CAHIMS REVIEW QUESTIONS/ NEWEST 2025
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS/ WELL GRADED A+//
LATEST VERSION
Which of the following is an example of HITECH's concept of "meaningful use" of health
IT?
a. Having a nurse enter the doctor's orders into the EHR
b. Printing prescriptions legibly so they can be entered accurately into the information
system
c. A primary care physician electronically exchanging a patient's laboratory data with a
medical specialist
d. Patients using the Internet to obtain information about a patient's disease
e. A pharmacist using a drug interaction checker - CORRECT ANSWERS-c
What kind of job role is likely to be a part of a REC?
a. Software engineer
b. Research informatician
c. Implementation manager
d. Chief medical information officer
e. Privacy and security officer - CORRECT ANSWERS-c
HITECH's Workflow Process and Redesign specialists address which of the following
problems?
a. Hospital workflow needs to be changed in order to increase safety when using health
IT.
b. Physician office workflow needs to be made more efficient.
c. Doctors clinical processes need to be redesigned so computers can decrease costs.
d. Office furniture has to be redesigned to accommodate computers.
e. Electronic health records have to fit in with a practice's workflow. - CORRECT
ANSWERS-e
Which of the following barriers to health information exchange are NOT addressed by
HITECH?
a. There are few agreed-upon technical standards for health IT.
b. The transfer of information between institutions is not secure.
c. There are few statewide examples of health information exchange.
,d. Hospitals may lose competitive advantage if they exchange information with others. -
CORRECT ANSWERS-d
Which of the following is a major part of the HITECH vision?
a. Reduction of out-of-pocket costs to patients
b. Assuring that primary care physicians earn as much as specialists
c. Increased transparency and efficiency
d. Patients taking more responsibility for their own health
e. Insurers not discriminating against patients who have pre-existing conditions -
CORRECT ANSWERS-c
The incentives for health IT are focused on getting
a. as many physicians as possible to purchase electronic health records.
b. physicians to use health IT to improve healthcare quality.
c. vendors to develop systems with the newest features.
d. patients to use health IT for medication management. - CORRECT ANSWERS-b
The HITECH Act provides funding for collaborative research projects known as:
a. SHARP
b. HITCR
c. CRPIT
d. SECURE - CORRECT ANSWERS-a
Which of the following HITECH programs supports health reform efforts that emphasize
use of health information technology?
a. Virtual Physician Programming
b. Clinical TECH Modeling Centers
c. Curriculum Development Centers
d. HITECH Doctor television programming - CORRECT ANSWERS-c
As the HITECH Act progresses into implementation, monetary incentives through CMS
will require the use of certified EHRs. Which option explains the benefit to the
practitioner for using a certified EHR?
a. Early financial gains and long-term financial benefits
b. HITECH assistants for implementation
c. Premium quality EHRs that fit practitioners' workflow designs
d. Standardized and approved functions for health information exchange - CORRECT
ANSWERS-d
The lecture talked about a "misalignment of incentives" as it pertains to health IT. Which
of the following statements reflects this issue?
,a. Doctors pay for IT, hospitals benefit
b. Doctors pay for IT, payers benefit
c. Hospitals pay for IT, doctors benefit
d. Payers pay for IT, hospitals benefit - CORRECT ANSWERS-b
Which entity is the largest third party payer in the US healthcare system?
a. Blue Cross and Blue Shield
b. The federal government
c. American Hospital Association
d. Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) - CORRECT ANSWERS-b
According to the lecture, which is one of the ways payors may "directly" incentivize the
need for health IT?
a. Sponsor programs that reward physicians for achieving certain clinical measures of
excellence
b. Sponsor programs that reduce waiting times for patients seeking care
c. Encourage improvements in quality of care by including patients in decisions that
affect them
d. Encourage physicians to participate in health IT "steering committees" - CORRECT
ANSWERS-a
According to the lecture, which of the following payor groups is considered most
generous?
