Deck 11: Health Isit Project Implementation, Innovation Procurement Services Management

Question 1

Which of the following steps comes last in implementing a health IT project?

A) Project planning
B) Project conception
C) Project definition
D) Project closure

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which step in health IT implementation comes right after project planning?

A) Project definition
B) Project closure
C) Project execution
D) Project initiation

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The first priority of top management in IT implementation should be what?

A) Preparing the organization to accept the implementation
B) Being concerned with related accreditation issues
C) Finding the necessary funding
D) Obtaining approval from the Board

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which part of computer-based health IT most directly involves things like automatically reporting respiration monitors?

A) Difficultware
B) Software
C) Firmware
D) Middleware

Question 5

If your hospital decides to increase the amount of EHR analysis by 50%, why might new staff not be needed?

A) CDSS can handle this automatically.
B) Staff may not be working at capacity.
C) Outsourcing may be a better option.
D) Such changes are often planned, but rarely implemented.

Question 6

What does a professional stage model mean for IT workers?

A) Defined career stages with implied promotions in the titles used
B) Weekly sharing sessions for destressing
C) Fixed career entry points based on educational level
D) Formal educational requirements

Question 7

Most problems with new health IT will show up within _________ of implementation.

A) 3 months
B) 6 months
C) 9 months
D) 24 months

Question 8

CPM includes a clear diagram of what part of implementation?

A) Various stages
B) Personnel
C) Service providers
D) Equipment brands

Question 9

What can usually be said of the creation of data dictionaries?

A) It is labor intensive.
B) It can be automated.
C) It is not critical.
D) It should be done by a consulting company.

Question 10

What comes after initial conceptualization in pre-implementation of health IT?

A) Strategic planning
B) Feasibility study
C) Request for proposal
D) Proposal evaluation

Question 11

What precedes proposal evaluation in pre-implementation?

A) Feasibility study
B) Request for proposal
C) Initial conceptualization
D) Physical implementation

Question 12

What immediately precedes system testing in the actual implementation of a health IT program?

A) Recruitment
B) Training
C) Acquisition
D) Uploading initial data

Question 13

In which country has the value of innovation procurement been very clearly demonstrated?

A) France
B) Finland
C) Sweden
D) Canada

Question 14

Resistance from users rarely affects health IT.

Question 15

If you were managing a health IT project in a research hospital, you should expect resistance, especially from those who might misperceive a threat to their jobs due to increased efficiency.

Question 16

Growth and variability in hospital IT systems require flexibility in the organization.

Question 17

If your supervisor asks, at the last minute, for the addition of five more input lines in reporting software for your hospital's systems, this is an example of scope creep.

Question 18

When you are in charge of implementing a new health IT protocol in a hospital that has had its current protocol for 10 years, you need to assess employee skills.

Question 19

Holistic training in health IT takes a systematic perspective.

Question 20

To improve day-to-day efficiency of an often-confused IT worker in your hospital, try holistic training.

Question 21

Automating old systems is highly inefficient.

Question 22

When creating a new health IT system for a county health service, surprise end-users with the final product as a way of publicizing the new system.

Question 23

The last part of pre-implementation preparation is actual physical implementation.

Question 24

End-users of health IT need to be encouraged to have _________ attitudes.

Question 25

Health IT solution can be very useful in appropriate areas but are not _________.

Question 26

What are some of the critical success factors in health IT implementation?

Question 27

With respect to health IT staffing, what are some of the major concerns for health IT planners?

Question 28

Describe some useful tools in health IT implementation project management.

Question 29

Why is end-user involvement important in health IT implementation? How can end-users be more involved in the process?

Question 30

What are some of the models being used to implement innovation procurement?

Question 31

What are the key benefits of innovation procurement?

Question 32

What are the key concepts underlying IT services management? Why are these various concepts important, and how do these relate to the health IT post-implementation stage?