UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Clinical decision-making is a systematic way to handle data and clinical algorithms to
a. decide on the best course of action
to achieve the best financial returnensure standardization
b. support scholarly publication - CORRECT ANSWER - Answer: A - decide on the best
course of action
A step-by-step procedure for solving a problem is
a. an allegory
b. an algorithm
c. an MLM
d. a checklist - CORRECT ANSWER - Answer: B - an algorithm
Each of the following is a type of uncertainty in clinical decision-making EXCEPT:
a. Technical: the clinician does not know what to do.
b. Personal: the clinician is not aware of the patient's wishes
c. Contextual: the clinician does not know when to document in the EHR
d. Conceptual: the clinician does not know how to apply abstract concepts to a real-world
situation. - CORRECT ANSWER - Answer: C - Contextual: the clinician does not know
when to document in the EHR
An example of direct use of HIT to deal with uncertainty is:
a. establishing a communication infrastructure for hand-offs
b. establishing evaluation of processes of care through clinical analytics establishing what is
known about best practice and incorporating this into "smart order sets"
, c. establishing evaluation of outcomes of care through clinical analytics - CORRECT
ANSWER - Answer: C - establishing evaluation of outcomes of care through clinical
analytics
The initial phase of HIT development in a human-centered design cycle is:
a. design prototype
b. evaluate prototype
c. analyze workflow
d. specify context of use - CORRECT ANSWER - Answer: D - specify context of use
An example of a quantitative workflow analysis method is:
a. video recording
b. ethnographic observation
c. shadowing individual clinicians
d. focus groups - CORRECT ANSWER - Answer: A - video recording
A rectangle is used in a process flow chart to depict.
a. the start of a process
b. a delay
c. an action or instruction
d. the end of a process - CORRECT ANSWER - Answer: C - an action or instruction
Mapping of current processes should include all of the following except:
a. process redesign recommendations
b. bottlenecks
non-value added stepsredundancies - CORRECT ANSWER - Answer: A - process
redesign recommendations
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