professional shortage areas.

A) 1995
B) 1996
C) 1998
D) 1999

Question 47

Which term refers to the discipline focusing on the study of both the structure and general properties of information?

A) Statistics
B) Informatics
C) Database management
D) Research design

Question 48

Explain Data Ownership and Access Rights.

Question 49

Match the term with its descriptor
application of technology to support specialized activities associated with improving dental practice, research, education, and management

A)Dental Informatics
B)Public Informatics
C)Nursing Informatics
D)Consumer Health Informatics
E)Educational Informatics
F)Medical Informatics
G)Health Care Informatics
H)Clinical Informatics

Question 50

Match the term with its descriptor
application of technology to facilitate the learning process

A)Dental Informatics
B)Public Informatics
C)Nursing Informatics
D)Consumer Health Informatics
E)Educational Informatics
F)Medical Informatics
G)Health Care Informatics
H)Clinical Informatics

Question 51

Explain information brokering.

Question 52

Defined as individuals whose individually identifiable health information is collected, maintained, or displayed over the Internet.

A) Electronic health
B) E-health organizations
C) E-health consumers
D) Telemedicine

Question 53

Health care informatics concentrates on how to use all of the following technology to facilitate healthcare data EXCEPT

A) communicating.
B) processing.
C) using.
D) protection.

Question 54

What is an optical machine-readable presentation of data that is attached to an object?

A) Digital imaging
B) Bar coding
C) Scanning
D) Optical disk

Question 55

List two functions of the EHR.

Question 56

Describe the General Warranties of contracting Issues for the EHR systems.

Question 57

What is the name of a computer application that allows a person to use a telephone to gain access to information in a computer by voice alone?

A) Telemedicine
B) Interactive voice recognition
C) Voice recognition technology
D) Electronic health

Question 58

Match the term with its descriptor
application of technology to support specialized activities associated with a range of health care workers and the practice of medicine

A)Dental Informatics
B)Public Informatics
C)Nursing Informatics
D)Consumer Health Informatics
E)Educational Informatics
F)Medical Informatics
G)Health Care Informatics
H)Clinical Informatics

Question 59

Explain meaningful use and give an example of someone who is eligible for the Medicare and Medicaid incentive program.

Question 60

Match the term with its descriptor
application of technology to enhance clinical information management at the point of patient care, using information processes, systems, and tools to improve the effectiveness, quality, and value of care

A)Dental Informatics
B)Public Informatics
C)Nursing Informatics
D)Consumer Health Informatics
E)Educational Informatics
F)Medical Informatics
G)Health Care Informatics
H)Clinical Informatics