D220 INFORMATICS 2025 EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS || A+ GRADE
ASSURED
< LATEST VERSION >
1. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) - ANSWER 🗸
**Authorized INCENTIVE PAYMENTS to specific types of hospitals &
healthcare professionals for adopting & using interoperable Health
Information Technology and EHR's.
The purposes of this act include the following:
1) To preserve/create jobs and promote economic recovery.
2) To assist those most impacted by the recession.
3) To provide investments needed to increase economic efficiency by
spurring technological advances in science and health.
4) To invest in transportation, environmental protection, and other
infrastructure that will provide long-term economic benefits.
5) To stabilize state and local government budgets, in order to minimize and
avoid reductions in essential services and counterproductive state and local
tax increases.
,2. AHQR (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) - ANSWER 🗸
Produced evidence making healthcare safer, improve quality, accessibility
and affordability
3. Asynchoronous Applications - ANSWER 🗸 No contact with patient for data
collection. EX: Remote pt monitoring, Using health technologies to share
health metrics and data w/ providers. STORE & FORWARD APPS (ex:
photos)
4. Implementation Science - ANSWER 🗸 study how interventions, which have
been shown to be effective in one setting, can be applied to sustain
improvements to population health
5. Information Epidemiology - ANSWER 🗸 science of distribution of
information in an electronic format w/ te ultimate aim to inform public
health and public policy
6. Informatics Competencies - ANSWER 🗸 the ability to perform the tasks
associated w/ informatics
7. Information - ANSWER 🗸 A continuum of progressively developing and
clustered data.
Collection of data that has been interpreted & examined for patterns and
structures
8. Information literacy - ANSWER 🗸 the ability to figure out the type of
information you need, find that information, evaluate it, and properly use it
Ability to read and understand works/numbers and ability to recognize
when info is needed.
,9. Information System - ANSWER 🗸 a set of hardware, software, data, people,
and procedures that work together to produce information
"Data Collection"
10.Information Technology (IT) - ANSWER 🗸 Transmit Data
Ex: EHR, CDST (clinical decision support tool)
11.Information science - ANSWER 🗸 Primarily focused on input processing
output and feedback through technology intergration
12.5 rights of Informatics - ANSWER 🗸 Right -
Information
Person
Intervention
Channel
Time in workflow
13.Informatics Innovator - ANSWER 🗸 Conducts information and
RESEARCH & generate THEORY & have advanced understanding in info
management & computer technology
14.ICD-10 - ANSWER 🗸 Used to classify mortality and morbidity data from
inpatient/outpatient records, used for reimbursement
15.Integration - ANSWER 🗸 Process of two systems exchanging data in a way
that is seamless to end user.
, 16.Interoperability - ANSWER 🗸 Ability of 2 entities, human/machine to
exchange & predictably use data/info while retaining original meaning of
data
Ex: Dr-Dr, Hosp-Hosp(C-CDA), escript-pharm
17.Interface - ANSWER 🗸 Bridge/connector to send info from 2 different
systems
18.Interoperable systems - ANSWER 🗸 Expected outcomes=error reduction,
improved revenue, increased communication.
Systems share limited processes and data
19.Information Security - ANSWER 🗸 Security Rule - Nation set of security
standards health info in electronic form
GOAL: Protect privacy while adopting new technologies to improve quality
& efficiency of pt care
"Need to know basis"
20.The Joint Comission Standards - ANSWER 🗸 Standard
The hospital respects the patient's right to receive information in a manner
he or she understands.
Elements of Performance
The hospital provides language interpreting and translation services
Note: Language interpreting options may include hospital employed
language interpreters, contract interpreting services, or trained bilingual
staff, and may be provided in person or via telephone or video. The hospital
determines which translated documents and languages are needed based on
its patient population.
--do not have family or children translate!
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS || A+ GRADE
ASSURED
< LATEST VERSION >
1. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) - ANSWER 🗸
**Authorized INCENTIVE PAYMENTS to specific types of hospitals &
healthcare professionals for adopting & using interoperable Health
Information Technology and EHR's.
The purposes of this act include the following:
1) To preserve/create jobs and promote economic recovery.
2) To assist those most impacted by the recession.
3) To provide investments needed to increase economic efficiency by
spurring technological advances in science and health.
4) To invest in transportation, environmental protection, and other
infrastructure that will provide long-term economic benefits.
5) To stabilize state and local government budgets, in order to minimize and
avoid reductions in essential services and counterproductive state and local
tax increases.
,2. AHQR (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) - ANSWER 🗸
Produced evidence making healthcare safer, improve quality, accessibility
and affordability
3. Asynchoronous Applications - ANSWER 🗸 No contact with patient for data
collection. EX: Remote pt monitoring, Using health technologies to share
health metrics and data w/ providers. STORE & FORWARD APPS (ex:
photos)
4. Implementation Science - ANSWER 🗸 study how interventions, which have
been shown to be effective in one setting, can be applied to sustain
improvements to population health
5. Information Epidemiology - ANSWER 🗸 science of distribution of
information in an electronic format w/ te ultimate aim to inform public
health and public policy
6. Informatics Competencies - ANSWER 🗸 the ability to perform the tasks
associated w/ informatics
7. Information - ANSWER 🗸 A continuum of progressively developing and
clustered data.
Collection of data that has been interpreted & examined for patterns and
structures
8. Information literacy - ANSWER 🗸 the ability to figure out the type of
information you need, find that information, evaluate it, and properly use it
Ability to read and understand works/numbers and ability to recognize
when info is needed.
,9. Information System - ANSWER 🗸 a set of hardware, software, data, people,
and procedures that work together to produce information
"Data Collection"
10.Information Technology (IT) - ANSWER 🗸 Transmit Data
Ex: EHR, CDST (clinical decision support tool)
11.Information science - ANSWER 🗸 Primarily focused on input processing
output and feedback through technology intergration
12.5 rights of Informatics - ANSWER 🗸 Right -
Information
Person
Intervention
Channel
Time in workflow
13.Informatics Innovator - ANSWER 🗸 Conducts information and
RESEARCH & generate THEORY & have advanced understanding in info
management & computer technology
14.ICD-10 - ANSWER 🗸 Used to classify mortality and morbidity data from
inpatient/outpatient records, used for reimbursement
15.Integration - ANSWER 🗸 Process of two systems exchanging data in a way
that is seamless to end user.
, 16.Interoperability - ANSWER 🗸 Ability of 2 entities, human/machine to
exchange & predictably use data/info while retaining original meaning of
data
Ex: Dr-Dr, Hosp-Hosp(C-CDA), escript-pharm
17.Interface - ANSWER 🗸 Bridge/connector to send info from 2 different
systems
18.Interoperable systems - ANSWER 🗸 Expected outcomes=error reduction,
improved revenue, increased communication.
Systems share limited processes and data
19.Information Security - ANSWER 🗸 Security Rule - Nation set of security
standards health info in electronic form
GOAL: Protect privacy while adopting new technologies to improve quality
& efficiency of pt care
"Need to know basis"
20.The Joint Comission Standards - ANSWER 🗸 Standard
The hospital respects the patient's right to receive information in a manner
he or she understands.
Elements of Performance
The hospital provides language interpreting and translation services
Note: Language interpreting options may include hospital employed
language interpreters, contract interpreting services, or trained bilingual
staff, and may be provided in person or via telephone or video. The hospital
determines which translated documents and languages are needed based on
its patient population.
--do not have family or children translate!
