Domain 3 - Data Analytics and Informatics Flashcards
24% of exam
In order for health information exchange (HIE) participants to search for health records on each of the other systems using patient indexing and identification software, the systems must be linked by a(n):
A - Primary key interface (PKI)
B - Application programming interface (API)
C - Continuity of care record (CCR)
D - Record locator service (RLS)
D - Record locator service (RLS)
The performance standard to “respond to release of information requests for continuing care in one working day 95 percent of the time” is an example of a:
A - Qualitative standard
B - Quantitative standard
C - Joint Commission standard
D - Compliance standard
A - Qualitative standard
What is the biggest problem with using mean length of stay as a facility statistic?
A - It is not accurate
B - It is influenced by outlier values
C - It is mathematically incorrect
D - It is a dependent variable
B - It is influenced by outlier values
HIM departments may be the hub of identifying, mitigating, and correcting master patient index (MPI) errors. But that information often is not shared with other departments within the healthcare entity. After identifying procedural problems that contribute to the creation of the MPI errors, which department should the MPI manager work with to correct these procedural problems?
A - Administration
B - Registration or patient access
C - Risk management
D - Radiology and laboratory
B - Registration or patient access
A possible justification for building an information system in-house rather than purchasing one from a vendor is that:
A - It is cheaper to buy than to build
B - The facility has development teams they do not want to give up
C - Integration of systems will be easier
D - Vendor products are not comprehensive enough
B - The facility has development teams they do not want to give up
Community Memorial Hospital had 25 inpatient deaths, including newborns, during the month of June. The hospital had a total of 500 discharges for the same period, including deaths of adults, children, and newborns. The hospital’s gross death rate for the month of June was:
A - 0.05%
B - 2%
C - 5%
D - 20%
C - 5%
In which of the following phases of systems selection and implementation would the process of running a mock query to assess the functionality of a database be performed?
A - Initial study
B - Design
C - Testing
D - Operation
C - Testing
You want to graph the average length of stay by sex and service for the month of April. Which graphic tool would you use?
A - Bar graph
B - Histogram
C - Line graph
D - Pie chart
A - Bar graph
In the data warehouse, the patient’s last name and first name are entered into separate fields. This is an example of what?
A - Query
B - Normalization
C - Key field
D - Slicing and dicing
B - Normalization
A physician is interested in conducting research on herniated intervertebral disc disease. She wants to compare the success of conservative medical care versus surgical intervention. The best source of this information is the:
A - Disease index
B - Operative index
C - Master patient index
D - Trauma registry
A - Disease index
The health information services department at medical Center Hospital has identified problems with its work processes. Too much time is spend on unimportant tasks., there is duplication of effort, and task assignment is uneven in quality and volume among employees. What should the manger do?
A - The manager should have each employee complete a serial work request.
B - The manager should have each employee complete a work distribution chart.
C - The manager should have the employees complete a use case analysis.
D - The manager should develop a flow process chart.
B - The manager should have each employee complete a work distribution chart.
A requirements specification that lists what is needed from the vendor to support interoperability is necessary to create:
A - Create a checklist of user concerns about information systems
B - Identify specific features and functions that must be in an information system
C - Make a migration path for future phases of information systems
D - Verify that an information system works as anticipated
B - Identify specific features and functions that must be in an information system
By querying the healthcare entity data, you find the patients admitted on a weekend have a mean length of stay that is 1.3 days longer than patients who are admitted Monday through Friday. This method of finding information is called:
A - Structure query language
B - Data mining
C - Multidimensional data structuring
D - Satisficing
B - Data mining
A health information professional is preparing statistical information about the third-party payers that reimburse care in the facility. She finds the following information: Medicare reimburses 46 percent; Medicaid reimburses 13 percent; Blue Cross reimburses 21 percept; workers’ compensation reimburses 1 percent; commercial plans reimburse 15 percent; and other payers or self-payers reimburse 4 percent. What is the best graphic tool to use to display this data?
A - Histogram
B - Pie chart
C - Line graph
D - Table
B - Pie chart
Suring an influenza outbreak, a nursing home reports 25 new cases of influenza in a given month. These 25 cases represent 30 percent of the nursing home’s population. This rate represents the:
A - Distribution
B - Frequency
C - Incidence
D - Prevalence
C - Incident
A community hospital looking to cut cost out of a vendor’s proposal for health IT should consider:
A - Acquiring its own hardware
B - Conducting process improvement in advance to improve return on investment
C - Extending implementation over a longer period of time
D - Writing its own software
B - Conducting process improvement in advance to improve return on investment
When a physician office acquires a new EHR in place of its old EHR, the old EHR data will require:
A - Chart conversion
B - Chart transition
C - Data conversion
C - Data processing
C - Data conversion
The user needs a list of all of the patients that were diagnoses a cerebral infarction or a cerebral hemorrhage, This is an example of a situation in which what type of search should be used?
A - Structured query language
B - Wildcard search
C - Truncation
D - Boolean search
D - Boolean search
A hospital is conducting an analysis of its existing health information systems and is looking at potential areas that need attention. This step is typically referred to as:
A - Identify needs
B - Monitor results
C - Record feedback
D - Specify requirements
B - Monitor results
What type of data display tool is used to display discrete categories?
A - Bar graph
B - Histogram
C - Pie chart
D - Line chart
B - Bar graph
Assume you are the manage of a 10-physician group primary care practice. The physicians are interested in contracting with an application service provider to develop and manage patient records electronically. Which of the following statements is an indication that an application service provider (ASP) may be a good idea for this practice?
A - The practice does not have an up-front capital or IT staff needed to purchase and implement a system from a health information systems vendor.
B - The practice wants an electronic medical record system and wants to get into the IT management business as well.
C - The practice would like to have the system up and running in a relatively short period of time (less than four months).
D - The practice is not looking to purchase any additional hardware needed for an electronic medical record system.
A - The practice does not have an up-front capital or IT staff needed to purchase and implement a system from a health information systems vendor.
The department of surgery has acquired an analytics engine to enable it to provide predictive information at the point of care via the EHR. However, the department is struggling to get physicians to use the functionality because it does not have support staff to program or train users. This situation refers to the fact that the project plan did not illustrate:
A - Conflicts
B - Dependencies
C - Environmental issues
D - Policy decision
B - Dependencies
This Health Information Exchange (HIE) consent model requires the patient to give their consent for the inclusion of their dat in the HIE.
A - Opt-in
B - Opt-out
C - Automatic consent
D - Non-consent
A - Opt-in
The user of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance clinical healthcare, patient and professional health-related education, public health, and health administration is called:
A - Secure messaging
B - Consumer informatics
C - Personalized medicine
D - Telehealth
D - Telehealth
