CAHIMS ALL SCRIPTED SET QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What does HL7 stand for?
a. Health Level 7
b. High Load 7
c. EHR Code of ethics guaranteeing safety - ✔✔A
✔✔Which are recommended steps for using HL7 as a baseline for your EHR
requirements?
a. Learn the language: Understand how key words are used within the model.
b. Review and select relevant sections relevant to your healthcare setting.
c. Understand that no organizational structure exists to the document as it is meant to
be loosely interpreted.
d. Both a and b - ✔✔D
✔✔What is a use case?
a. Background information including organization size and specialty and current
systems and hardware in place.
b. A technique for documenting the potential requirements of a new system or any type
of system change.
c. The defined learning curve for users/ administrators.
d. Both a and c - ✔✔B
✔✔What is NOT something typically found in a RFP?
a. System Implementation plan
b. Proposed costs
c. Shorter development time
d. Institution's financial statement - ✔✔D
,✔✔Though the number or order of these steps is not set in stone, we suggested this
number of steps for your selection process:
a. 6
b. 10
c. 12
d. 24 - ✔✔C
✔✔What are the steps in the initial planning and project development for an EHR
implementation?
a. identifying stakeholders
b. determining appropriate members for a steering committee
c. develop a strategic plan
d. all of the above - ✔✔D
✔✔What kind of people need to be represented in the implementation project team?
a. clinicians
b. technologists
c. administrators
d. all of the above - ✔✔D
✔✔A needs assessment helps to identify the critical aspects of EHR utilization that will
drive implementation.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔A
✔✔Which of the following are examples of functional requirements?
a. EHR is Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) certified
b. EHR is HIPAA compliant
c. EHR meets meaningful use criteria and is eligible for incentives
d. all of the above - ✔✔D
✔✔A workflow analysis enables assessment of how work is being done in an
organization.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔A
✔✔True or false? A gap is another type of workflow analysis.
,a. True
b. False - ✔✔B
✔✔According to the lecture, which means is the best way to insure top management
approval of software application?
a. Dutifully research the latest products that address the problem to be solved
b. Allow the expert CIO and the Information System team to evaluate and select
software
c. Use a multidisciplinary team to evaluate and select a software system that addresses
the needs of all areas affected by the initiative
d. Maintain high levels of executive oversight for computer hardware and software
system selections - ✔✔C
✔✔In Overcautious Community, Oklahoma there has been a recent outbreak of an
infectious disease which is spreading rapidly. Subsequently, there is more public
demand for a software system which provides speedy results for lab tests. This scenario
best demonstrates which of the following factors in the process of purchasing HIT
systems?
a. Time
b. Money
c. Resources
d. None of the above - ✔✔A
✔✔The CIO of a health organization has been informed that new government
regulations require reports formatted in a manner in which the current operating system
does not support. In order to comply with regulations and meet the new reporting
formats, new software is needed. This is an example of which of the following
purchasing factors for HIT systems?
a. External pressures
b. Congruency between overall strategic goals and IT strategic planning
c. Resource acquisition
d. Competition - ✔✔A
✔✔A multidisciplinary computer system selection and evaluation team would consist of
all of the following EXCEPT:
a. an executive oversight member
b. a functional representative of the primary affected area
c. a technical representative
d. a customer service representative of the prospective vendor - ✔✔D
, ✔✔All of the following are benefits of including a functional owner on an evaluation and
selection team within a state-owned healthcare facility EXCEPT:
a. understanding of the day-to-day functions that the new system will replace
b. assurance of successful implementation
c. knowledge of the workflow of the organization
d. knowledge of the current system's capabilities - ✔✔B
✔✔Healthcare Facility First has determined that it needs a new computer hardware
system but it cannot afford to dedicate the man hours needed to implement the best
system for their needs. According to the lecture, which option represents the best
solution for their problem?
a. Update the current operational systems and renegotiate the current contract
b. Schedule conferences with peer organizations CIO's to evaluate and select the
necessary computer system
c. Hire consultants to provide the evaluation and selection groundwork
d. Schedule educational demonstrations of possible products for the Information
Services team - ✔✔C
✔✔Through which of the following tools would an organization learn the most about a
potential vendor?
a. RFI
b. RFP
c. RFQ
d. Quick Bid - ✔✔B
✔✔Which of the following aids would be most useful when purchasing a complex and
extremely costly IT system?
a. Customer reference call
b. Site visit
c. Peer recommendations
d. Consulting firm's report - ✔✔B
✔✔According to the lecture, which of the following is the primary purpose of the scripted
demonstration scenario?
a. to narrow down the choices of vendors to two or three
b. to determine the financial viability of the vendor
c. to evaluate the product in relation to specific functionality
d. to reduce the vendor's ability to disguise weaknesses in their products - ✔✔C
✔✔Which of the following cannot be considered as a capital expense?
