CAHIMS ACTUAL FINALS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The following government agency enforces HIPAA:
a. FDA
b. AHRQ
c. JC
d. OCR - ✔✔d
✔✔A government agency that is an important source on research about patient safety
and privacy is:
a. AHRQ
b. JC
c. OCR
d. FDA - ✔✔a
✔✔A clinical documentation improvement (CDI) program strives to:
a. Improve the quality of documentation in the health record
b. Reduce fraud and abuse
c. Improve the coding and reimbursement process
d. All of the above - ✔✔d
✔✔The health record is:
a. A communication tool among care providers
b. A tool to improve quality and safety for patients
c. The legal business record of a healthcare organization
d. all of the above - ✔✔d
,✔✔HITECH addresses which of the following barriers to using health information
technology?
a. There is a shortage of health IT support staff.
b. Patients cannot afford Personal Health Records.
c. Doctors prefer to use paper charts.
d. Patients don't trust doctors who use computers.
e. There are not enough electronic health record vendors. - ✔✔a
✔✔Which of the following is an example of HITECH's concept of "meaningful use" of
health IT?
a. Having a nurse enter the doctor's orders into the EHR
b. Printing prescriptions legibly so they can be entered accurately into the information
system
c. A primary care physician electronically exchanging a patient's laboratory data with a
medical specialist
d. Patients using the Internet to obtain information about a patient's disease
e. A pharmacist using a drug interaction checker - ✔✔c
✔✔What kind of job role is likely to be a part of a REC?
a. Software engineer
b. Research informatician
c. Implementation manager
d. Chief medical information officer
e. Privacy and security officer - ✔✔c
✔✔HITECH's Workflow Process and Redesign specialists address which of the
following problems?
a. Hospital workflow needs to be changed in order to increase safety when using health
IT.
b. Physician office workflow needs to be made more efficient.
c. Doctors clinical processes need to be redesigned so computers can decrease costs.
d. Office furniture has to be redesigned to accommodate computers.
e. Electronic health records have to fit in with a practice's workflow. - ✔✔e
✔✔Which of the following barriers to health information exchange are NOT addressed
by HITECH?
a. There are few agreed-upon technical standards for health IT.
b. The transfer of information between institutions is not secure.
c. There are few statewide examples of health information exchange.
,d. Hospitals may lose competitive advantage if they exchange information with others. -
✔✔d
✔✔Which of the following is a major part of the HITECH vision?
a. Reduction of out-of-pocket costs to patients
b. Assuring that primary care physicians earn as much as specialists
c. Increased transparency and efficiency
d. Patients taking more responsibility for their own health
e. Insurers not discriminating against patients who have pre-existing conditions - ✔✔c
✔✔The incentives for health IT are focused on getting
a. as many physicians as possible to purchase electronic health records.
b. physicians to use health IT to improve healthcare quality.
c. vendors to develop systems with the newest features.
d. patients to use health IT for medication management. - ✔✔b
✔✔The HITECH Act provides funding for collaborative research projects known as:
a. SHARP
b. HITCR
c. CRPIT
d. SECURE - ✔✔a
✔✔Which of the following HITECH programs supports health reform efforts that
emphasize use of health information technology?
a. Virtual Physician Programming
b. Clinical TECH Modeling Centers
c. Curriculum Development Centers
d. HITECH Doctor television programming - ✔✔c
✔✔As the HITECH Act progresses into implementation, monetary incentives through
CMS will require the use of certified EHRs. Which option explains the benefit to the
practitioner for using a certified EHR?
a. Early financial gains and long-term financial benefits
b. HITECH assistants for implementation
c. Premium quality EHRs that fit practitioners' workflow designs
d. Standardized and approved functions for health information exchange - ✔✔d
✔✔The lecture talked about a "misalignment of incentives" as it pertains to health IT.
Which of the following statements reflects this issue?
, a. Doctors pay for IT, hospitals benefit
b. Doctors pay for IT, payers benefit
c. Hospitals pay for IT, doctors benefit
d. Payers pay for IT, hospitals benefit - ✔✔b
✔✔Which entity is the largest third party payer in the US healthcare system?
a. Blue Cross and Blue Shield
b. The federal government
c. American Hospital Association
d. Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) - ✔✔b
✔✔According to the lecture, which is one of the ways payors may "directly" incentivize
the need for health IT?
a. Sponsor programs that reward physicians for achieving certain clinical measures of
excellence
b. Sponsor programs that reduce waiting times for patients seeking care
c. Encourage improvements in quality of care by including patients in decisions that
affect them
d. Encourage physicians to participate in health IT "steering committees" - ✔✔a
✔✔According to the lecture, which of the following payor groups is considered most
generous?
a. Medicaid
b. Medicare
c. Traditional insurers
d. HMOs - ✔✔c
✔✔According to the lecture, in addition to directly and indirectly incentivizing health IT
among providers, payors can also influence health IT adoption by
a. making available claims data from health information exchange.
b. lobbying Congress for more stringent health IT requirements for providers.
c. convening stakeholders to discuss data standards.
d. hiring nurses to be health IT liaisons to doctors. - ✔✔a
✔✔According to the lecture, which entity would financially gain the most by the adoption
and use of EHRs and engagement in HIE?
