Question 1

Hometown Internal Medicine was recently fined $100,000 for overbilling. Since this is conserved an adverse action against the office, which data bank does this need to be reported to?

Accepted Answer

the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB).

Question 2

The administrator of the Meaningful Use program is:

Accepted Answer

CMS

Question 3

Meaningful Use requires that each patient, upon request, must be provided with a summary of test results, problem list, medication list, and medication allergies. This core objective is the:

Accepted Answer

ability to provide an electronic copy of health information

Question 4

The presence of many conditions which pose a threat to public health must be submitted in accordance with applicable law. The ability to do so electronically would satisfy which menu objective?

Accepted Answer

syndromatic surveillance

Question 5

Greensburg Medical Center provides each patient with written documentation that details the signs, symptoms, current treatment options, and other pertinent information about their condition(s). This satisfies which menu objective?

Accepted Answer

patient education

Question 6

Dr. Ingram saw 1457 patients in the first quarter of 2011. He kept an up-to-date problem list on 898 of them. On what percentage of patients did Dr. Ingram meet meaningful use of the EHR related to use of a problem list?

Accepted Answer

62 percent

Question 7

A/an ______________________ includes reminders and alerts, diagnostic and therapeutic guidance and links to expert resources.

Accepted Answer

Clinical decision support

Question 8

Some managed care plans encourage the use of clinical decision support (CDS) functionality by:

Accepted Answer

offering monetary incentives for care providers who utilize CDS

Question 9

A report that is run on demand is created:

Accepted Answer

as it is needed

Question 10

In a medical office, a standard report that would be run to show how much each patient owes is the:

Accepted Answer

patient balances report

Question 11

A/an ___________________ report shows a summary but no details.

Accepted Answer

aggregate

Question 12

Danielle ran a report of congestive heart failure patients. The report includes the patients\' medical record numbers, age, admission and discharge dates, and attending physician. What type of report is this?

Accepted Answer

detail

Question 13

Michelle has just come across state statistics regarding the average length of stay in acute, short term hospitals for appendectomy patients. She runs a report of patients having undergone an appendectomy in the past year at her hospital so she can compare her hospital\'s average length of stay to that of other hospitals in the state. What is Michelle doing?

Accepted Answer

benchmarking

Question 14

A local newspaper reporter has contacted your office requesting the total number of patients in the practice who have a diagnosis of Lyme disease, broken into the following age ranges: newborn to 18 years old, 19 to 50 years old, and 51 and older, and by zip code. To answer this inquiry, the office manager will:

Accepted Answer

run a custom report

Question 15

Patti Wolfe, a coding supervisor at the local hospital, is auditing the quality of ICD-10-CM coding. She may start by running a ____________ index to scan for obvious inaccuracies.

Accepted Answer

disease

Question 16

Robyn Malone needs to determine the total number of patients assigned to each care provider for a report to Blue Shield. She will run a _________________ index.

Accepted Answer

physician (provider)

Question 17

Some care providers enter into an agreement with managed care plans whereby the provider agrees to provide medical services to plan enrollees at a pre-negotiated rate. The providers are considered to be:

Accepted Answer

in-network

Question 18

The chronological listing of all newborns at a hospital is known as a _____________.

Accepted Answer

registry

Question 19

On October 18, an accident occurred on the local interstate highway. Fifteen patients were brought to the local hospital\'s emergency department with injuries ranging from minor to life-threatening. These 15 patients would be found in the ______________ registry.

Accepted Answer

trauma

Question 20

Public health agencies have a particular interest in the administration of vaccinations. This information is kept in a/an ___________________ registry.

Accepted Answer

immunization

Question 21

A voluntary, pay-for-performance incentive program which care providers can participate in through the federal government is the:

Accepted Answer

Physician Quality Reporting Initiative

Question 22

Reporting cases of fraud and abuse must be made to the:

Accepted Answer

Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank

Question 23

The process of ensuring a care provider has the proper qualifications to practice medicine before granting him privileges, contracting with him as part of a managed care plan, or hiring him in a medical practice is:

Accepted Answer

credentialing

Question 24

______________ objectives, such as registries, lists, and drug interactions, are additional functions that allow for greater use of EHR functionality.

