Deck 11: HIS and Research, Policy, and Public Health

Question 1

The HIS Conceptual model works bi-directionally-layers both build upon each other and provide feedback for each other.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The field of public health uses data from HIS in primary as well as secondary ways.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Data is for the most part unrelated to research.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The purpose of governmental health care policy is to:

A) Address issues that the private sector cannot.
B) Address issues that are related to civil liberties, national security, and public safety.
C) Protect public health.
D) All of the above.

Question 5

Policy analysts and makers use HIS data to evaluate the quality and efficiency of clinical processes.

Question 6

Systems for exporting data to reporting organizations, such as The Joint Commission, fall into Quadrant _____ of the HIS Planning Framework.

A) I
B) II
C) III
D) IV
E) All of the above.

Question 7

Separate and diverse HIS make it easier to collate date for population health management.

Question 8

Which of the following does not support better public health surveillance and management?

A) Widespread EHRs
B) Health information exchange (HIE)
C) Online appointment scheduling
D) Mobile health technology
E) Better analytics for data

Question 9

Health services research is:

A) The examination of how people get care, what it costs, and what the outcomes are.
B) The prediction of critical public health threats.
C) A focused look at clinical care processes and which serve patients best.
D) All of the above.

Question 10

Outcomes research, the study of the end results of medical care-is practiced by:

A) Clinicians.
B) Universities and teaching institutions.
C) Private companies and consumers.
D) Government agencies.
E) All of the above.

Question 11

The number of clinical trials and case reports published each year has grown from _____ in 1950 to ______ now.

A) 0 to 27,000
B) 500 to 3,000
C) 27,000 to 150,000
D) 150,000 to 2,000,000

Question 12

List the six sources of public health data.

Question 13

Sentinel monitoring is an automatic collaboration, intrinsic in EHR systems, between care providers and public health agencies to alert the public disease outbreaks.

Question 14

How does data and information sharing between and outside of healthcare organizations have the power to support population health management?

Question 15

Comparative effectiveness research has the goal of providing the best overview and synthesis of research results to organizations and clinicians so they can put the best therapies and workflows in place.

Question 16

Research is only as good as the data available.

Question 17

List three areas important to EHR data and its usefulness for research.