CAHIMS ALL EVALUATION TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Which of the following does not contribute to identifying the functionality of the EHR
for an organization?
a. Type of setting (e.g. inpatient, ambulatory) and type of services
b. Population served by the provider and type of services
c. Type of services provided and population served
d. Type of setting, population served and services provided assist in defining the
functionality needed for the provider - ✔✔d
✔✔Which of the following is not a component of a knowledge-based patient monitoring
system?
a. Data acquisition
b. Presentation
c. Coding system
d. Database - ✔✔c
✔✔Which of the following is a patient monitoring application?
a. e-prescribing
b. Computerized order entry
c. Electronic charting
d. Glucometers - ✔✔d
✔✔One way in which data integration assists in medical decision making is by
accelerating the flow of critical information.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a
,✔✔Which of the following is not one of the general areas where telehealth supports
clinical care with communication technologies?
a. Long-distance clinical health care
b. Payer and provider coordination of care
c. Patient and professional health-related education
d. Public health and health administration - ✔✔b
✔✔A benefit of telehealth is increased number of home visits by the nurse in order to
link patients to specialists.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔b
✔✔Which of the following is part of smart technology as it would be used in the home?
a. Remote patient monitoring
b. Patient monitoring
c. Physician monitoring
d. Payer monitoring - ✔✔a
✔✔Which of the following early clinical decision support systems used computer-based
decision aids based on the Bayesian probability theory?
a. MYCIN system
b. HELP system
c. Leeds Abdominal Pain System
d. LDS system - ✔✔c
✔✔Which of the following is not a fundamental requirement of a clinical decision
support system?
a. Inference engine
b. Clinical workflow tools
c. Knowledge base
d. Communication mechanism - ✔✔b
✔✔The clinical decision support system generates an alert for a needed therapeutic
intervention based on a clinical practice guideline and patient-specific factors. The
benefit this alert would have is in helping to enforce standards of care.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a
,✔✔The challenges to achieving the five rights to clinical decision support (CDS) differ
depending on how closely the CDS is tied to what the clinician already intends to do.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a
✔✔Which CPOE function is considered advanced functionality?
a. Drug-drug interaction checks
b. Transmit the order to the appropriate location
c. Return status of order
d. Return results of order execution - ✔✔a
✔✔CPOE use is restricted to inpatient medications orders.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔b
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a value of CPOE?
a. Reduce variations in health care
b. Reduce variations in provider workflow
c. Improve patient safety
d. Improve efficiency of health care delivery - ✔✔b
✔✔A major barrier to CPOE adoption is its cost.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a
✔✔CPOE implemented independent of other technologies is likely to have limited
benefits.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a
✔✔Image modalities differ in their storage requirements, depending on
a. The contrast and spatial resolution needed
b. The number of integrations with other systems
c. Whether data expansion techniques are used
d. Both a and b - ✔✔a
, ✔✔A physician is reviewing digital images from a patient's CT scan at her home office.
What systems need to be integrated for this to occur?
a. Information Technology System and Picture Archiving and Communication System
b. Radiology Information System and Electronic Documentation System
c. Picture Archiving and Communication System and Radiology Information System
d. Electronic Documentation System and Picture Archiving and Communication System
- ✔✔c
✔✔Which is a strategy used by health care organizations to ensure integration of
functions?
a. Data preservation
b. Data destruction
c. Data scrutiny
d. Data testing - ✔✔a
✔✔Which of the following is not a critical element needed in integrated billing, financial,
and clinical systems?
a. Information is available when and where it is needed
b. Users must have separate views
c. Data must have a consistent interpretation
d. Adequate security must be in place - ✔✔b
✔✔A core element of the master patient index is the patient's insurance.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔b
✔✔Computerized provider order entry requires health care information systems
integration.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a
✔✔HIPAA regulations require unique identification numbers that can be used across
information systems.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a
✔✔The __________ allows ancillary systems in a hospital setting to connect with other
systems.
