Health Informatics Final (All Quizzes)
Listing from fastest to slowest which combination is correct?
Fiber>802.11n>LTE>DSL
Which of the following is the correct definition of recall?
Number of retrieved and relevant documents divided by the number of the relevant documents in the database
Health Information Organizations (HMOs) should be considered part of what overall system or network?
NwHIN or eHealth Exchange
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and the HITECH Act contained elements designed to close security loopholes in the original HIPAA laws enacted:
The mid-1990s
Which of the following are CDS challenges? (select all that apply) a)Not supported by national healthcare organizations b)Interoperability c)Labor intensive d)Lack of long term benefit
b,c
Which of the following characteristics are associated with HIO success ? (select all that apply) a)Trust in the network, b)Provide multiple services that have been requested, c)Well thought out business plan, d)Federal approval
b,c
What are important enterprise-level issues related to smartphones? (select all that apply) a)Infection control b)Device loss c)Security d)Who owns the data on the phones?
b,c,d
HL7 is a data standard for messaging for which of the following? (select all that apply) a)Security b)Authentication c)Lab results interface d)Electronic health records
c,d
Select known EHR obstacles (select all that apply) a)Little governmental interest b)Slow computer speed c)Cost d)Altered workflow
c,d
Which of the following is/are true regarding Evaluation & Management codes? (select all that apply) a)Used for personal health record, b)Will help justify billing level or CPT, c)Used primarily for diagnosis, d)Can be automatically generated
d
Which web service frequently used XML? a)SOAP b)Neither c)RESTful d)Both
d
RESTful services is less complicated than web services based on SOAP.
True
Studies using predictive analytics to analyze hospital readmissions have had mixed results.
True
The NCBI is part of the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Medicine. The NCBI is part of the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Medicine.
True
The continuity of care document (CCD) utilizes the clinical document architecture (CDA).
True
There is some evidence that PACS improves productivity. True of False?
True
Those medical apps related to treatment or clinical decision support will require FDA approval.
True
Which of the following statements is true? a)Computer science tends to deal with knowledge b)Informaticians deal primarily with data c)Information technology professionals deal mainly with information d)Computer sciences tends to deal with data
a
PACS systems can integrate with which of the following systems? (Select all that apply) a)Radiology information systems b)Hospital information systems c)Electronic health records d)Health information organizations
a,b,c,d
The eHealth Exchange will include which of the following partners? (select all that apply) a)Federal agencies, b)The Institute of Medicine (National Academy of Medicine), c)Health Information Organization, d)Joint commission
a,c
Which of the following are true statements regarding alerts? (select all that apply) a)Reminders are less likely to lead to alert fatigue b)Physicians cannot override alerts c)Most deal with drug-drug interactions d)Most alerts are answered
a,c
Which one of the following is not a reason for patient safety problems in the US?
the legal system is indifferent to patient safety
Which of the following represents a datum?
14
Most small hospitals today are completely filmless
False
What is the approximate 2016 US medical office EHR demonstration of meaningful use?
60%
Digital (direct) radiography does not require laser scanning.
True
Electronic health records are a major source of phenotypical data.
True
Which one of the following government agencies has a patient safety network?
AHRQ
The Federal Trade Commission is responsible for the National Broadband Plan.
False
MedlinePlus is an example of which type of content?
Aggregated
Which one of the following is a patient safety recommendation by the Institute of Medicine?
Establish a national medical error reporting system
There is a standard informed consent form used by most countries. True of False
False
Which one of the following has been instrumental in mobile technology app development?
Application programming interface (API)
Why did medical ethics and the Nuremberg Code evolve from the Nuremberg trials?
Because German physicians were involved in medical experiments
What is information brokerage?
Bi-directional sharing of information100
MEDLINE is an example of which type of content?
Bibliographic
Which data standard supports the sharing of patient summaries?
CCD
Which of the following can help convert information into knowledge?
Clinical data warehouses
What technique is considered unsupervised learning?