Accepted Answer

menu objectives

Question 25

In Stage 1 of the Meaningful Use menu objectives, hospitals needed to incorporate _____ of the 10 menu objectives in order to be eligible for incentive grants.

Accepted Answer

five

Question 26

Dr. Rodriguez prefers to monitor his practice\'s compliance with Meaningful Use requirements. He can do this quickly and easily by using a

Accepted Answer

dashboard

Question 27

A clinical system, application, or process that helps health professionals make decisions that enhance patient care is known as ______________________.

Accepted Answer

Clinical decision support

Question 28

Reports that are built into the software system and do not require any modifications, for instance a payment analysis report, are what kind of reports?

Accepted Answer

standard reports

Question 29

A report which would show how much money each provider generates for the practice is a provider ___________________ summary.

Accepted Answer

revenue.

Question 30

You are interested in running a report which just gives totals, or aggregates, rather than information about individual patients or providers; what type of report is this?

Accepted Answer

Summary

Question 31

The factors that vary from one patient to the next, for example diagnosis codes, procedure codes, age, are known as ___________________.

Accepted Answer

variables

Question 32

The office manager of Greensburg Medical Center has received a request from the state public health department for a report of patients between the ages of 13 and 25 who are smokers, sorted by zip code. To find this information, the office manager will run a ____________ report.

Accepted Answer

custom

Question 33

What is the name of the index which includes of listing of all patients ever seen in a hospital?

Accepted Answer

master patient (person) index

Question 34

In a hospital, a ____________ registry is maintained daily and includes all inpatients who have left the hospital at the conclusion of their stay.

Accepted Answer

discharge

Question 35

Many electronic health record programs submit registry information directly to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as part of which initiative?

Accepted Answer

Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)

Question 36

Hometown Internal Medicine was recently fined $100,000 for overbilling. Since this is conserved an adverse action against the office, which data bank does this need to be reported to?

Accepted Answer

The action must be reported to the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB).

Question 37

The PCMH encourages

Accepted Answer

the patient and his/her family to be involved in the patient\'s care.

Question 38

The field that focuses on capture, retrieval, storage, and use of health information is:

Accepted Answer

health information

Question 39

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

EHR service provider

Question 40

Which of the following statements is true about a paper record?

Accepted Answer

paper records are often illegible

Question 41

When planning for a conversion to the electronic health record, administrative members of the staff should expect that:

Accepted Answer

the conversion will take more time than expected

Question 42

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

patient portal

Question 43

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

Accepted Answer

it is maintained by the patient (or legal guardian)

Question 44

If a patient and his care provider conduct a conference call to discuss the patient\'s high blood pressure, they are engaging in _______________.

Accepted Answer

telehealth

Question 45

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

Accepted Answer

American College of Family Practitioners

Question 46

Diagnostic and treatment protocols that are based on proven research and practice are known as:

Accepted Answer

evidence-based medicine

Question 47

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

Accepted Answer

Local Area Network

Question 48

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

Accepted Answer

firewall

Question 49

A ____________________ is a security feature that plays a role in the advancement of EHR use by encrypting data sent via the Internet and verifies the identity of authorized users through use of a User ID and password.

Accepted Answer

Virtual Private Network

Question 50

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

Accepted Answer

cloud

Question 51

The management of the automated processes that focuses on structure of data, interoperability, design of input and output tools, and security is known as health __________________.

Accepted Answer

informatics

Question 52

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?

Accepted Answer

personal health records

Question 53

Dr. Brown, a radiologist is able to view x-ray images from home rather than having to go into the hospital to do so. What kind of computer technology allows Dr. Brown to do that?

Accepted Answer

Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS)

Question 54

The Patient Centric 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.

Accepted Answer

gatekeeper

Question 55

_________________ 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.

Accepted Answer

Smartphones

Question 56

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

Accepted Answer

Wi-Fi

Question 57

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

Accepted Answer

decrypted

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