Past Exams Flashcards
What is the main component of the basic computer system ?
A) a mouse
B) microsoft office
C) network
D) central processing unit (CPU)
Central processing unit (CPU)
What is meant by “taking biopsy of the patient’s skin lesion” in Health Information System Modeling:
A) Class
B) Method
C) Inheritance
D) State
Method
What converts data into information?
A) A professional system of professor of urology
B) An International classification of diseases
C) electronic health records
D) conducting scientific research
An International classification of diseases
What term describes two medical systems sharing medical information ?
A) Standard
B) interoperability
C) Decision support system
Interoperability
What does “introduction of computer” prepare the students for?
a) medical doctors
b) informatics literate
c) researchers
Informatics literate
What is incorrect regarding health informatics?
A- computer scientist deal with data
B- informatics deal with information
C- informatics scientists convert data to information
D- physicians deal with information and knowledge
Informatics scientists convert data to information
What is an element of health information system?
A - Collection of the patient’s financial data
B - Understanding of diseases and their treatments
C - Communication of information with another health care facility
D - Display of medical data in a single format
Communication of information with another health care facility
With respect to retrieving data via electronic medical records which statement is correct?
a) it is difficult to retrieve patient’s data of blood pressure
b) it is difficult to retrieve medication list of patient
c) it is difficult to retrieve physician’s clinical notes
d) it is difficult to retrieve medical term related to patient’s case
It is difficult to retrieve physician’s clinical notes
what is used to convert information into knowledge:
A) reports produced by clinical data warehouse
B) An international classification of disease
C) Electronic health record
D) conducting scientific research
Reports produced by clinical data warehouse
What is the main target of HI in Kuwait’s healthcare system?
Development of interoperable information system in healthcare settings
what is an application of Artificial intelligence of medical education:
a) clinical information system
b) surgical simulation system
c) electronic medical record
d) electronic resource for medical education
Surgical simulation system
What does “introduction of computer” prepare the students for?
a) medical doctors
b) informatics literate
c) programmers
d) researchers
Informatics literate
what represents healthcare knowledge in the context of information hierarchy?
a) 36 scientific publications
b) ICD-10 of E11.9 represents diabetes with complications
c) obese persons are more likely to develop diabetes
d) diabetes
Obese persons are more likely to develop diabetes
what term describes the merge of informatics with radiology?
A -medical informatics
B-imagining informatics
D-imagining
imagining informatics
Zero, one consider in informatics:
A-bit
B-byte
Bit
Which of the following systems can find the association of two or more of data variables in health care
a) electronic health record
b) hospital information system
c) clinical data warehouse
d) expert system
Clinical data warehouse
Which statement is applicable in the information hierarchy?
A) information is derived from knowledge
B) Vocabularies help convert data to information
C) Computers convert data to information
D) Computers convert information to data
Vocabularies help convert data to information
what is a benefit of applying health information technology in kuwait’s healthcare system?
A-Reduce medical errors
B-Saving patient’s money
Reduce medical errors
what is the main use of clinical data warehouse regarding the retrieval ?
A-archive data only
B-sending and receiving data
C-Archiving data and producing records
D-Test diagnosis
Archiving data and producing records
What is the main advantage of using AI?
A. Saves time
B. Supports decision making
C. Reduces mortality rate
D. Decreases human touch
Supports decision making
Which statement is correct about health informatics?
A. Informatics cannot support medical decisions
B. Informatics can help display medical data
C. E-learning in informatics is evidence-based on procedure only
Informatics can help display medical data
Which of these organizations is a leader in promoting Information Technology to decrease medical errors?
Institute of medicine (IOM)
“Interoperability“ means:
A. Standards
B. Information systems sharing medical information
C. Better information leads to better decisions
D. Inadequate information
Information systems sharing medical information
What does data mean with regards to the information hierarchy?
A. Raw facts
B. Meaningful data
C. Knowledge
D. Information
Raw facts
What represents a datum?
A. ICD-9
B. 14
C. HL7
D. Chest x-ray
14
What is the main source of data in clinical data warehouse?
A. Electronic health records
B. Email
C. The internet
D. The intranet
Electronic health records
What is the use of mobile phones technology in healthcare research?
