QUESTIONS SET 4 Flashcards
The patient has been on medication X for several years. A physician ordered medication Y. The information system immediately sends the physician a message that says the medication Y is contraindicated due to medication X. What technology is being used?
A. order entry/results reporting
B. EHR
C. point-of-care system
D. clinical decision support system
clinical decision support system
Administration has asked your team to investigate the possibility of purchasing a decision support system. Which of the following would you conduct to determine if the facility should proceed?
A. request for information
B. risk assessment
C. feasibility study
D. SWOT analysis
feasibility study
In selecting a messaging standard for use in a picture archival communication system, the BEST choice would be
a. Consolidated Health Informatics Initiatives
b. National Drug Code
c. HL7
d. DICOM
DICOM
You are trying to ensure a patient’s name, but the entire name will not fit in the field. Only the first eight characters will fit. This is a problem with which of the following?
A. the data dictionary
B. policy and procedure
C. the data model
D. data mapping
the data dictionary
There is a problem with the data dictionary. The drop down fields do not have all of the options that are needed. This type of field is known as a:?
a. structured data entry
b. unstructured data entry
c. direct data capture
d. patient data entry
structured data entry
With data exchange standards, the ability to transfer data from one system to another system is called?
a. data sets
b. messaging standards
c. interfaces
d. interoperability
Interoperability
It is impossible to have health information interoperability or health information exchange without the following:
A) 100 percent adoption of EHRs
B) a federally mandated Data use and Reciprocal Sharing Agreement
C) complete, publicly available standards
D) ONC and CMS regulation
complete, publicly available standards
Which of the following is not true of a PHR?
a.) Individuals own and manage their PHR
b.) It is a life-long resource
c.) Individuals determine rights of access
d.) It will replace the legal records of providers
It will replace the legal records of providers
If an analyst wishes to predict future ancillary charges for hip replacement patients based on the age of the patient, which of the following is a correct statement?
a. Age is the dependent variable; ancillary charges is the independent variable
b. Age is the independent variable; ancillary charges is the dependent variable
c. The average ancillary charge is the best estimator
d. The two variables cannot be related
Age is the independent variable; ancillary charges is the dependent variable
Age is the independent variable, ancillary charges is the dependent variable.
Which of the following is the statistic that would be used to explore the relationship between length of stay and patient age?
a. Mean
b. Correlation
c. Predictive modeling
d. Variance
Correlation
