HIT/ HIE/ PQRI/ MIPS/ OSHA

Question 1

Health Information Technology (HIT)

Answer 1

The acquisition, storage, retrieval, and use of electronic information in a health care setting.

ALSO Provides umbrella framework to describe the comprehensive management of health information across computerized systems and its secure exchange between consumers, providers, government and quality entities, and insurers.

Question 2

Health Information Exchange (HIE)

Answer 2

The mobilization of health care information electronically across organizations within a region, community or hospital system.

Allows doctors, nurses, pharmacists, other health care providers and patients to appropriately access and securely share a patient’s vital medical information electronically—improving the speed, quality, safety and cost of patient care.

Question 3

Quality Measures

Answer 3

Tools that help us measure or quantify health care processes, outcomes, patient perceptions, and organizational structure and/or systems that are associated with the ability to provide high-quality health care and/or that relate to one or more quality goals for health care. These goals include: effective, safe, efficient, patient-centered, equitable, and timely care.

Question 4

Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)

Answer 4

Reporting program that used combination of incentive payments and payment adjustments to promote reporting of quality health information. Replaced by MIPS in 2017.

Question 5

MIPS ( Merit-Based Incentive Payment System)

Answer 5

Replaced Physician Quality Reporting System in 2017. Influences Medicare reimbursement amounts.

Question 6

What does OSHA ( Occupational Safety and Health Administration) do?

Answer 6

Ensures workplaces are safe and healthy for workers by setting and enforcing health and safety standards. Provides training, outreach, education and assistance.