Exam I – Health Information – Flashcards
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In the "request for proposal", you have asked for information regarding the amount of time that a vendor has been in business and the number of installations of the product under consideration. If you want to review this information, you would go to the _______section.
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Vendor profile/information
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You are developing a list of functions needed by users of the release of information system. You are evaluation the current system to see what opportunities there are to improve the system. Which stage of the system developmental life cycle stages are you in?
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Analysis
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The information systems manager is testing what the system can handle with regard to passing large amounts of data. This is called
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Volume testing
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Why would the database administrator add a foreign key to one of the tables?
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to indicate that it is a primary key in another table.
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The HIM supervisor is evaluating software that would utilize electronic logging and monitoring of requests for copies of patient information and develop an account of disclosure. What department function is this most useful for?
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Release of information/disclosure management
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The laboratory system was installed 3 years ago. It is running well and meeting the needs of the department in which stage of the IS life cycle is the lab system?
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Operations (maintenance)
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As database administrator, you have just added a foreign key to one of your tables. Why did you do this?
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to indicate that it is a primary key in another table
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A critical element of data retrieval planning is designing the
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Screen layout
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In a network environment, a database shared among several end-user workstations would be stored on a
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server computer
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RAID technology
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None of these choices
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You are developing a list of functions needed by users of a release of information system. You are also evaluativng the current system are to impove the system. Which stage of development life cycle stages are you in?
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analysis
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Electronic prescribing is a special case of
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CPOE
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Use of case and sequence diagrams are an example of a
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modeling language
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What basic components make up every communications system?
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transmitters, receivers, media and data
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Which of the following are major hurdles to adoption of new information system technology?
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High level of complexity, Lack of organization commitment; Unrealistic expectations (All of these choices)
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As part of an EHR system selection, due diligence should be done
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Before contracting for an EHR product
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Chart conversion includes
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Deciding what paper based content should be automated
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A migration path will very likely take how long to achieved
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Several years
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An information system that alerts a physician when a laboratory value is outside of the normal range is called a(n)
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decision support system
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To ensure what a computerized provider order entry (CPOE) system supports patient safety, what other system must also be in place
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Pharmacy information system
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Your facility is developing a new information system. Your department is viewing the product as it develops and providing feedback that is used. This process is called
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prototyping
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Why is an ideal EHR system one that requires point of care charting
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supports clinical decision making
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With data exchange standards, the ability to transfer data from one system to another system is called
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interoperability
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Which statement is TRUE concerning CDR and EHR
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CDR supports management of data for an EHR
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Which of the following describes the content of information that should be exchanged among referring providers
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Continuity of care record
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Barbara is being seen at a physician's office that she has never been to before. This physician practice is independently owned. She did not have to request copies of her medical records, but the physician has everything that she needs. The physician must be part of a(n): A. integrated health network. B. corporation. C. regional health information organization. D. electronic health record.
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C
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Which of the following can be described as an organized collection of data saved in a file on a computer?
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database
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Which of the following enables computer on a network to communicate with each other?
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Network Protocols
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A vocabulary is described as being "controlled" when it
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Establishes meaning for terms used in the EHR
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Which of the following provides organizations with ability to access data from ultiple datanases and to combien the results into a single interface?
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Data warehouse
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Which of the following is a type of computer network specifically designed to allow direct communication between the network of separ
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Extranets
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Discrete data may be entered into an EHR via
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All of these choices: Macro, Point and click, Voice command
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An information system consists of
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All of these choices: people, data, process
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Systems testing of a new ifnormation system should be performed by
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A team independent of the project team that developed the system
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Which of the following is NOT a database
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Interface
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The primary user of computerized provider order entry is
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Physician
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The federal government envisions a regional health information organization (RHIO) to provide
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Health information exchange
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You are the HIM Director at the hopsital in Columbus, Georgia. Your administrator wants to partner with a hospital across the river in Phoenix Ci partnership would involved the use of telemedicine. What issue should you vocalize?
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physcians are licensed by the state
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Which of the following connects devices across a large geographical area, such as a state?
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WAN
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"System build" is the process where
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Data tables are loaded and screen layouts customized
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Which of the following allows coorporations to supply Internet services over their LANs
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Intranet
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Which of the following elements is not considered a basic component of every information system?
