HEALTH MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (CHAPTER 6; MIDTERM)

Question 1

an information system specially designed to assist in the management and planning of health programs, as opposed to delivery of care

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HEALTH MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

Question 2

what does HMIS support in health facilities and organizations

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PLANNING, MANAGEMENT, AND DECISION-MAKING

Question 3

clinical studies assist in the understanding of medical terminology, clinical procedures, and database processes

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HEALTH

Question 4

management principles enhanced by finance, law, and planning help administer the health care enterprise

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MANAGEMENT

Question 5

the ability to analyze systems and to design and implement advanced computer applications make the transfer of patient information efficient and effective

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INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Question 6

according to the Ministry of Health, HMIS is

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RELEVANT, FUNCTIONAL, INTEGRATED, COLLECTED

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information collected is related to the policies and goals of the healthcare institution, and to the responsibilities of the health professionals at the level of collection

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RELEVANT

Question 8

information collected is used immediately for management and should not wait for feedback from higher levels

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FUNCTIONAL

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one set of forms and no duplication of reporting

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INTEGRATED

Question 10

collected on a routine basis from every health unit

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COLLECTED

Question 11

7 roles of HMIS

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COMPLETE
CONSISTENT
CLEAR
SIMPLE
COST-EFFECTIVE
ACCESSIBLE
CONFIDENTIAL

Question 12

provide information on all key aspects of the health system without duplication

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COMPLETE

Question 13

definitions should be consistent if similar information is provided by different sources

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CONSISTENT

Question 14

should be very clear what all the elements are measuring

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CLEAR

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should not be unnecessarily complicated

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SIMPLE

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actual usage of each element should justify the costs of its collection and analysis

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COST-EFFECTIVE

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data should be held in a form readily accessible to all legitimate users, and it should be clear who these people are

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ACCESSIBLE

Question 18

people without legitimate access should be effectively denied

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CONFIDENTIAL

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Three fundamental information-processing phases

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DATA INPUT
DATA MANAGEMENT
DATA OUTPUT

Question 20

includes data acquisition and data verification

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DATA INPUT

Question 21

called processing phase; includes data storage, data classification, data update, and data computation

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DATA MANAGEMENT

Question 22

includes data retrieval and dat presentation

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DATA OUTPUT

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8 elements of HMIS

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DATA ACQUISITION
DATA VERIFICATION
DATA STORAGE
DATA CLASSIFICATION
DATA COMPUTATION
DATA UPDATE
DATA RETRIEVAL
DATA PRESENTATION

Question 24

data acquisition, data verification

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DATA INPUT

Question 25

data storage, data classification, data computation

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DATA MANAGEMENT

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data update, data retrieval, data presentation

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DATA OUTPUT

Question 27

involves both the generation and the collection of accurate, timely, and relevant data

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DATA ACQUISITION

Question 28

authentication and validation of fathered data

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DATA VERIFICATION

Question 29

preservation and archival of data

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DATA STORAGE

Question 30

also known as data organization; critical function for increasing the efficacy of the system

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DATA CLASSIFICATION

Question 31

data manipulation and data transformation

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DATA COMPUTATION

Question 32

new and changing information is accounted for through the element of data update

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DATA UPDATE

Question 33

process of data transfer and data distribution

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DATA RETRIEVAL

Question 34

one significant criterion to be considered in data retrieval function

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ECONOMICS

Question 35

how users interpret the information produces by the system

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DATA PRESENTATION

Question 36

3 determinants of HMIS performance area

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BEHAVIORAL DETERMINANTS
ORGANIZATIONAL DETERMINANTS
TECHNICAL DETERMINANTS

Question 37

data collector and user need to have confidence, motivation, and competence to perform HMIS tasks

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BEHAVIORAL DETERMINANTS

Question 38

confidence, motivation, and competence to perform HMIS tasks improve:

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ROUTINE HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM (RHIS)

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organizational factors that affects the RHIS process:

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STRUCTURE
RESOURCE
PROCEDURE
SUPPORT SERVICES

Question 40

factors that affect the RHIS process

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LACK OF FUNDS
HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT SUPPORT

Question 41

effectiveness of the organizational culture is to improve RHIS; involves the ability and control to promote values and beliefs among members of an organization

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ORGANIZATIONAL DETERMINANTS

Question 42

overall design used in the collection of the information; complexity of the reporting forms

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TECHNICAL DETERMINANTS

Question 43

PRISM

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PERFORMANCE OF ROUNTINE INFORMATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT

Question 44

broadens the analysis of routine health information systems

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PERFORMANZE OF ROUTINE INFORMATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT

Question 45

knowledge, skills, attitudes, values, and motivation of the people who collect and use data

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BEHAVIORAL DETERMINANTS

Question 46

data collection processes systems, forms, and methods

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TECHNICAL DETERMINANTS

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information culture, structure, resources, roles, and responsibilities of health system and key contributors at each level

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ORGANIZATIONAL/ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINANTS