Deck 11: Medical Informatics

Question 1

Level 2 data is

A) unstructured,viewable electronic data such as paper forms that have been scanned into a computer.
B) structured,viewable electronic data electronically entered that cannot be computed by other computers.
C) non-electric data such as paper forms and handwritten notes.
D) All of the above

Answer 1

unstructured,viewable electronic data such as paper forms that have been scanned into a computer.

Question 2

"Legislation providing data privacy and security for medical information" is the definition of

A) HITECH.
B) HIPAA.
C) ARRA.
D) None of the above

Answer 2

HIPAA.

Question 3

Which of the following is a component of the EHR?

A) Clinical Decision Support System
B) Electronic calculations
C) Patient lists and registries
D) All of the above

Answer 3

All of the above

Question 4

Barriers to gathering health information include

A) storing information in an indestructible manner.
B) access to information by clinicians.
C) cost of technology.
D) access to information by patients.

Question 5

The categories of the ARRA include

A) promotion of health information technology.
B) privacy.
C) grants and loans funding.
D) All of the above

Question 6

A clinical decision support system is designed to help clinicians make decisions by utilizing a large database for

A) possible diagnosis.
B) recommended treatments.
C) recommended assessments.
D) All of the above

Question 7

Benefits to gathering health information include

A) storing information in an indestructible manner.
B) sharing information for financial gain.
C) decrease in workflow.
D) willingness of users to learn new technology.

Question 8

Information technology includes

A) hardware.
B) data algorithms.
C) software.
D) All of the above

Question 9

Which of the following is a disadvantage of the EHR?

A) Software requirements
B) Workflow change
C) Hardware requirements
D) One-on-one interactions

Question 10

The purpose of the ARRA is to ________________________.

A) promote the meaningful use of health information technology
B) identify violations in health information technology
C) promote the adoption of health information technology
D) A and C

Question 11

Data is ______ and knowledge is ______.

A) representation of observations in nature;information that can be justified
B) information that can be justified;representation of observations in nature
C) representation of observations in nature;use of critical thinking to make sound,intelligent decisions
D) use of critical thinking to make sound,intelligent decisions;information that can be justified

Question 12

Electronic health records (EHRs)include which of the following?

A) Easy navigation through the patient's records
B) Immediate availability of entered information
C) Pull down selection lists
D) All of the above

Question 13

The EHR may include

A) patient risk information.
B) vital signs.
C) calculators.
D) All of the above

Question 14

A conceptual model of data includes

A) temperature.
B) blood pressure.
C) weight.
D) All of the above

Question 15

Health informatics includes which of the following?

A) Acquisition of health care information
B) Storage of health care information
C) Retrieval of health care information
D) All of the above

Question 16

Informatic problems involve ___________,while computer science problems involve ____________________.

A) isolated data;information
B) information;isolated data
C) Both of the above
D) None of the above

Question 17

Health information "that can be created,managed,and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff across more than one health care organization" is the definition of

A) CMR.
B) ECIS.
C) EHR.
D) All of the above

Question 18

According to the Government Accounting Office (GAC),there are _______ levels of data in medicine.

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

Question 19

Which of the following is true regarding EHRs?

A) Structured data
B) Unstructured data
C) Eliminates the issue of interpreting handwriting styles
D) All of the above

Question 20

The ICD-10-CM is used for which of the following?

A) Recording data
B) Tag data and information
C) Improving data
D) Maintaining data

Question 21

Meaningful Use is a Medicare/Medicaid program that penalizes the use of certified electronic health records (EHR)to improve patient care.

Question 22

A computational model looks at the relationships between data.

Question 23

Interoperability is a term used to describe the transmission of information and it must be consistent.

Question 24

Health informatics deals with patient health information such as lab and x-ray reports.