a. Hospitals
b. Physicians
c. Payors
d. Consumer-governed health care cooperatives - ✔✔c
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The following government agency enforces HIPAA:
a. FDA
b. AHRQ
c. JC
d. OCR - ✔✔d
✔✔A government agency that is an important source on research about patient safety
and privacy is:
a. AHRQ
b. JC
c. OCR
d. FDA - ✔✔a
✔✔A clinical documentation improvement (CDI) program strives to:
a. Improve the quality of documentation in the health record
b. Reduce fraud and abuse
c. Improve the coding and reimbursement process
d. All of the above - ✔✔d
✔✔The health record is:
a. A communication tool among care providers
b. A tool to improve quality and safety for patients
c. The legal business record of a healthcare organization
d. all of the above - ✔✔d
,✔✔HITECH addresses which of the following barriers to using health information
technology?
a. There is a shortage of health IT support staff.
b. Patients cannot afford Personal Health Records.
c. Doctors prefer to use paper charts.
d. Patients don't trust doctors who use computers.
e. There are not enough electronic health record vendors. - ✔✔a
✔✔Which of the following is an example of HITECH's concept of "meaningful use" of
health IT?
a. Having a nurse enter the doctor's orders into the EHR
b. Printing prescriptions legibly so they can be entered accurately into the information
system
c. A primary care physician electronically exchanging a patient's laboratory data with a
medical specialist
d. Patients using the Internet to obtain information about a patient's disease
e. A pharmacist using a drug interaction checker - ✔✔c
✔✔What kind of job role is likely to be a part of a REC?
a. Software engineer
b. Research informatician
c. Implementation manager
d. Chief medical information officer
e. Privacy and security officer - ✔✔c
✔✔HITECH's Workflow Process and Redesign specialists address which of the
following problems?
a. Hospital workflow needs to be changed in order to increase safety when using health
IT.
b. Physician office workflow needs to be made more efficient.
c. Doctors clinical processes need to be redesigned so computers can decrease costs.
d. Office furniture has to be redesigned to accommodate computers.
e. Electronic health records have to fit in with a practice's workflow. - ✔✔e
✔✔Which of the following barriers to health information exchange are NOT addressed
by HITECH?
a. There are few agreed-upon technical standards for health IT.
b. The transfer of information between institutions is not secure.
c. There are few statewide examples of health information exchange.
,d. Hospitals may lose competitive advantage if they exchange information with others. -
✔✔d
✔✔Which of the following is a major part of the HITECH vision?
a. Reduction of out-of-pocket costs to patients
b. Assuring that primary care physicians earn as much as specialists
c. Increased transparency and efficiency
d. Patients taking more responsibility for their own health
e. Insurers not discriminating against patients who have pre-existing conditions - ✔✔c
✔✔The incentives for health IT are focused on getting
a. as many physicians as possible to purchase electronic health records.
b. physicians to use health IT to improve healthcare quality.
c. vendors to develop systems with the newest features.
d. patients to use health IT for medication management. - ✔✔b
✔✔The HITECH Act provides funding for collaborative research projects known as:
a. SHARP
b. HITCR
c. CRPIT
d. SECURE - ✔✔a
✔✔Which of the following HITECH programs supports health reform efforts that
emphasize use of health information technology?
a. Virtual Physician Programming
b. Clinical TECH Modeling Centers
c. Curriculum Development Centers
d. HITECH Doctor television programming - ✔✔c
✔✔As the HITECH Act progresses into implementation, monetary incentives through
CMS will require the use of certified EHRs. Which option explains the benefit to the
practitioner for using a certified EHR?
a. Early financial gains and long-term financial benefits
b. HITECH assistants for implementation
c. Premium quality EHRs that fit practitioners' workflow designs
d. Standardized and approved functions for health information exchange - ✔✔d
✔✔The lecture talked about a "misalignment of incentives" as it pertains to health IT.
Which of the following statements reflects this issue?
, a. Doctors pay for IT, hospitals benefit
b. Doctors pay for IT, payers benefit
c. Hospitals pay for IT, doctors benefit
d. Payers pay for IT, hospitals benefit - ✔✔b
✔✔Which entity is the largest third party payer in the US healthcare system?
a. Blue Cross and Blue Shield
b. The federal government
c. American Hospital Association
d. Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) - ✔✔b
✔✔According to the lecture, which is one of the ways payors may "directly" incentivize
the need for health IT?
a. Sponsor programs that reward physicians for achieving certain clinical measures of
excellence
b. Sponsor programs that reduce waiting times for patients seeking care
c. Encourage improvements in quality of care by including patients in decisions that
affect them
d. Encourage physicians to participate in health IT "steering committees" - ✔✔a
✔✔According to the lecture, which of the following payor groups is considered most
generous?
a. Medicaid
b. Medicare
c. Traditional insurers
d. HMOs - ✔✔c
✔✔According to the lecture, in addition to directly and indirectly incentivizing health IT
among providers, payors can also influence health IT adoption by
a. making available claims data from health information exchange.
b. lobbying Congress for more stringent health IT requirements for providers.
c. convening stakeholders to discuss data standards.
d. hiring nurses to be health IT liaisons to doctors. - ✔✔a
✔✔According to the lecture, which entity would financially gain the most by the adoption
and use of EHRs and engagement in HIE?
a. Hospitals
b. Physicians
c. Payors
d. Consumer-governed health care cooperatives - ✔✔c
