Deck 3: Health Care Information Systems

Question 1

What are the major benefits of EHR systems?

A)Quality,outcomes,and safety
B)Efficiency,improved revenues,and cost reduction
C)Provider and patient satisfaction
D)All of the above

Answer 1

All of the above

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a feature of a patient portal?

A)Patients can access test results.
B)Patients can request a refill on prescriptions.
C)Patients can contact their physician during off hours in emergency situations.
D)Patients can view their account and pay their bill online.

Answer 2

Patients can contact their physician during off hours in emergency situations.

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT considered a function of a "basic" EHR system?

A)Clinical decision support
B)Results management
C)Order entry management
D)Health information data

Answer 3

Clinical decision support

Question 4

Which type of information system is used to manage personnel,finances,materials,supplies,or equipment?

A)Administrative information system
B)Ancillary information system
C)Clinical information system
D)Revenue cycle system

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a person-generated health data (PHGD) technology?

A)Fitbits
B)Food diary apps
C)Pace makers
D)None of the above

Question 6

Which law made incentive money available for eligible professionals and hospitals to adopt and become "meaningful users" of EHR?

A)HIPAA,1996
B)Medicare Modernization Act,2003
C)HITECH Act,2009
D)None of the above

Question 7

In the 1960s and 70s,health care executives invested primarily in administrative and financial systems.

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT a barrier to interoperability?

A)Differing laws across states
B)Alignment of payment incentives
C)Health information blocking
D)Advances in technology

Question 9

In which decade did Medicare shift from a cost-based reimbursement system to a prospective payment system based on diagnosis related groups?

A)1970s
B)1980s
C)1990s
D)2000s

Question 10

Minicomputers were smaller,more powerful,and more affordable than mainframe computers,and they interfaced well with other clinical and administrative systems in the organization.

Question 11

Which of the following accurately reflects EHR system use?

A)As of 2015,only 50% of physicians in community health centers had adopted an EHR.
B)As of 2015,EHR adoption among specialty hospitals was much higher than general medicine hospitals.
C)As of 2015,the Veterans Administration (VA) transitioned to an EHR system.
D)As of 2015,nearly 84% of US nonfederal acute care hospitals had adopted basic EHR systems.

Question 12

Which of the following is a health IT safety concern as identified by Meeks and colleagues?

A)Lack of best practices
B)Cyber attacks
C)System-to-system interfacing
D)All of the above

Question 13

Which entity formed a tasked force to study,identity,and make recommendations regarding system usability?

A)AMIA
B)CMS
C)AHIMA
D)NCQA

Question 14

Despite the proliferation in the adoption and use of EHR systems,health care providers and organizations still face which three critical issues?

A)Interoperability,consistency,and training
B)Interoperability,usability,and health IT safety
C)Interoperability,standardization,and satisfaction
D)Interoperability,inefficiency,and quality

Question 15

The 1990s technological advances included:

A)Widespread use of the Internet and email
B)Local area networks
C)Development of microcomputers
D)All of the above