Deck 2: Medical Informatics: the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Hitech, and the Health Information Technology Decade

Question 1

The federal government has set a goal of the year ___________ for universal adoption of electronic records.

A)2009
B)2010
C)2013
D)2014

Answer 1

2014

Question 2

________________ 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 2

e-prescribing

Question 3

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

Answer 3

All of the above

Question 4

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

Question 5

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 6

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

A)Computer informatics
B)Medical computing
C)Medical informatics
D)None of the above

Question 7

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

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

Question 8

____________________ (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 9

To be effective in improving care,EHRs have to be fully interoperable (have to be able to communicate with each other)nationally.A first step toward national interoperability would be regional interoperability.Regional cooperation is being fostered through the establishment of ___________________ (RHIOsin which data could be shared within a region.

Question 10

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

Question 11

________ 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 12

_____________________ uses computers to solve biological problems.

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

Question 13

The ____________ Administration,as part of a federal initiative,is to play a key role in developing electronic records.

Question 14

The U.S.Government is attempting to make the EHR and e-prescribing universal by ___________________.

Question 15

Which of the following is TRUE?

A)A fully developed electronic health record sends a warning to doctors of adverse drug reactions.
B)No doctors now use electronic health records.
C)No hospitals now use electronic health records.
D)None of the above

Question 16

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

Question 17

_____________________ 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 18

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

Question 19

The ________________ (NHIN)is the infrastructure that would allow communication between RHIOs.

Question 20

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

Question 21

A _________ information system uses computers to manage clinical information.

Question 22

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

Question 23

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

Question 24

_______________________________ manages radiological images in digital form in hospitals.