HIT Chapter 1 Flashcards
What has incentivized the uptake of healthcare information technology in the US?
A) FDA regulations for manufacturing
B) The insistence of the US population on identity management and quality
C) The financial incentives in the HITECH Act
D) The inability of paper-based charts to accommodate the volume of healthcare information
C) The financial incentives in the HITECH Act
What is the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated growth in the number of healthcare IT workers through 2018?
A) The growth is expected to increase by 20 percent through 2018.
B) There is no growth expectations for healthcare IT workers.
C) The growth is expected to increase by 50 %through 2018.
D) A decrease is expected because there is currently a surplus of healthcare IT workers.
A) The growth is expected to increase by 20 percent through 2018.
In recent years, what has added to the complexity in understanding healthcare information technology?
A) The challenge of maintaining privacy, confidentiality , and security in the widely expanding complex architecture
B) Greater access to healthcare data from multiple groups, including patients
C) The increase in mobile computing and the use of the cloud for storage
D) All of the above
D) All of the above.
Understanding Healthcare IT has become more complex in recent years because of the challenge of maintaining privacy, confidentiality, and security in the widely expanding complex architecture; healthcare data has become more accessible to multiple groups, including patients; and mobile computing and the use of clouds for storage have increased.
What innovations are driving new roadmaps, workflows, and algorithms in the delivery of healthcare?
A) Mobile Health alone
B) Mobile devices, genetics, genomics, telehealth
C) Ever increasing delivery of services via the Internet, including EHRs as hosted services
D) None of the above
B) Mobile devices, genetics, genomics, telehealth
