HMGT 6323 Exam 1 ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Main reason why we need healthcare information systems - CORRECT
ANSWER healthcare information
health care information - CORRECT ANSWER ID = Identifiable information
information generated / used by health care organizations (hospitals, nursing homes,
physician offices, other ambulatory care settings)
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - CORRECT
ANSWER Federal legislation that includes provisions to protect patients' health info.
from unauthorized disclosure
HIPAA Defines - CORRECT ANSWER PHI
Protected health information (PHI) - CORRECT ANSWER (1) Identifiable
(a) created/ received
(b) relates to past, present, future condition(a) created/ received
Not all info falls under PHI - CORRECT ANSWER a lot of info. that is managed by a
health care org.is not patient specific/ identifiable
National Alliance for Health Information Technology defines - CORRECT ANSWER -
EMR
- EHR
- PHR
Electronic medical record - CORRECT ANSWER created/ gathered/ managed
consulted by authorized clinicians + staff within ONE healthcare org.
, Electronic health record - CORRECT ANSWER conforms to nationally recognized
standards used across MORE> ONE healthcare orgs.
Personal health record - CORRECT ANSWER conforms to nationally recognized
standards and that can be drawn from multiple sources while being managed/ shared/
controlled by the individual
Joint Commission - CORRECT ANSWER Major accrediting agency for health care
orgs. in the U.S.
Joint Commission defines "health info." - CORRECT ANSWER - adopted HIPAA
def.'s of PHI
Joint Commission manual - CORRECT ANSWER dozens of standards
- Record of Care and Services (RC)
- Information Management (IM)
Record of Care and Services (RC) - CORRECT ANSWER outlines specific standards
governing the components of a complete medical record
Information Management (IM) - CORRECT ANSWER outlines standards for
managing info. as an important org. resource
Internal Data + Info. - CORRECT ANSWER - Patient encounter
- Patient specific
- Aggregate
- Comparative
- General operations
Patient specific - CORRECT ANSWER majority of info founds in / originated from
patients' medical record
CORRECT ANSWERS
Main reason why we need healthcare information systems - CORRECT
ANSWER healthcare information
health care information - CORRECT ANSWER ID = Identifiable information
information generated / used by health care organizations (hospitals, nursing homes,
physician offices, other ambulatory care settings)
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - CORRECT
ANSWER Federal legislation that includes provisions to protect patients' health info.
from unauthorized disclosure
HIPAA Defines - CORRECT ANSWER PHI
Protected health information (PHI) - CORRECT ANSWER (1) Identifiable
(a) created/ received
(b) relates to past, present, future condition(a) created/ received
Not all info falls under PHI - CORRECT ANSWER a lot of info. that is managed by a
health care org.is not patient specific/ identifiable
National Alliance for Health Information Technology defines - CORRECT ANSWER -
EMR
- EHR
- PHR
Electronic medical record - CORRECT ANSWER created/ gathered/ managed
consulted by authorized clinicians + staff within ONE healthcare org.
, Electronic health record - CORRECT ANSWER conforms to nationally recognized
standards used across MORE> ONE healthcare orgs.
Personal health record - CORRECT ANSWER conforms to nationally recognized
standards and that can be drawn from multiple sources while being managed/ shared/
controlled by the individual
Joint Commission - CORRECT ANSWER Major accrediting agency for health care
orgs. in the U.S.
Joint Commission defines "health info." - CORRECT ANSWER - adopted HIPAA
def.'s of PHI
Joint Commission manual - CORRECT ANSWER dozens of standards
- Record of Care and Services (RC)
- Information Management (IM)
Record of Care and Services (RC) - CORRECT ANSWER outlines specific standards
governing the components of a complete medical record
Information Management (IM) - CORRECT ANSWER outlines standards for
managing info. as an important org. resource
Internal Data + Info. - CORRECT ANSWER - Patient encounter
- Patient specific
- Aggregate
- Comparative
- General operations
Patient specific - CORRECT ANSWER majority of info founds in / originated from
patients' medical record
