Question 1

A medical office or other healthcare facility that does not have a health information professional on staff may seek expertise in record-keeping procedures and the legal health record from the

Accepted Answer

A)   care providers.
B)   EHR service provider.
C)   medical assistants.
D)   local medical society. B

Question 2

The Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model and managed care insurance plans encourage patients to have a primary care physician who is referred to as the __________________ to reduce redundancy and overutilization of medical services.

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gatekeeper

Question 3

Computers and devices that are physically close together are connected by a

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A)   Wide Area Network.
B)   Local Area Network.
C)   Broad Area Network.
D)   Narrow Area Network. B

Question 4

In a ___________ environment, the physician's office or hospital has the advantage of unlimited processing and storage capacity.

Accepted Answer

A)   VPN
B)   local area
C)   wide area
D)   cloud

Question 5

What is the objective of Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMH)?

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Question 6

A ________________ is a security method that prevents unauthorized access into or out of the network.

Accepted Answer

A)   firewall
B)   router
C)   modem
D)   decryptor

Question 7

Which of the following statements is true about a personal health record (PHR)?

Accepted Answer

A)   It is a legal document.
B)   It is maintained by the care provider.
C)   It is maintained by the patient (or legal guardian) .
D)   It must be maintained in paper form.

Question 8

The mobile technology that allows access to the Internet without use of cables is known as what?

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Question 9

Discuss the reason(s) care providers have been reluctant to adopt electronic health records.

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Question 10

As part of Greensburg Medical Center's electronic record, patients can access their own health record via the Internet and can e-mail the office with questions, when necessary. This functionality is called a/an

Accepted Answer

A)   personal health record.
B)   patient portal.
C)   clinical support.
D)   E-health.

Question 11

_________________ make it possible for care providers to make and receive phone calls, browse the Internet, take still pictures or video, and store telephone numbers and appointments.

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Question 12

Explain the difference between a private and a public cloud as it relates to computerized data.

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Question 13

The Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model was developed by the ________________.

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A)   American Academy of Family Practitioners.
B)   American College of Patient Centered Medical Homes
C)   American College of Internal Medicine
D)   American College of Medicine

Question 14

A good practice for healthcare consumers is to document their own health information, for instance, the medications currently being taken, medication allergies, dates and names of surgeries they've had, etc. In fact, many insurance companies offer their patients the ability to document their healthcare online. What are these records known as?

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Question 15

When an encrypted message is sent, it must be ___________ before the receiver is able to read it.

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Question 16

John Roberts has a heart condition. A Home Health nurse visits him monthly and performs an EKG, the recording of which is sent to Dr. Stephens' office via telephone connection. This is an example of ____________.

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A)   teletechnology
B)   telehealth
C)   telemedicine
D)   telephony

Question 17

Memorial Hospital's Information Technology Director has taken a proposal to the board of directors to invest in cloud computing to process and store electronic information. The board was not impressed and did not vote in favor of making such a move. Why might that be?

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Question 18

Name and describe three pieces of equipment that make a care provider's work more convenient, efficient, and timely.

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Question 19

Explain why a personal health record is not a legal document.

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Question 20

Why is it important that health information managers and health informatics managers work closely together?

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Exam 10: Looking Aheadthe Future of Health Information and Informatics