Answers 2025
In order to ensure a successful implementation of electronic health records, the
organization must identify and define strategic roles. These planning roles may be defined
in three categories:leadership, internal stakeholders, and external stakeholders. The
governing body (board) is an example of which of the following? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Leadership only
Which of the following statements most accurately describes the optimal relationship
between strategic planning and strategic IM planning in a healthcare entity? - CORRECT
ANSWERS The two processes are clearly related. It is important for the CIO to be involved
in both processes to ensure that IS priorities are congruent with the overall strategic plans
of the entity.
Medical record number - CORRECT ANSWERS One way to examine readmission's with a
given time frame at your faculty is to retrieve patient data for that time frame and look for
duplicates of which attribute common in clinical data sets?
A drug interaction alert would be a typical function of a _______. - CORRECT ANSWERS
Decision support system
Which code set would be utilized to create a report showing a hospital's case mix index? -
CORRECT ANSWERS DRG (Diagnosis Related Group)
A set of standards that provides universal names and codes for a laboratory and clinical
results is ___________. - CORRECT ANSWERS LONIC
Your chief financial officer has contacted you because your facility's case-mix index
increased last year. He wish to hear your theory on why this is so. Among the options
below, which would best explain an increase in the case-mix index? - CORRECT
ANSWERS The quality of clinical documentation improved
Activities of daily living (ADL) are components of - CORRECT ANSWERS MDS and
OASIS
Assume you are the manager of a 10-physician group primary care practice. The
physicians are interested in contracting with an application service provider to develop and
manage patient records electronically. Which of the following statements is an indication
that an ASP may be a good idea for this practice? - CORRECT ANSWERS The practice
, does not have an upfront capital or IT staff needed to purchase and implement a system
from a health information systems vendor.
Maps from terminologies to classifications (and possibly from classifications to
terminologies) are expected to _____. - CORRECT ANSWERS Facilitate "enter once, use
many" functionally
Which of the following basic services provided by an HIE entity ensures that information
can be retrieved as needed? - CORRECT ANSWERS Secure data transport
Which of the following statements most accurately describes the optimal relationship
between strategic planning and strategic IM planning in a healthcare entity? - CORRECT
ANSWERS The two process are clearly related. It is important for the CIO to be involved in
both processes to ensure that IS priorities are congruent with the overall strategic plans of
the entity.
Which type of indicators measure the actual results of care for patients and populations,
including patient and family satisfaction? - CORRECT ANSWERS Outcome
Which of the following activities is likely to occur in the analysis phase of the systems
development life cycle? - CORRECT ANSWERS Examine the current system and identify
opportunities for improvement
Which RVU component is best suited for measuring physician productivity? - CORRECT
ANSWERS wRVU
The physician fee schedule is based on what component(s)? - CORRECT ANSWERS All
of these
Comparing the ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM diabetes mellitus codes and documenting
variations creates a______________. - CORRECT ANSWERS Data map
Medical security diagnosis-related groups (MS-DRGs) represent a prospective payment
system implemented by the CMS to reimburse hospitals a predetermined amount for
services provided to - CORRECT ANSWERS inpatients
A research instrument that is used to gather data and information from respondents in a
uniform manner through the administration of a predefined and structured set of questions
and possible responses is called a(n) ________. - CORRECT ANSWERS Survey
An example of a database that depends on standardized data definitions is
_____________. - CORRECT ANSWERS A statewide cancer data system
Which of the following is an external user of data? - CORRECT ANSWERS Public health
department