U2.1: Overview of Information System

Question 1

integrates data collection, processing, reporting, and use of the information necessary for improving health service effectiveness and efficiency through better management at all levels of health services

Answer 1

Health Information System

Question 2

6 benefits of data-driven decision-making

Answer 2

1. valuable insights
2. continual growth
3. improved program outcomes
4. optimized operations
5. prediction of future trends
6. actionable insights

Question 3

4 functions of HIS

Answer 3

1. collect
2. analyze
3. ensure quality of collected data
4. convert to usable information

Question 4

What does the correlation between the collected data and information imply?

Answer 4

The collection of quality data produces quality information.

Question 5

3 Levels of HIS

Answer 5

1. patient/ client management level
2. health unit management level
3. systems management level

Question 6

level of HIS where data is collected from one individual only

Answer 6

patient/ client management level

Question 7

level of HIS where data is collected from many individuals

Answer 7

health unit management level

Question 8

level of HIS where data collected considers a group of patients and several health units

Answer 8

systems management level

Question 9

level of HIS where law makers and politicians come about

Answer 9

systems management level

Question 10

6 HIS subsystems

Answer 10

1. preventive health information system
2. hospital information and medical records system
3. disease surveillance system
4. population/ community-based health information system
5. geographic information systems
6. vital registration system

Question 11

Identify what decade:
saw the initiation of social programs to aid the medical care of the aged (Medicare) and poor (Medicaid)

Answer 11

1960s

Question 12

Healthcare drivers in 1960s

Answer 12

1. medicare
2. medicaid

Question 13

a federal program that provides health coverage if you have very low income

Answer 13

Medicaid

Question 14

federal program that provides medical coverage if you are 65 and above or under 65 with disability regardless of income

Answer 14

Medicare

Question 15

T/F:
Medicare’s and medicaid’s benefits cover the whole population.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

Where does the government get the funds for Medicare and Medicaid?

Answer 16

From the workers (who are not covered by the programs)

Question 17

IT Drivers in 1960s

Answer 17

1. expensive mainframes
2. expensive storage

Question 18

Identify what decade:
1. Healthcare was a critical concern in this year.
2. The medical and health industries become second only to the military.
3. Many lacked access to basic healthcare

Answer 18

1970s

Question 19

Healthcare Drivers in 1970s

Answer 19

1. hospital-wide communications
2. broadened admin systems
3. department systems processing
4. expanded finance admin systems

Question 20

IT Drivers in 1970s

Answer 20

1. smaller computers
2. improved terminals and connectivity

Question 21

Identify what decade:
marked by a period of adjustment as health care markets and institutions adapt to innovative reimbursement reforms and increasing competition

Answer 21

1980s

Question 22

Healthcare Drivers in 1980s

Answer 22

1. diagnostic related groupings
2. reimbursement

Question 23

IT Drivers in 1980s

Answer 23

1. personal computers
2. cheaper storage
3. networking
4. independent software applications

Question 24

Identify what decade:
1. saw considerable change in the Medicaid program
2. At the beginning of the decade, Medicaid was still primarily a program that provided health care coverage to persons receiving cash assistance.

Answer 24

1990s

Question 25

Healthcare drivers in 1990s

Answer 25

1. competition and consolidation
2. need to integrate hospitals, providers, and managed care

Question 26

IT drivers in 1990s

Answer 26

access to broad, distributed computing system, and robust networks

Question 27

IDN stands for?

Answer 27

Integrated Delivery Network

Question 28

First part of the hospital that was computerized

Answer 28

Finances, billing, cashier

Question 29

Identify what decade:
1. NHE accounted for 13.3 percent of GDP — a 1.2% increase.
2. Pres. Bush wanted to update Medicare.
3. Medicare Prescription Drug: Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003

Answer 29

2000s

Question 30

Healthcare driver in 2000s

Answer 30

outcomes-based reimbursement

Question 31

Difference between intranet and internet

Answer 31

intranet: links one department to another within the system
internet: connects your computer to the world-wide web

Question 32

IT driver in 2000s

Answer 32

cloud computing