Verified Elaborations
describes the contractual process between two or more healthcare
organizations to swap patient data without interruptions or corruption of data so that the
business of healthcare is conducted.
a. Interoperability
b. Electronic health record
c. Health information technology
d. Health information exchange
✓ d. Health information exchange
Identify the term that is used to describe the ability of one hospital's EHR from Vendor
ABC to communicate flawlessly with another hospital's EHR from Vendor XYZ without
any glitches or loss of data integrity.
a. Interoperability
b. Electronic health record
c. Health information technology
d. Health information exchange
✓ Interoperability
The legislation provided funding to expand HIT usage to increase efficiency
and patient safety outcomes.
a. ARRA
b. HIO
c. HITECH
d. HIPAA
✓ c. HITECH
Identify the type of interoperability that addresses the medical words, phrases, and
terms used in healthcare and the definitions of those things so that there is clear and
consistent usage among all EHR systems.
a. Process
b. Technical
c. Semantic
d. Syntactic
✓ c. Semantic
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, The published a "roadmap" showing milestones for HCOs to achieve in order
to complete interoperability in health information technology and systems by 2024.
a. CDC
b. HIO
c. ONC
d. AHIMA
✓ c. ONC
Identify the organization that acts as an intermediary, typically governs and coordinates
all efforts of an HIE, and is usually a public-private partnership.
a. CDC
b. HIO
c. ONC
d. AHIMA
✓ b. HIO
In order to qualify for Meaningful Use (MU)/MIPS funding, healthcare providers must
use CEHRT. As James, the HIM operations manager, is explaining to the chief of the
medical staff, he describes the three components required for MIPS. The most
important of those required components is:
a. The CEHRT must improve the ability to collect payment/reimbursement from
insurance companies and patients for healthcare services rendered.
b. Any health information that is exchanged with other HCO or providers must improve
the quality of care delivered.
c. The CEHRT must help lower liability insurance premiums to protect the HCO from
lawsuits.
d. The CEHRT must be used in analyzing staffing patterns in the HCO to better
determine productivity of healthcare personnel.
✓ b. Any health information that is exchanged with other HCO or providers must
improve the quality of care delivered.
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