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CPHIT Test UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is the difference between HIT and EHR? - CORRECT ANSWER - HIT is a general
concept of using information systems and EHR is a specific concept.
In the framework for Strategic Action, what is one of the ways in which the government views
personalizing care? - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Matching therapy to genomic
characteristics
b. Enhanced informed consumer choice
c. Provide physicians context-specific templates to use with patients
d. Provide tailored instructions to patients
Answer - Enhanced informed consumer choice
If a hospital seeks meaningful use incentives by 2012, it stands to receive how much funding? -
CORRECT ANSWER - $2 million, plus Medicare share up to an additional amount of not
more than $4.37 million.
Which of the following is NOT a challenge in healthcare computing? - CORRECT
ANSWER - a. Overcoming resistance to change
b. Access to data
c. The nature of the clinical data
d. Cost of HIT
Answer - Access to data
The original purpose of a medical record was.... - CORRECT ANSWER - a.
Documentation
b. Knowledge acquisition
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c. Communication
d. Reimbursement
Answer - Communication
Among the following, where are legibility issues most important? - CORRECT
ANSWER - a. Medication ordering
b. Discharge summary
c. Physician signature
d. Progress note
Answer - Medication ordering
Healthcare organizations are characterized by... - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Competitive
business models
b. Flat organizational structures
c. Consolidation
d. Divergence of authority
Answer - Divergence of authority
In which form of reimbursement may the patient pay a co-pay or be required to meet a
deductable? - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Medicare
b. Group health insurance
c. Blue Cross Blue Shield
d. All of the above
Answer - All of the above
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Which of the following is not considered a part of an EHR, but rather HIT complementary to the
EHR? - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Clinical decision support
b. Point of care documentation
c. Laboratory information system
d. Computerized provider order entry
Answer - Laboratory information system
Which one of the following is not a form of clinical decision support (CDS)? - CORRECT
ANSWER - a. Reminder to administer a medication
b. Using a template to follow a clinical practice guideline
c. Alert about an abnormal lab result
d. Icon that supplies the image of a chest x-ray
Answer - Icon that supplies the image of a chest x-ray
Clinical decision support can be challenging to design because: - CORRECT ANSWER -
a. Source systems are not designed to support their use
b. Clinical guidelines are not conducive to direct incorporation into the software
c. Physicians do not like alerts and reminders
d. There is little evidence that they improve the quality of care
Answer - Clinical guidelines are not conducive to direct incorporation into the software
Hybrid records are the result of: - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Necessity for implementing
EHR components
b. Poor computer design
c. Legal restrictions on what can be automated
d. All of the above
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Answer - Necessity for implementing EHR components
In which model of personal health record do individuals have the most access to the provider's
record of their care? - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Separate personal health record
b. Provision of summary information
c. Convergence of records
d. All of the above
Answer - Convergence of records
Laws created by federal agency are also called - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Administrative
Law
b. Regulations
c. Rules
d. All of the above
Answer - All of the above
Which of the following would potentially be in violation of laws restricting referrals? -
CORRECT ANSWER - a. Hospital giving physicians tablet computers for use in the
hospital and in their offices
b. Hospital allowing access to dictation via provider portal
c. Laboratory providing access to physician offices to results via electronic fax
d. All of the above
Answer - Hospital giving physicians tablet computers for use in the hospital and in their offices
How does case law impact EHR? - CORRECT ANSWER - a. EHR may be called into
evidence
CPHIT Test UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is the difference between HIT and EHR? - CORRECT ANSWER - HIT is a general
concept of using information systems and EHR is a specific concept.
In the framework for Strategic Action, what is one of the ways in which the government views
personalizing care? - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Matching therapy to genomic
characteristics
b. Enhanced informed consumer choice
c. Provide physicians context-specific templates to use with patients
d. Provide tailored instructions to patients
Answer - Enhanced informed consumer choice
If a hospital seeks meaningful use incentives by 2012, it stands to receive how much funding? -
CORRECT ANSWER - $2 million, plus Medicare share up to an additional amount of not
more than $4.37 million.
Which of the following is NOT a challenge in healthcare computing? - CORRECT
ANSWER - a. Overcoming resistance to change
b. Access to data
c. The nature of the clinical data
d. Cost of HIT
Answer - Access to data
The original purpose of a medical record was.... - CORRECT ANSWER - a.
Documentation
b. Knowledge acquisition
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c. Communication
d. Reimbursement
Answer - Communication
Among the following, where are legibility issues most important? - CORRECT
ANSWER - a. Medication ordering
b. Discharge summary
c. Physician signature
d. Progress note
Answer - Medication ordering
Healthcare organizations are characterized by... - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Competitive
business models
b. Flat organizational structures
c. Consolidation
d. Divergence of authority
Answer - Divergence of authority
In which form of reimbursement may the patient pay a co-pay or be required to meet a
deductable? - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Medicare
b. Group health insurance
c. Blue Cross Blue Shield
d. All of the above
Answer - All of the above
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Which of the following is not considered a part of an EHR, but rather HIT complementary to the
EHR? - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Clinical decision support
b. Point of care documentation
c. Laboratory information system
d. Computerized provider order entry
Answer - Laboratory information system
Which one of the following is not a form of clinical decision support (CDS)? - CORRECT
ANSWER - a. Reminder to administer a medication
b. Using a template to follow a clinical practice guideline
c. Alert about an abnormal lab result
d. Icon that supplies the image of a chest x-ray
Answer - Icon that supplies the image of a chest x-ray
Clinical decision support can be challenging to design because: - CORRECT ANSWER -
a. Source systems are not designed to support their use
b. Clinical guidelines are not conducive to direct incorporation into the software
c. Physicians do not like alerts and reminders
d. There is little evidence that they improve the quality of care
Answer - Clinical guidelines are not conducive to direct incorporation into the software
Hybrid records are the result of: - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Necessity for implementing
EHR components
b. Poor computer design
c. Legal restrictions on what can be automated
d. All of the above
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Answer - Necessity for implementing EHR components
In which model of personal health record do individuals have the most access to the provider's
record of their care? - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Separate personal health record
b. Provision of summary information
c. Convergence of records
d. All of the above
Answer - Convergence of records
Laws created by federal agency are also called - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Administrative
Law
b. Regulations
c. Rules
d. All of the above
Answer - All of the above
Which of the following would potentially be in violation of laws restricting referrals? -
CORRECT ANSWER - a. Hospital giving physicians tablet computers for use in the
hospital and in their offices
b. Hospital allowing access to dictation via provider portal
c. Laboratory providing access to physician offices to results via electronic fax
d. All of the above
Answer - Hospital giving physicians tablet computers for use in the hospital and in their offices
How does case law impact EHR? - CORRECT ANSWER - a. EHR may be called into
evidence