Clustering
Ethernet networks are faster, less expensive and more secure than wireless networks.
True
Which of the following standards is used for sharing images?
DICOM
Select the main reason health informatics is difficult.
Data are vague vague, imprecise and inconsistent
What is text mining?
Data mining of unstructured data
Select the one feature not found in most drug look up programs.
Drug addiction programs
What is the most likely source of data for a clinical data warehouse?
Electronic health records
Which of the following represents healthcare information?
Elevated fasting blood sugar and HbA1c proving diabetes
A breach in ethics is always associated with breaking the law. True or False?
False
All RHIOs are regional.
False
Data analytics can't be used in the genomics field due to large data sets.
False
Genomics covers only the human species.
False
Which one of the following is NOT a barrier to the adoption of health information technology?
Governmental support
Which of the following represents healthcare knowledge?
HIV infection leads to opportunistic infections
Which of the following statements is true about ELINCS?
Helps with messaging between labs and outpatient EHRs
In the Institute of Medicine's second report, which of the following were promoted to improve healthcare? (select all that apply)
Information technology infrastructure
Which one of the following is NOT a driving force for the adoption of health information technology?
Improved Joint Commission scores
hich one of the following is not an advantage of PACS?
Inability to be viewed on a smartphone
Select factors that might help merge bioinformatics with health informatics.
Incorporation of genetic information into the electronic health record
Which organization has been the leader in promoting information technology to decrease medical errors?
Institute of Medicine
The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment was terminated for which of the following reasons?
It was discovered by the press
Which of the following statements is false regarding the LOINC standard?
LOINC can be purchased from the American College of Physicians
What is the greatest obstacle to establishing a Health Information Organization (HIO)? Select only one answer
Long term business plan
Which one of the following statements is true about the human genome?
Males have an X and Y chromosome and females have two X chromosomes
What is the most common degree pursued in health informatics?
Masters
What is the most common category of patient safety studied?
Medication use
Which one of the following is considered the world's largest biomedical research center?
National Center of Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
The Affordable Care Act was associated with which one of the following?
Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Which one of the following is false regarding patient rights and HIPAA Law?
Patients may have unwanted material removed from their health records
Which data standard is likely to be used by electronic health records for genetic information
SNOMED-CT
Page Rank is an example of automatic indexing by google. Select the correct statement about page ranking.
Ranks based on how often a page is cited by other pages
Which one of the following is NOT true of Bluetooth 5.0?
Requires encryption to work
Which of the following is not a type of electronic registry that course be part of an EHR?
Return on investment (ROI)
Which one of the the following is NOT clinical decision support?
Secure messaging
Which of the following is not one of the 18 personal identifiers identified by the HIPAA Privacy Rule?
Stat of residence
Radiology and dermatology often use which telemedicine transmission mode?
Store and forward
Which one of the following statements is false regarding the Human Genome Project?
The ethical, social and legal issues were not reported
Not all medical errors result in an adverse event. True or False?
True
A federated data sharing model implies the data will not reside in a central data repository (CDR).
True
Data mining is an example of data-based knowledge CDS.
True
What is data science?
Use of statistics, Computer science, Understanding of the data and domain
Which one of the following is not a key component of PACS?