a. Medicaid
b. Medicare
c. Traditional insurers
d. HMOs - CORRECT ANSWERS-c
According to the lecture, in addition to directly and indirectly incentivizing health IT
among providers, payors can also influence health IT adoption by
a. making available claims data from health information exchange.
b. lobbying Congress for more stringent health IT requirements for providers.
c. convening stakeholders to discuss data standards.
d. hiring nurses to be health IT liaisons to doctors. - CORRECT ANSWERS-a
According to the lecture, which entity would financially gain the most by the adoption
and use of EHRs and engagement in HIE?
a. Hospitals
b. Physicians
c. Payors
, d. Consumer-governed health care cooperatives - CORRECT ANSWERS-c
Which of the following is currently the most widely available source for a cross-provider
view of patient history in the U.S.?
a. Personal electronic health records
b. Smart Cards
c. Payor claims data
d. Cloud-based proprietary healthcare data - CORRECT ANSWERS-c
Wxyzab is a small country where the entire population has access to healthcare
facilities owned and operated by the government, and funded by a tax on citizens.
However, the current healthcare infrastructure does not have technologically advanced
radiologic imaging facilities, and a commercial organization is allowed by the
government to operate its own diagnostic imaging facilities, where patients have to pay
for services out-of-pocket. This is an example of a transition of a healthcare system
from:
a. a public to a private healthcare system model
b. a private to a mixed healthcare system model
c. a public to a mixed healthcare system model - CORRECT ANSWERS-c
Patient assessed value and efficiency are parameters of a framework to assess:
a. Health
b. Healthcare
c. Healthcare systems
d. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWERS-c
Which of the statements about epidemiology is FALSE?
a. Epidemiology is a qualitative science built around concepts of probability and
statistics
b. Epidemiology is a tool for public health action
c. Epidemiology assists in preventing morbidity and mortality
d. Epidemiology, at times, involves common sense as much as it does causal reasoning
- CORRECT ANSWERS-a
Which of the following are components of the patient centered medical home?
a. Coordination of care
b. Emphasis on quality and safety
c. Enhanced access to care
d. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWERS-d
Healthcare is the prevention and treatment of illness
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS/ WELL GRADED A+//
LATEST VERSION
Which of the following is an example of HITECH's concept of "meaningful use" of health
IT?
a. Having a nurse enter the doctor's orders into the EHR
b. Printing prescriptions legibly so they can be entered accurately into the information
system
c. A primary care physician electronically exchanging a patient's laboratory data with a
medical specialist
d. Patients using the Internet to obtain information about a patient's disease
e. A pharmacist using a drug interaction checker - CORRECT ANSWERS-c
What kind of job role is likely to be a part of a REC?
a. Software engineer
b. Research informatician
c. Implementation manager
d. Chief medical information officer
e. Privacy and security officer - CORRECT ANSWERS-c
HITECH's Workflow Process and Redesign specialists address which of the following
problems?
a. Hospital workflow needs to be changed in order to increase safety when using health
IT.
b. Physician office workflow needs to be made more efficient.
c. Doctors clinical processes need to be redesigned so computers can decrease costs.
d. Office furniture has to be redesigned to accommodate computers.
e. Electronic health records have to fit in with a practice's workflow. - CORRECT
ANSWERS-e
Which of the following barriers to health information exchange are NOT addressed by
HITECH?
a. There are few agreed-upon technical standards for health IT.
b. The transfer of information between institutions is not secure.
c. There are few statewide examples of health information exchange.
,d. Hospitals may lose competitive advantage if they exchange information with others. -
CORRECT ANSWERS-d
Which of the following is a major part of the HITECH vision?
a. Reduction of out-of-pocket costs to patients
b. Assuring that primary care physicians earn as much as specialists
c. Increased transparency and efficiency
d. Patients taking more responsibility for their own health
e. Insurers not discriminating against patients who have pre-existing conditions -
CORRECT ANSWERS-c
The incentives for health IT are focused on getting
a. as many physicians as possible to purchase electronic health records.
b. physicians to use health IT to improve healthcare quality.
c. vendors to develop systems with the newest features.
