Deck 1: An Introduction to Medical Informatics: Administrative Uses of Computers in the Medical Office

Question 1

________ is the use of computers and software to enter prescriptions and send them to pharmacies electronically.

A) Computer prescription
B) Elemental prescribing
C) e-prescribing
D) None of the above

Answer 1

e-prescribing

Question 2

The first information systems introduced into hospitals (in the 1960s) were used for ________ purposes (managing finances and inventory).

Answer 2

administrative

Question 3

Patients may establish their own records through the ________. It is a personal medical record that the patient can create and maintain at no cost.

Answer 3

iHealth Record

Question 4

A ________ information system is concerned with the financial details of running a hospital.

Question 5

________ analytics help in finding hidden trends.

Question 6

Administrative applications of computers include ________.

A) scheduling
B) coding
C) accounting
D) all of the above

Question 7

One of the obstacles in the way of introducing the EHR is ________.

Question 8

________ refers to the use of computers to organize information in health care.

A) Clinical informatics
B) Medical computing
C) Medical informatics
D) A and C

Question 9

________ was passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law in 1996. Its goal was to make health insurance portable from one job to another and to secure the privacy of medical records.

A) HIPAA
B) HIPPA
C) The Americans with Disabilities Act
D) None of the above

Question 10

List three administrative uses of computers: ________.

Question 11

Which of the following are obstacles in the way of adopting electronic records?

A) Cost
B) Privacy concerns
C) Lack of interoperability
D) All of the above

Question 12

Charges, payments, and adjustments are called ________.

Question 13

The emphasis in ________ is on the use of technology to organize information in health care.

Question 14

________ (HITECH) which is a part of the ARRA encourages the "Meaningful Use of Electronic Medical Records," with 19 billion dollars in incentives through Medicare and Medicaid for doctors and hospitals to adopt them.

Question 15

________ refers to the connection of people and diverse computer systems.

A) Interoperability
B) Systemic computerization
C) Intersystemology
D) None of the above

Question 16

________ uses computers to solve biological problems.

A) Biological informatics
B) Bioinformatics
C) Computerized biology
D) Biological computing

Question 17

Billing is based on diagnosis; the relevant code is called the ________.

Question 18

________ has the task of overseeing the adoption and meaningful use of EHRs, setting standards, and judging the impact.

A) ARRA
B) The Congress
C) The President
D) ONCHIT

Question 19

Medical offices must use ________ billing to accommodate two or three insurers, who must be billed in a timely fashion before the patient is billed.

A) super
B) partial
C) bucket
D) None of the above

Question 20

The ________ was signed into law on February 17, 2009, by President Obama; it included billions of dollars for the expansion of health information technology. Through Medicare and Medicaid, monetary incentives would be offered to doctors and hospitals to adopt EHRs.

A) Americans with Disabilities Act
B) USA PATRIOT Act
C) Homeland Security Act
D) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

Question 21

________ information systems use computers to manage both laboratory tests and their results.

Question 22

________ information systems monitor drug allergies, interactions, fill and track prescriptions. They also track inventory and create patient drug profiles.

Question 23

________ information systems are supposed to improve care by using computers to manage charting, staff scheduling, and the integration of clinical information.

Question 24

________ manages radiological images in digital form in hospitals.

Question 25

________ software allows the user to enter, organize, and store huge amounts of data and information.