Lchi 474 Final

Which of th following statements is TRUE concerning ATCB certification? use of a certified EHR is required for participation in incentive programs (r) How can healthcare organizations avoid reactive purchasing, such as acquiring a CPOE system because "everyone else is"? plot a migration path that makes sense for your own organization (r) An arrangement that involves a customer paying a subscription fee to access a software application that resides on secure computers managed off-site by a vendor is known as ___? application service provider or SAAS (r) A vendor that provides a variety of applications from different vendors but all focus on a specific market such as healthcare is called an ___. vertical service provider (r) Which term describes a scenario in which the products in one vendor's suite of products are integrated, making it difficult to introduce other vendors' products? best of fit (r) Which term describes a scenario in which products are selected from various vendors because they are interoperable and do not restrict the use of other software? best of breed(r) Which of these is NOT an advantage of using an ASP? *potential cost increase overtime*; integration issues if ASP/outsourced function must connect to inner systems; less ability to customize; loss of control/accessibility issues (r) Which of these is a resource for helping to make different vendor products work together? *system integrator* (r) All of the following are tools to support effective use of best of breed applications, EXCEPT ___. service bureau Open source EHR products are ___. able to be modified (r) A key factor in controlling the vendor selection process is ___. *applying pre-defined criteria acquisition strategy* (r) Which of the following is the equivalent of a marketing literature search? RFI: request for information (r)