Deck 14: Health Care Information Systems

Question 1

A health care information system comprises

A) Computerized data
B) Support financial and administrative management applications
C) Procedures to handle and preserve the data
D) All of the above

Answer 1

All of the above

Question 2

Informatics is

A) An interdisciplinary field that studies and pursues effectives uses of variety of data to improve human health
B) Data used for financial purposes
C) Data used for administrative purposes
D) Data used for billing purposes

Answer 2

An interdisciplinary field that studies and pursues effectives uses of variety of data to improve human health

Question 3

It is hoped the health information technology will

A) Make billing processes faster
B) Improve the performance of the U.S. health care system
C) Improve coding accuracy
D) Improve biomedical data

Answer 3

Improve the performance of the U.S. health care system

Question 4

The expected benefits include all but the following

A) Reduced duplication of service
B) Better management of chronic disease
C) Happier patients
D) Reduced medical errors

Question 5

Health information technology systems have been in U.S. health care institutions for

A) 1 decade
B) 2 decades
C) 3 decades
D) 4 decades

Question 6

The first clinical information systems were for

A) Laboratories
B) Radiology
C) Medication Management
D) All of the above

Question 7

The challenges for information processing and decision making include

A) Sheer volume of information
B) Costs
C) Trained personnel
D) None of the above

Question 8

Basic CPOE systems achieve improvement in safety and quality because

A) Staff can write their own orders
B) There are no legibility problems
C) Any acronym can be used
D) Interpretations are varied

Question 9

Medical imaging requires organizations to

A) Make significant capital investments
B) Train personnel to operate
C) Have radiologists work in very small onsite offices
D) Outsource patient scheduling

Question 10

A key factor in clinical decision making is

A) Nurse patient relationship
B) Reliable health data
C) Physician oversight
D) A PACS system

Question 11

An electronic health record is key to improving patient safety.

Question 12

In order to meet "meaningful use" criteria for an organization must complete 4 stages.

Question 13

Small, nonteaching and rural hospitals are adopting EHRs at a rate faster than larger hospitals.

Question 14

Interoperability is not dependent on a health information exchange.

Question 15

SNOMED is the coding for medical diagnoses.

Question 16

Public health professionals have used information technology to facilitate public health practice such as communicable disease.

Question 17

Chronic conditions account for as much as 75% of health care spending.

Question 18

Disease registries can assist in maintaining health status with other tool.

Question 19

Telemedicine has not been effective as initially promised.

Question 20

HIPAA mandates security standards protect personal health information.