EHR CHAPTER 1 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026
IOM stands for? - Answers Institute of medicine of the national academies. (beginning in 1991, the
IOM sponsored studies and created reports that lead to EHR)
EHR stands for? - Answers Electronic Health Records
The IOM report put forth a set of? - Answers Eight core functions that an EHR should be capable of
performing
health information and data, result management, order management, decision support, electronic
communication and connectivity, patient support, administrative processes and reporting, and
reporting and population health are all? - Answers core functions that the IOM says an EHR should
have.
health information and data function provides?
(IOM core function) - Answers defined sets of diagnosis, med lists, allergies, demographics, etc.
also provides improved access to information needed by care providers when they need it.
result management function allows?
(IOM core function) - Answers easy access to providers when and where it is needed. (reducing lag
time and provides quicker treatment)
order management function improves?
(IOM core function) - Answers workflow process of medication orders (improves clinic productivity)
Decision support function includes?
(IOM core function) - Answers support for decisions like prevention, prescribing drugs, diagnosis and
management.
Electronic communication and connectivity function can enhance?
(IOM core function) - Answers patient safety and quality of care. allows for multiple providers to
coordinate care plans.
Patient support function provides?
(IOM core function) - Answers patient education (successful in improving control of chronic illness
and improving patient care)
administrative processes and reporting function increase?
(IOM core function) - Answers efficiency of healthcare and provide better service (electronic
scheduling, electronic authorization and approvals)
reporting and population health improves?
(IOM core function) - Answers public health reporting and eliminates labor and time consuming
paperwork. (improves timely reporting of adverse reactions and disease outbreaks)
CPRI stands for? - Answers Computer-based Patient Record Institute (an early contributor to the
thinking on EHR systems)
CPRI identified what three criteria for an EHR? - Answers Capturing data at the point of care,
integrate data from multiple sources, provide decision support.
the security rule established protection for? - Answers all personally identifiable health information
stored in an electronic format. (everything about a patient, is protected and treated as part of the
patient's EHR. The HIPAA security rule)
electronic health records are the portions of a patient's records that? - Answers are stored in a
computer as well as the functional benefits derived from having an ehr
health safety: as many as 98,000 people die in hospitals each year as a result of? - Answers medical
errors that could have been prevented (according to estimates from two major studies.)
health safety: when patients see multiple providers in different settings, none who have the same
access to complete information, it becomes easier for? - Answers things to go wrong. (patients and
health professionals can lose trust in the system)
CPOE stands for? - Answers Computerized Provider Order Entry (a means of reducing errors)
in a increasingly mobile society, patients relocate and change doctors more frequently. thus needing
to? - Answers transfer their medical records from previous doctors to new ones.
PHR stands for? - Answers Personal Health Records (allows patients online access to their records and
set controls)
an advantage of PHR is that it is? - Answers available everywhere there is internet access.
president Obama identified EHR as priority and signed the? - Answers HITECH act
HITECH stands for? - Answers Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health
IOM stands for? - Answers Institute of medicine of the national academies. (beginning in 1991, the
IOM sponsored studies and created reports that lead to EHR)
EHR stands for? - Answers Electronic Health Records
The IOM report put forth a set of? - Answers Eight core functions that an EHR should be capable of
performing
health information and data, result management, order management, decision support, electronic
communication and connectivity, patient support, administrative processes and reporting, and
reporting and population health are all? - Answers core functions that the IOM says an EHR should
have.
health information and data function provides?
(IOM core function) - Answers defined sets of diagnosis, med lists, allergies, demographics, etc.
also provides improved access to information needed by care providers when they need it.
result management function allows?
(IOM core function) - Answers easy access to providers when and where it is needed. (reducing lag
time and provides quicker treatment)
order management function improves?
(IOM core function) - Answers workflow process of medication orders (improves clinic productivity)
Decision support function includes?
(IOM core function) - Answers support for decisions like prevention, prescribing drugs, diagnosis and
management.
Electronic communication and connectivity function can enhance?
(IOM core function) - Answers patient safety and quality of care. allows for multiple providers to
coordinate care plans.
Patient support function provides?
(IOM core function) - Answers patient education (successful in improving control of chronic illness
and improving patient care)
administrative processes and reporting function increase?
(IOM core function) - Answers efficiency of healthcare and provide better service (electronic
scheduling, electronic authorization and approvals)
reporting and population health improves?
(IOM core function) - Answers public health reporting and eliminates labor and time consuming
paperwork. (improves timely reporting of adverse reactions and disease outbreaks)
CPRI stands for? - Answers Computer-based Patient Record Institute (an early contributor to the
thinking on EHR systems)
CPRI identified what three criteria for an EHR? - Answers Capturing data at the point of care,
integrate data from multiple sources, provide decision support.
the security rule established protection for? - Answers all personally identifiable health information
stored in an electronic format. (everything about a patient, is protected and treated as part of the
patient's EHR. The HIPAA security rule)
electronic health records are the portions of a patient's records that? - Answers are stored in a
computer as well as the functional benefits derived from having an ehr
health safety: as many as 98,000 people die in hospitals each year as a result of? - Answers medical
errors that could have been prevented (according to estimates from two major studies.)
health safety: when patients see multiple providers in different settings, none who have the same
access to complete information, it becomes easier for? - Answers things to go wrong. (patients and
health professionals can lose trust in the system)
CPOE stands for? - Answers Computerized Provider Order Entry (a means of reducing errors)
in a increasingly mobile society, patients relocate and change doctors more frequently. thus needing
to? - Answers transfer their medical records from previous doctors to new ones.
PHR stands for? - Answers Personal Health Records (allows patients online access to their records and
set controls)
an advantage of PHR is that it is? - Answers available everywhere there is internet access.
president Obama identified EHR as priority and signed the? - Answers HITECH act
HITECH stands for? - Answers Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health