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What does HL7 stand for?
a. Health Level 7
b. High Load 7
c. EHR Code of ethics guaranteeing safety - ✔✔A
✔✔Which are recommended steps for using HL7 as a baseline for your EHR
requirements?
a. Learn the language: Understand how key words are used within the model.
b. Review and select relevant sections relevant to your healthcare setting.
c. Understand that no organizational structure exists to the document as it is meant to
be loosely interpreted.
d. Both a and b - ✔✔D
✔✔What is a use case?
a. Background information including organization size and specialty and current
systems and hardware in place.
b. A technique for documenting the potential requirements of a new system or any type
of system change.
c. The defined learning curve for users/ administrators.
d. Both a and c - ✔✔B
✔✔What is NOT something typically found in a RFP?
a. System Implementation plan
b. Proposed costs
c. Shorter development time
d. Institution's financial statement - ✔✔D
,✔✔Though the number or order of these steps is not set in stone, we suggested this
number of steps for your selection process:
a. 6
b. 10
c. 12
d. 24 - ✔✔C
✔✔What are the steps in the initial planning and project development for an EHR
implementation?
a. identifying stakeholders
b. determining appropriate members for a steering committee
c. develop a strategic plan
d. all of the above - ✔✔D
✔✔What kind of people need to be represented in the implementation project team?
a. clinicians
b. technologists
c. administrators
d. all of the above - ✔✔D
✔✔A needs assessment helps to identify the critical aspects of EHR utilization that will
drive implementation.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔A
✔✔Which of the following are examples of functional requirements?
a. EHR is Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) certified
b. EHR is HIPAA compliant
c. EHR meets meaningful use criteria and is eligible for incentives
d. all of the above - ✔✔D
✔✔A workflow analysis enables assessment of how work is being done in an
organization.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔A
✔✔True or false? A gap is another type of workflow analysis.
,a. True
b. False - ✔✔B
✔✔According to the lecture, which means is the best way to insure top management
approval of software application?
a. Dutifully research the latest products that address the problem to be solved
b. Allow the expert CIO and the Information System team to evaluate and select
software
c. Use a multidisciplinary team to evaluate and select a software system that addresses
the needs of all areas affected by the initiative
d. Maintain high levels of executive oversight for computer hardware and software
system selections - ✔✔C
✔✔In Overcautious Community, Oklahoma there has been a recent outbreak of an
infectious disease which is spreading rapidly. Subsequently, there is more public
demand for a software system which provides speedy results for lab tests. This scenario
best demonstrates which of the following factors in the process of purchasing HIT
systems?
a. Time
b. Money
c. Resources
d. None of the above - ✔✔A
✔✔The CIO of a health organization has been informed that new government
regulations require reports formatted in a manner in which the current operating system
does not support. In order to comply with regulations and meet the new reporting
formats, new software is needed. This is an example of which of the following
purchasing factors for HIT systems?
a. External pressures
b. Congruency between overall strategic goals and IT strategic planning
c. Resource acquisition
d. Competition - ✔✔A
✔✔A multidisciplinary computer system selection and evaluation team would consist of
all of the following EXCEPT:
a. an executive oversight member
b. a functional representative of the primary affected area
c. a technical representative
d. a customer service representative of the prospective vendor - ✔✔D
, ✔✔All of the following are benefits of including a functional owner on an evaluation and
selection team within a state-owned healthcare facility EXCEPT:
a. understanding of the day-to-day functions that the new system will replace
b. assurance of successful implementation
c. knowledge of the workflow of the organization
d. knowledge of the current system's capabilities - ✔✔B
✔✔Healthcare Facility First has determined that it needs a new computer hardware
system but it cannot afford to dedicate the man hours needed to implement the best
system for their needs. According to the lecture, which option represents the best
solution for their problem?
a. Update the current operational systems and renegotiate the current contract
b. Schedule conferences with peer organizations CIO's to evaluate and select the
necessary computer system
c. Hire consultants to provide the evaluation and selection groundwork
d. Schedule educational demonstrations of possible products for the Information
Services team - ✔✔C
✔✔Through which of the following tools would an organization learn the most about a
potential vendor?
a. RFI
b. RFP
c. RFQ
d. Quick Bid - ✔✔B
✔✔Which of the following aids would be most useful when purchasing a complex and
extremely costly IT system?
a. Customer reference call
b. Site visit
c. Peer recommendations
d. Consulting firm's report - ✔✔B
✔✔According to the lecture, which of the following is the primary purpose of the scripted
demonstration scenario?
a. to narrow down the choices of vendors to two or three
b. to determine the financial viability of the vendor
c. to evaluate the product in relation to specific functionality
d. to reduce the vendor's ability to disguise weaknesses in their products - ✔✔C
✔✔Which of the following cannot be considered as a capital expense?