d. patients to use health IT for medication management. - CORRECT ANSWERS-b
The HITECH Act provides funding for collaborative research projects known as:
a. SHARP
b. HITCR
c. CRPIT
d. SECURE - CORRECT ANSWERS-a
Which of the following HITECH programs supports health reform efforts that emphasize
use of health information technology?
a. Virtual Physician Programming
b. Clinical TECH Modeling Centers
c. Curriculum Development Centers
d. HITECH Doctor television programming - CORRECT ANSWERS-c
As the HITECH Act progresses into implementation, monetary incentives through CMS
will require the use of certified EHRs. Which option explains the benefit to the
practitioner for using a certified EHR?
a. Early financial gains and long-term financial benefits
b. HITECH assistants for implementation
c. Premium quality EHRs that fit practitioners' workflow designs
d. Standardized and approved functions for health information exchange - CORRECT
ANSWERS-d
The lecture talked about a "misalignment of incentives" as it pertains to health IT. Which
of the following statements reflects this issue?
,a. Doctors pay for IT, hospitals benefit
b. Doctors pay for IT, payers benefit
c. Hospitals pay for IT, doctors benefit
d. Payers pay for IT, hospitals benefit - CORRECT ANSWERS-b
Which entity is the largest third party payer in the US healthcare system?
a. Blue Cross and Blue Shield
b. The federal government
c. American Hospital Association
d. Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) - CORRECT ANSWERS-b
According to the lecture, which is one of the ways payors may "directly" incentivize the
need for health IT?
a. Sponsor programs that reward physicians for achieving certain clinical measures of
excellence
b. Sponsor programs that reduce waiting times for patients seeking care
c. Encourage improvements in quality of care by including patients in decisions that
affect them
d. Encourage physicians to participate in health IT "steering committees" - CORRECT
ANSWERS-a
According to the lecture, which of the following payor groups is considered most
generous?
a. Medicaid
b. Medicare
c. Traditional insurers
d. HMOs - CORRECT ANSWERS-c
According to the lecture, in addition to directly and indirectly incentivizing health IT
among providers, payors can also influence health IT adoption by
a. making available claims data from health information exchange.
b. lobbying Congress for more stringent health IT requirements for providers.
c. convening stakeholders to discuss data standards.
d. hiring nurses to be health IT liaisons to doctors. - CORRECT ANSWERS-a
According to the lecture, which entity would financially gain the most by the adoption
and use of EHRs and engagement in HIE?
a. Hospitals
b. Physicians
c. Payors
, d. Consumer-governed health care cooperatives - CORRECT ANSWERS-c
Which of the following is currently the most widely available source for a cross-provider
view of patient history in the U.S.?
a. Personal electronic health records
b. Smart Cards
c. Payor claims data
d. Cloud-based proprietary healthcare data - CORRECT ANSWERS-c
Wxyzab is a small country where the entire population has access to healthcare
facilities owned and operated by the government, and funded by a tax on citizens.
However, the current healthcare infrastructure does not have technologically advanced
radiologic imaging facilities, and a commercial organization is allowed by the
government to operate its own diagnostic imaging facilities, where patients have to pay
for services out-of-pocket. This is an example of a transition of a healthcare system
from:
a. a public to a private healthcare system model
b. a private to a mixed healthcare system model
c. a public to a mixed healthcare system model - CORRECT ANSWERS-c
Patient assessed value and efficiency are parameters of a framework to assess:
a. Health
b. Healthcare
c. Healthcare systems
d. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWERS-c
Which of the statements about epidemiology is FALSE?
a. Epidemiology is a qualitative science built around concepts of probability and
statistics
b. Epidemiology is a tool for public health action
c. Epidemiology assists in preventing morbidity and mortality
d. Epidemiology, at times, involves common sense as much as it does causal reasoning
- CORRECT ANSWERS-a
Which of the following are components of the patient centered medical home?
a. Coordination of care
b. Emphasis on quality and safety
c. Enhanced access to care
d. All of the above - CORRECT ANSWERS-d
Healthcare is the prevention and treatment of illness