VPN netword
Select the main reason health IT fails
We are data rich but information poor
Ordering a CAT scan for routine acute sinusitis is an example of which of the following? (Select all that apply) a)Misuse b)Overuse c)Underuse d)Nonuse
a,b
Which of the following are accurate statements about the results of the meaningful use (MU) program? (select all that apply) a)Reports are mixed, b)MU tends to help processes and not patient outcomes, c)MU program reduced ICU mortality, d)MU program costs 10 million US dollars
a,b
Which of the following are advantages of the application service provider (ASP) model? a)Lower initial costs b)Decreased need for in-house IT support c)Improved speed d)better warranties
a,b
Which of the following civilian organization is/are heavily involved with patient safety? (Select all that apply) a)Joint Commission b)LeapFrog Group c)CCHIT d)SureScripts
a,b
Select the primary reasons telemedicine is gaining in popularity. (Select all that apply) a)Shortage of specialists b)Shortage of physicians in remote rural areas c)Technology has become simpler d)and less expensive Insurance coverage is universal
a,b,c
What are the factors leading to medication adverse events? (select all that apply) a)incomplete prescription information b)Drug-drug interactions c)Use of abbreviations d)Using non-formulary drug
a,b,c
What are the potential benefits of CDS? (select all that apply) a)Improvement in patient safety b)Dissemination of expert knowledge c)Improvement in population healty d)More effective telemedicine
a,b,c
What attributes are most important for mobile technology? (Select all that apply). a)Small form factor b)Internet access c)Low cost medical software d)Palm operating system
a,b,c
Which of teh following statements is/are true about Apple HealthKit? (select all that apply) a)It is a software development kit (SDK) b)Based on APIs c)Also works on Apple Watch OS d)Also works with Android OS
a,b,c
Which of the following access controls are used to prevent unauthorized access? (Select all that apply) a)Role or rule-based privilege b)Username and password c)Voice recognition (biometric authentication) d)Monitor privacy (filter) screen
a,b,c
Which of the following is/are considered secondary knowledge-based information? (select all that apply) a)Medical blog b)Editorial in a medical journal c)Textbook d)Article in the New England Journal of Medicine
a,b,c
Gene/DNA manipulation may prove useful for which of the following situations? (select all that apply) a)Waste processing b)Developing personalized drugs c)Cancer treatment d)Drought and disease resistant plants
a,b,c,d
Select the reasons telehomecare is gaining traction as part of medical delivery models. (Select all that apply) a)Chronic diseases are on the rise b)Audio-video telecommunications has improved c)There are now simple networks to transmit home data to a central location d)It is cheaper to pick up problems at home and prevent hospital admissions
a,b,c,d
To be effective as a healthcare data analyst, which skill sets are required? (select all that apply) a)Programming skills b)Knowledge of statistics c)domain knowledge d)Good communication skills
a,b,c,d
What are some of the challenges facing data analytics? (select all that apply) a)Cause and effect may be difficult to prove with any data analysis b)Data may be incomplete c)Data may be inaccurate d)Time period not long enough
a,b,c,d
What type of decision making is appropriate for CDSSs? (select all that apply) a)the imaging modality of choice for knee pain b)Preventive measure reminders c)Drug-drug interaction alerts d)Drug cost when ordering
a,b,c,d
Which of teh following are common HIO functions? (slelect all that apply) a)Alerts to physicians b)Connectivity to EHRs c)Clinical messaging d)Electronic prescribing
a,b,c,d
Which of the following affect transmission performance?) Select all that apply) a)Jitter b)Packet loss c)Bandwidth d)End-to-end delay
a,b,c,d
Which of the following are characteristics of blockchain technology (select all that apply) a)Decentralized technology, b)High profit margins, c)Secure framework, d)Distributed transaction ledger
a,b,c,d
Which of the following are evidence of Defense in Depth? (select all that apply) a)Employee receives privacy and security training b)Each employee has his/her own username and password c)Computer folders are encrypted d)New employees receive background checks and drug screens
a,b,c,d
Which of the following are permitted uses of protected health information (PHI)? (select all that apply) a)Workers compensation b)For treatment of payment c)Decedents d)Public health activities
a,b,c,d
Which of the following can be facilitated by clinical data warehouses? (Select all that apply) a)Quality measurements b)Comparative effectiveness research c)Population health d)Disease management
a,b,c,d
Which of the following communication modes can be considered telemedicine? (Select all that apply) a)Secure patient-physician email b)Phone call for physician to patient c)Psychiatrist contacting patient at home using Skype d)E-ICUs
a,b,c,d
PACS has become successful due to which of the following technologies? (Select all that apply) a)High capacity disk drives b)Faster processors c)Better USB devices d)Higher resolution monitors
a,b,d
The health information network is comprised of which of the following features. (select all that apply) a)Policies b)Specifications c)T-1 lines d)Standards
a,b,d
To connect to a wired network, which of the following can be used? (Select all that apply) a)Phone lines b)Power lines c)RFID d)Ethernet
a,b,d
What are the forces behind teleneurology? (Select all that apply) a)Shortage of neurologists willing to see emergency patients b)Ability to have neurologists remotely access imaging studies c)Medicaid covers teleneurology d)National standard of treating stroke victims within 3 hours.