A. To send patient abroad to consultation
B. To send questionnaires
C. To send lab results from one hospital to another
D. To send appointment alerts
To send questionnaires
What does “e-iatrogenesis” refer to in IT?
Unintended deleterious consequences of HIT
What is the field of science that is related to cell biology and health informatics?
A. Medical informatics
B. Medical imaging
C. Bioinformatics
D. Geomatics
Bioinformatics
What is the best definition of AI?
A. The use of software to perform clinical diagnosis and suggest treatments based on detecting meaningful relationships in a data set
B. A machine that replicates human intelligence
C. A program
The use of software to perform clinical diagnosis and suggest treatments based on detecting meaningful relationships in a data set
What is not a barrier to the adoption of health information technology?
Government support
What is not a recommendation for tomorrow’s doctor (AAMC)?
Good scientist
What is the main source of informatics for CDW?
A. Electronic disease records
B. Electronic health records
C. ICDs
D. Electronic coding system
Electronic health records
What helps to convert information into knowledge?
Clinical Data Workhouse
Or
Electronic health records
What best describes health informatics?
A. EHR
B. Clinical data warehouse
C. Health statistics
D. Computer applications in healthcare
Computer applications in healthcare
Which represents a method in HI model design?
A. Patient identification number
B. Examination of heart sounds
C. Sub class
D. Patient’s blood type
Examination of heart sounds
Which one is information?
A. High blood sugar causes diabetes
B. JPG image
C. MP3 sound
High blood sugar causes diabetes
What is the main challenge of using HI in Kuwait?
A. Having the right information in the right time
B. Disconnected information systems
C. Cost of CDW
Disconnected information systems
What is the main challenge in Kuwait healthcare system?
No connection between hospitals
All of the following are benefits of applying health information technology in the Kuwait health care system except :
A- Reduction of medical errors
B- Saving patient’s money
C- Sharing medical information
D- Enhance the quality of healthcare
Saving patient’s money
Which of the following represents a datum?
A- ICD-9
B- 14
C- Health level 7
D- Chest X-ray
14
What is true about information hierarchy ?
A- Information is derived from knowledge
B- Vocabularies are used to convert data to information
C- Computers convert information to data
D- Computers convert data to information
Vocabularies are used to convert data to information
What distinguishes informatics from other disciplines?
A. Computer sciences mostly uses information
B. Computer sciences mostly uses knowledge
C. Informatics primarily involves the use of information
D. Information technology professionals use information
Informatics primarily involves the use of information
What does data mean with regards to the information hierarchy?
A. Raw facts
B. Meaningful data
C. Knowledge
D. Information
Raw facts
Which of the following cannot be facilitated by clinical data warehouse:
A. Quality measurements
B. Comparative effective research
C. Population’s health
D. Monitoring of patients’ health
Population’s health
The main reason for the failure of HIT:
A. Rich in data but poor in information
B. Only the US use it
C. HIT is too new
D. Inadequate marketing vendors
Rich in data but poor in information
What is the main resource of research and clinical data in health care?
A. Health statistics
B. Tests and treatments
C. Diagnosis of the disease
D. Health records
Health records
“Interoperability” means:
A. Standards
B. Information systems sharing medical information
C. better information leads to better decisions
D. Inadequate information
Information systems sharing medical information
Which of the following is not an element of healthcare systems?
A. Collection and storage of patients medical data
B. Communication
C. Different methods of displaying information
D. Mixture of people and organizations
Mixture of people and organizations
What is the best definition for health informatics?
The science of combining healthcare data into information, to derive knowledge and
create wisdom.
What is the technical term that describes the birthdate with regards to the health informatics?
A. Attribute
B. Object
C. Inheritance
D. Class
Object
what is the most likely source of data in clinical data warehouses?
A. Electronic health records
B. Email
C. The internet
Electronic health records
What best describes health informatics?
A. Clinical data warehouse
B. Health statistics
C. Use of computer applications in health care
D. Electronic health record
Use of computer applications in health care
What is information brokerage?
Bi-directional sharing of information
How do you merge bioinformatics and information technology?
