LSUS HCAD 750 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A benefit for healthcare professionals of using technology for patient education is -
Answers :To improve the compliance and documentation of education
Individuals having the capacity to obtain, process, and understand health information is
known as - Answers :Health literacy
The gap that exists between the consumers who have Internet access to information
and those who do not is known as - Answers :Digital divide
Disease registries are collections of secondary data related to patients with a specific
________ - Answers :Diagnosis, condition, or procedure
When persons living with a chronic disease use the Internet for blogging about their
health challenges or participating in online discussion forums, this is known as -
Answers :Peer-to-peer support
Technical security under HIPAA involves issues such as whether sensitive data need to
be protected. __________ is a method of scrambling data so that they cannot be read
without first being decoded. An AIDS registry, for example, might want to use this
specific method to protect patient identifiable information since AIDS data are
considered extremely sensitive. - Answers :Encryption
Which of the following is not considered a Case-Finding method? - Answers :Medication
Lists
(T/F) Population-based registry is gathering information from more than one facility
within a geographic area such as a state or region - Answers :True
(T/F) UMLS is of particular interest to the HIM professional because medical
classifications such as ICD-9-CM, CPT, and the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding
System (HCPCS) are among the items included. - Answers :True
(T/F) The data from an HIE are aggregated rather than patient specific and are not used
primarily for patient care - Answers :True
Not all registries and databases are covered under HIPAA if they do not bill for patient
care services. __________ registries would be an example of a registry that is not
covered under HIPAA. - Answers :Central
(T/F) Public health is the area of healthcare dealing with the health of populations in
geographic areas such as states or counties - Answers :True
Telehealth is a cost-effective approach that may reduce the number of patient
hospitalizations - Answers :True
A benefit for healthcare professionals of using technology for patient education is -
Answers :To improve the compliance and documentation of education
Individuals having the capacity to obtain, process, and understand health information is
known as - Answers :Health literacy
The gap that exists between the consumers who have Internet access to information
and those who do not is known as - Answers :Digital divide
Disease registries are collections of secondary data related to patients with a specific
________ - Answers :Diagnosis, condition, or procedure
When persons living with a chronic disease use the Internet for blogging about their
health challenges or participating in online discussion forums, this is known as -
Answers :Peer-to-peer support
Technical security under HIPAA involves issues such as whether sensitive data need to
be protected. __________ is a method of scrambling data so that they cannot be read
without first being decoded. An AIDS registry, for example, might want to use this
specific method to protect patient identifiable information since AIDS data are
considered extremely sensitive. - Answers :Encryption
Which of the following is not considered a Case-Finding method? - Answers :Medication
Lists
(T/F) Population-based registry is gathering information from more than one facility
within a geographic area such as a state or region - Answers :True
(T/F) UMLS is of particular interest to the HIM professional because medical
classifications such as ICD-9-CM, CPT, and the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding
System (HCPCS) are among the items included. - Answers :True
(T/F) The data from an HIE are aggregated rather than patient specific and are not used
primarily for patient care - Answers :True
Not all registries and databases are covered under HIPAA if they do not bill for patient
care services. __________ registries would be an example of a registry that is not
covered under HIPAA. - Answers :Central
(T/F) Public health is the area of healthcare dealing with the health of populations in
geographic areas such as states or counties - Answers :True
Telehealth is a cost-effective approach that may reduce the number of patient
hospitalizations - Answers :True