a,b,d
Which of the following statements are true about mHealth in low and middle-income countries? (select all that apply) a)Evaluation studies are often short term b)Many consumers owned a smartphone and never owned a landline phone c)Text messaging is the least important feature d)Major challenge is competing priorities
a,b,d
Which of the following statements is/are true concerning the FHIR standard? (select all that apply) a)Developed by HL7 b)Based on RESTful API c)Con only retrieve documents d)Can use XML or JSON for data representation
a,b,d
Why are healthcare systems analyzing hospital readmission data? (select all that appply) a)New Medicare regulations are not reimbursing for readmission for certain diseases b)Readmissions must be tracked according to the Joint Commission c)Readmissions are costly d)Readmissions must be tracked as part of stage 2 meaningful use
a,c
Why are medical calculators an important part of mobile technology? (Select all that apply) a)Smartphones can calculate quickly b)Mobile technology is mandated by the Joint Commission c)Screen size is less of an issue d)Medicare reimburses for mobile technology
a,c
Select the correct statements about smartphone health apps. (Select all that apply) a)About 24% of apps have more than 50,000 downloads b)Worldwide adoption continues to accelerate c)Roughly half of consumer health apps deal with chronic disease d)Consumer health apps are most common
a,c,d
Which of the following serve as the foundation for the HIPAA Security Rule? (Select all that apply) a)Administrative Safeguards b)Logical Safeguards c)Physical Safeguards d)Technical Safeguards
a,c,d
Which of the following are common features of a PACS? (Select all that apply) a)Zoom b)Quality reports c)Disease registry d)Export feature
a,d
Which of the following represent challenges to physicians who are trying to remain current? a)Finding relevant and current information b)Information retention is not an issue c)Internet is too slow to allow information retrieval d)Overload of information
a,d
List secondary uses (or re-uses) of healthcare data (select all that apply) a)Public health b)Quality reports c)Research d)Stock market
b,c
List the reasons virtual intensive care units have appeared on the medical scent. (Select all that apply) a)Shortage of nurses b)Shortage of intensivists c)The desire to decrease ICU mortality and length of stay d)Larger ICU monitors
b,c
Which data standards are related to diagnoses? (select all that apply) a)HL7 b)ICD 10 c)SNOMED CT d)CPT
b,c
Which of the following are obstacles to widespread genetic prediction? (select all that apply) a)Genetic information is most valuable for rare diseases b)Genetic testing must be highly sensitive and specific c)Genetic information must be highly secure d)There are not enough geneticists and genetic counselors.
b,c,d
Which of the following statements is/are true concerning order sets (select all that apply) a)Order sets are not allowed in all states b)Can integrate with EHRs c)Can be home grown or purchased d)There is an HL7 order set standard
b,c,d
ICD-10 has which of the following attributes? (select all that apply) a)Has 10 digit codes, b)Will provide more detail than ICD-9, c)ICD-10 only exists in the United States, d)ICD-10 was expensive to implement
b,d
Which of the following is a disadvantage of PACS? (Select all that apply) a)Slow retrieval b)High bandwidth requirements c)Expensive high resolution monitors d)Cost
b,d
On average, for every hour spent on clinical care, how much time is spent on the EHR documenting care? a)One half hour b)Four hours c)Two hours d)One hour
c
Which of the following statements is true? a)Information is derived from knowledge, b)Computers convert information to data, c)Vocabularies help convert data to information, d)Computers convert data to information,
c
