QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Achieving interoperability as might be expected from using the internet has been a challenge
for healthcare because..? - CORRECT ANSWER Existing systems are based on
client/server technology
Interoperability to assure common meaning in data exchange is? - CORRECT
ANSWER Semantic Interoperability
What is the most common way data are exchanged between systems in a hospital today? -
CORRECT ANSWER Interfaces
One way hospitals today are ensuring more integrated data is to use a: - CORRECT
ANSWER Data repository
One of the main reasons standard protocols developed for healthcare are not as effective as
they could be in ensuring interoperability is their: - CORRECT ANSWER Optionality
The predominant standards development organization for healthcare information applications
in provider settings is: - CORRECT ANSWER HL7
What is helping to ensure that data relationships are addressed in interoperability? -
CORRECT ANSWER Reference Information Model
Which statement is FALSE concerning the Clinical Document Architecture (CDA)? -
CORRECT ANSWER It is not backward compatible with HL7 V2.x
What may replace the CDA in transitioning from HL7 V2.x to HL7? - CORRECT
ANSWER Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)
, An open, collaborative community of stakeholders in interoperability that contributes to
interoperability improvement is: - CORRECT ANSWER Standards and
Interoperability (S&I) Framework
Which of the following standards development organizations supports exchange diagnostic
images? - CORRECT ANSWER Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine
(DICOM)
Semantic Normalization refers to: - CORRECT ANSWER Translation among different
terminology standards
Process Interoperablity: - CORRECT ANSWER Supports usability of Information
systems
Health information organizations (HIO) today are: - CORRECT
ANSWER Significantly decreasing
A service that enables exchange of information across enterprises without access to the
information exchanged is: - CORRECT ANSWER Switch
Which basic HIE service provides security services? - CORRECT ANSWER Identity
Management
A vendor that provides HIOs with operational and technical support is a: - CORRECT
ANSWER Health information service provider
If individuals grant permission to have their information exchanged in an HIO, the
individuals are: - CORRECT ANSWER Opting In
It has been recommended that HIOs adopt good data stewardship principles because the HIOs
are: - CORRECT ANSWER Managing someone else's information assets