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Which of the following does not contribute to identifying the functionality of the EHR
for an organization?
a. Type of setting (e.g. inpatient, ambulatory) and type of services
b. Population served by the provider and type of services
c. Type of services provided and population served
d. Type of setting, population served and services provided assist in defining the
functionality needed for the provider - ✔✔d
✔✔Which of the following is not a component of a knowledge-based patient monitoring
system?
a. Data acquisition
b. Presentation
c. Coding system
d. Database - ✔✔c
✔✔Which of the following is a patient monitoring application?
a. e-prescribing
b. Computerized order entry
c. Electronic charting
d. Glucometers - ✔✔d
✔✔One way in which data integration assists in medical decision making is by
accelerating the flow of critical information.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a
,✔✔Which of the following is not one of the general areas where telehealth supports
clinical care with communication technologies?
a. Long-distance clinical health care
b. Payer and provider coordination of care
c. Patient and professional health-related education
d. Public health and health administration - ✔✔b
✔✔A benefit of telehealth is increased number of home visits by the nurse in order to
link patients to specialists.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔b
✔✔Which of the following is part of smart technology as it would be used in the home?
a. Remote patient monitoring
b. Patient monitoring
c. Physician monitoring
d. Payer monitoring - ✔✔a
✔✔Which of the following early clinical decision support systems used computer-based
decision aids based on the Bayesian probability theory?
a. MYCIN system
b. HELP system
c. Leeds Abdominal Pain System
d. LDS system - ✔✔c
✔✔Which of the following is not a fundamental requirement of a clinical decision
support system?
a. Inference engine
b. Clinical workflow tools
c. Knowledge base
d. Communication mechanism - ✔✔b
✔✔The clinical decision support system generates an alert for a needed therapeutic
intervention based on a clinical practice guideline and patient-specific factors. The
benefit this alert would have is in helping to enforce standards of care.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a
,✔✔The challenges to achieving the five rights to clinical decision support (CDS) differ
depending on how closely the CDS is tied to what the clinician already intends to do.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a
✔✔Which CPOE function is considered advanced functionality?
a. Drug-drug interaction checks
b. Transmit the order to the appropriate location
c. Return status of order
d. Return results of order execution - ✔✔a
✔✔CPOE use is restricted to inpatient medications orders.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔b
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a value of CPOE?
a. Reduce variations in health care
b. Reduce variations in provider workflow
c. Improve patient safety
d. Improve efficiency of health care delivery - ✔✔b
✔✔A major barrier to CPOE adoption is its cost.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a
✔✔CPOE implemented independent of other technologies is likely to have limited
benefits.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a
✔✔Image modalities differ in their storage requirements, depending on
a. The contrast and spatial resolution needed
b. The number of integrations with other systems
c. Whether data expansion techniques are used
d. Both a and b - ✔✔a
, ✔✔A physician is reviewing digital images from a patient's CT scan at her home office.
What systems need to be integrated for this to occur?
a. Information Technology System and Picture Archiving and Communication System
b. Radiology Information System and Electronic Documentation System
c. Picture Archiving and Communication System and Radiology Information System
d. Electronic Documentation System and Picture Archiving and Communication System
- ✔✔c
✔✔Which is a strategy used by health care organizations to ensure integration of
functions?
a. Data preservation
b. Data destruction
c. Data scrutiny
d. Data testing - ✔✔a
✔✔Which of the following is not a critical element needed in integrated billing, financial,
and clinical systems?
a. Information is available when and where it is needed
b. Users must have separate views
c. Data must have a consistent interpretation
d. Adequate security must be in place - ✔✔b
✔✔A core element of the master patient index is the patient's insurance.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔b
✔✔Computerized provider order entry requires health care information systems
integration.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a
✔✔HIPAA regulations require unique identification numbers that can be used across
information systems.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a
✔✔The __________ allows ancillary systems in a hospital setting to connect with other
systems.