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None of these choices - communications technology, users, software
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Which of the following end users whould normally use a management information system processing system in their dat to day work?
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Supervisors
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The laboratory system was installed 3 years ago. it is running well and meeting the needs of the department. Which stage of the IS life cycle is this?
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operations (maintenance)
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Which of the following is used as a sketch of the user interface during sytem development?
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screen prototype
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LOINC is a terminology that is used for coding
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lab results and other observations
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Which of the following is a transition strategy to achieve an EHR
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Electronic document management system
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Your new release of information system has part of the computing on the workstation and part on the file server. What type of technology
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client server
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What was the concept of EHR first conceived
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1960s
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Which of the following were the only computers available prior to the late 1960s
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mainframe systems
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A system that manages data for an entire healthcare business is referred to as
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Enterprise-wide system
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What type of information system is used for processing patient admissions, employee time cards, and purhcase orders?
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transaction processing system
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The data on your hard drive was erased by a corrupted file that has been attached to an email message. If you had _____________ software, maybe this wouldn't have happened.
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virus
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Natural language processing
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Converts narrative informaiton to discrete data
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How will hospitals benefit MOST from an EHR
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Reducation in errors
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These computers are used to handle intensive input/output business transactions
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mainframe systems
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Your administrator has asked for the name of a standard that will allow different computer applications to communicate. Which of the following standards would you give him?
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HL-7
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Which of the following includes computers that share resources such as printers or disk space across a computer network?
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Servers
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You need a system that will provide information on your census, update your master patient index, and distribute demographic data. What type of system would you purchase?
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ADT
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_________ is a formal process of introducing a new technology, getting it adopted and diffusing it through the organization.
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Change management
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What is the purpose of databases?
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To store and retrieve data
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M technology is useful in storing medical information on optical disks or platters because
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the write-once, read many feature permanently stores information without hte ability to alter or modify the original documentation.
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Which of the following may be manageed in an electronic document mangement system (EDMS)
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all of these choices - PACS, document images, email
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A local area network using internet-based protocols is
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Intranet
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Identification, authentication, and certification are standards that
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cover the use of personal ID numbers that restrict the use to a system
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You are interested in performing some data analysis on pateints with cardiac problems. You have downloaded the data that you need on the car the data warehouse into a smaller database tha tyou can worth with. You are using a
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data mart
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Standards that dictate how the organizations IT resources are protected from theft and damage are referred to as ___________ standards.
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physical security
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Which of the following is a fifth generation programming language that used human language to allow users to speak to computer in a more convers
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natural language
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Dr. Smith needs something small and lightweight to use for dictation reporst and entering data on the go. You suggest he use
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PDA
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The situation used to describe a combination of paper and electronic health record content is
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Hybrid record
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Your release of information system has part of the computing on the workstation and part on the file servers. What type of technology is being used?
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client server
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Which of the following should a systems analyst use to collect information abdout he requirements of an IS project?
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all of these choices - review existing forms, review existing, databases, and observe end users performing their jobs
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With data exchange standards, the ability to transfer data from one ystem to another system is called
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interoperability
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You are entering the valid choices for each of the data elements, defining each data elements and more. You must be managing the
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Data dictionary
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Name the five phases in the sytem development life cycle.
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Planning, analysis, design, implementation, maintenance and evaluation
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Allan is designing a computer screen that will be used to collect patient demographic information. What input design whosuld be utilised
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the drop down menu
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Includes both paper and electronic elements
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hybrid record
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An explanatory notation that uniquely identified each row in a database table
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primary key
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cloud computing
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information system that use the internet to access data
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a standard transmission format using strings of data for business information communicated among the computer systems of independent organizations.
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electronic data interchange
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Used to link one entitiy/table to another
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foreign key
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a type of business correspondence asking for very specific product and contract information
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request for proposal
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graphical user interface (GUI)
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typed commands that are replaced by images that represent tasks
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Mesh topology
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A network in whcih every devie on the network is physically connected to every other device on the same network
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An EHR implementation activity in which data from the paper chart are converted into electronic form.
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Chart conversion
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