Genetic…
Which of the following is a barrier to implementing a successful healthcare system in
Kuwait?
A. Governmental support
B. High technology costs
C. Lack of interoperability
D. Administrators opposition
Lack of interoperability
Which of the following is not a goal for tomorrows doctor in the AAMC?
Being a faculty member
What does “e-iatrogenesis” refer to in IT?
Unintended deleterious consequences of HIT
Which of the following represents information ?
A. ICD-9 code of 162.9 represents lung neoplasm
B. 14
C. JPGfile
D. WAVfile
ICD-9 code of 162.9 represents lung neoplasm
Which of the following represents knowledge?
A. 20 scientific journals
B. ICD-9 code of 162.9 represents lung neoplasm
C. HIV infections lead to opportunistic infections
D. Diabetes
HIV infections lead to opportunistic infections
In information hierarchy what does information mean?
a. Wisdom
b. knowledge
c. unprocessed facts
d. Data with meaning
Data with meaning
What convert information to knowledge
a. ICD
b. EHR
c. ELECTRONIC HEALTH RETRIEVAL
EHR
One and zero are considered as
a. bit
b. Byte
c. Terabyte
Bit
What does health informatics describe?
a. electronic health records in hospitals
b. Clinical data warehouse
c. health statistics
d. Computer applications in healthcare
Computer applications in healthcare
What does not require the AAMC for tomorrows doctors?
Good laboratory technicians
In HIS what term describes the object :
a. Attribute
b. Method
c. Class
d. Inheritance
Attribute
What term describes the merge of informatics with radiology?
a. bioinformatics
b. medical informatics
c. imaging informatics
d. public health informatics
Imaging informatics
What is the systematized collection electronically-stored patient data that the
doctor can rely on to make a medical decision?
a. Clinical data warehouse
b. electronic patient record
c. health information system
Clinical data warehouse
or
Electronic patient record
Which organization is a leader in promoting Information Technology to decrease medical errors?
Institute of medicine (IOM)
What defines taking the blood pressure of a patient in Health Information System Modeling?
a. class
b. method
c. inheritance
d. state
Method
In information retrieval what is Clinical Data Warehouse mainly used for?
a. archiving data
b. archiving data and giving reports
c. sending and recieving data
Archiving data and giving reports
What could be the future trend of health information for clinical practice in Kuwait
a. using different file formats
b. using smart watches
c. develop disease registry
d. improve clinical guide lines
Develop disease registry
What is a benefit of applying health information technology in Kuwait’s healthcare system?
a. Reduce medical errors
b. Disturbing information to patient relative
Reduce medical errors
Which of the following is a method to convert data to information:
a. expert system by a specialized urologist
b. ICD
c. Electronic health records
d. by carrying out a research study
ICD
What helps the health care professionals to discover the associations of two or more variables ?
a. his
b. ehr
c. cdw
d. exert system
CDW
Which of these statement about retrieval clinical is false?
a. It is possible to retrieval of patient blood pressure
b. It is possible to retrieval of medication list
c. It is possible to retrieval physics clinical notes
d. It is possible to retrieval of medical history
It is possible to retrieval physics clinical notes
What is the method to convert information into knowledge?
a. conducting scientific reports
b. electronic health record
c. electronic informatics system
d. classification
Conducting scientific reports (research)
What does a zero or one represent in a computer processing system:
a. a bit
b. one byte
c. two bytes
d. one terabyte
A bit
What facilitates the adoption of HI or HIT
a. Financial burden
b. Governmental support
c. Unwillig workers/clinicians
Governmental support
What does health informatics describe?
a. electronic health records in hospitals
b. Clinical data warehouse
c. health statistics
d. Computer applications in healthcare
Computer applications in healthcare
What represents health care information in the context of information hierarchy?
a. smoking is the main reason of cardiovascular diseases.
b. 160/100
c. xray images
d. elevated blood sugar level
elevated blood sugar level
What defines taking the blood pressure of a patient in Health Information System Modeling?
a. class
b. method
c. inheritance
d. state
Method
Which one of these is an obstacle for mobile technology?
A) high security
B) interoperability
C) not FDA approved
D) low cost
not FDA approved