Introduction to Information Systems for
Health Information Technology Exam
Questions And Correct Answers.
entering data, analyzing data, using and maintaining data - Answer HIM professionals use
computers for which tasks?
patient care, education, access to information - Answer What areas of healthcare have been
impacted by the use of computer systems in HIM?
Interfaces - Answer What enables applications to communicate with each other so that
systems can be integrated?
data - Answer raw facts and figures
information system - Answer an automated system that uses computer hardware and
software to record, manipulate, store, recover, and disseminate data. A system that receives and
processes input and provides output
financial applications - Answer software applications that handle patient accounts, budgets,
and other financial activities.
mainframe computers - Answer large computers that are used by the government and other
organizations that require speed and ability to process large amounts of data
dumb terminals - Answer all the of processing is performed at the server or mainframe, used
to input patient data, capturing various patient or clinical data for reporting purposes
personal computer - Answer all of the processing is performed on the PC, has central
processing unit, computer memory, and storage for data
information - Answer data that has been manipulated into something meaningful
point of care (POC) - Answer the place or location where the physician administers services to
,electronic health record (EHR) - Answer electronic record of health-related information on an
individual that conforms to nationally recognized interoperability standards, and that can be
created, managed, and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff across more than one
healthcare organization
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Answer this law enacted an incentive
program known as meaningful use, which gave healthcare providers who met the requirements
financial incentives for implementing the EHR and using it in a meaningful way
cloud computing - Answer a way to store data and run applications for many healthcare
facilities--a system that operates on a computer that is owned and maintained by a vendor
cloud computing - Answer facilitates sharing information, stored at remote location, moved
via the internet
intranet - Answer private information network that is similar to the internet in that it uses
internet technologies, however, its servers are located inside a firewall or security barrier
intranet - Answer give updates on upcoming events, house the bylaws and rules and
regulations as well as the policies and procedures of the facility, provide a repository for forms,
employee directory, maps, and a site search engine
extranet - Answer uses a system of connections of private internet networks outside an
organization's firewall and uses the internet technology to enable collaborative applications to
allow users access
extranet - Answer this system can be used to allow patients to access healthcare information
and schedule appointments and by vendors to allow healthcare facilities to monitor the status
of orders
extranet - Answer a patient can access his test results by using the:
using a computer that is owned and managed by a vendor - Answer cloud computing refers to:
implementation of the EHR through meaningful use - Answer The American Recovery and
, intranet - Answer where would an employee access the form to request reimbursement for
recent travel?
health information exchange (HIE) - Answer the exchange of health information electronically
between providers and others with the same level of interoperability
patient safety - Answer a discipline that emphasizes safety in healthcare through the
prevention, reduction, reporting, and analysis of medical error that often leads to adverse
effects
evidence-based medicine - Answer describes healthcare services based on clinical methods
that have been thoroughly tested through controlled, peer-reviewed biomedical studies
clinical pathways - Answer are a tool designed to coordinate multidisciplinary care planning for
specific diagnoses and treatments
clinical practice guidelines - Answer provide a detailed, step-by-step- guide used by healthcare
practitioners to make knowledge-based decisions related to patient care and issued by an
authoritative organization such as a medial society
health informatics - Answer a scientific discipline that is concerned with the cognitive,
information-processing, and communication tasks of healthcare practice, education, and
research, including the information science and technology to support these tasks
improve healthcare - Answer the goal of health informatics:
health informatics - Answer uses information systems to manipulate and use information to
improve healthcare
data analytics - Answer the science of examining raw data with the purpose of drawing
conclusions about that information
data analytics - Answer the information derived can be used to make business decisions
concerning which services to provide and how to improve patient care
Health Information Technology Exam
Questions And Correct Answers.
entering data, analyzing data, using and maintaining data - Answer HIM professionals use
computers for which tasks?
patient care, education, access to information - Answer What areas of healthcare have been
impacted by the use of computer systems in HIM?
Interfaces - Answer What enables applications to communicate with each other so that
systems can be integrated?
data - Answer raw facts and figures
information system - Answer an automated system that uses computer hardware and
software to record, manipulate, store, recover, and disseminate data. A system that receives and
processes input and provides output
financial applications - Answer software applications that handle patient accounts, budgets,
and other financial activities.
mainframe computers - Answer large computers that are used by the government and other
organizations that require speed and ability to process large amounts of data
dumb terminals - Answer all the of processing is performed at the server or mainframe, used
to input patient data, capturing various patient or clinical data for reporting purposes
personal computer - Answer all of the processing is performed on the PC, has central
processing unit, computer memory, and storage for data
information - Answer data that has been manipulated into something meaningful
point of care (POC) - Answer the place or location where the physician administers services to
,electronic health record (EHR) - Answer electronic record of health-related information on an
individual that conforms to nationally recognized interoperability standards, and that can be
created, managed, and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff across more than one
healthcare organization
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Answer this law enacted an incentive
program known as meaningful use, which gave healthcare providers who met the requirements
financial incentives for implementing the EHR and using it in a meaningful way
cloud computing - Answer a way to store data and run applications for many healthcare
facilities--a system that operates on a computer that is owned and maintained by a vendor
cloud computing - Answer facilitates sharing information, stored at remote location, moved
via the internet
intranet - Answer private information network that is similar to the internet in that it uses
internet technologies, however, its servers are located inside a firewall or security barrier
intranet - Answer give updates on upcoming events, house the bylaws and rules and
regulations as well as the policies and procedures of the facility, provide a repository for forms,
employee directory, maps, and a site search engine
extranet - Answer uses a system of connections of private internet networks outside an
organization's firewall and uses the internet technology to enable collaborative applications to
allow users access
extranet - Answer this system can be used to allow patients to access healthcare information
and schedule appointments and by vendors to allow healthcare facilities to monitor the status
of orders
extranet - Answer a patient can access his test results by using the:
using a computer that is owned and managed by a vendor - Answer cloud computing refers to:
implementation of the EHR through meaningful use - Answer The American Recovery and
, intranet - Answer where would an employee access the form to request reimbursement for
recent travel?
health information exchange (HIE) - Answer the exchange of health information electronically
between providers and others with the same level of interoperability
patient safety - Answer a discipline that emphasizes safety in healthcare through the
prevention, reduction, reporting, and analysis of medical error that often leads to adverse
effects
evidence-based medicine - Answer describes healthcare services based on clinical methods
that have been thoroughly tested through controlled, peer-reviewed biomedical studies
clinical pathways - Answer are a tool designed to coordinate multidisciplinary care planning for
specific diagnoses and treatments
clinical practice guidelines - Answer provide a detailed, step-by-step- guide used by healthcare
practitioners to make knowledge-based decisions related to patient care and issued by an
authoritative organization such as a medial society
health informatics - Answer a scientific discipline that is concerned with the cognitive,
information-processing, and communication tasks of healthcare practice, education, and
research, including the information science and technology to support these tasks
improve healthcare - Answer the goal of health informatics:
health informatics - Answer uses information systems to manipulate and use information to
improve healthcare
data analytics - Answer the science of examining raw data with the purpose of drawing
conclusions about that information
data analytics - Answer the information derived can be used to make business decisions
concerning which services to provide and how to improve patient care
