CAHIMS Unit Six OLI Quizzes LATEST 2024 (QUESTION
AND ANSWER)
What has incentivized the uptake of healthcare information technology in the United
States?
A. FDA regulations for drug manufacturing
B. The insistence of the US population on identity management and quality
C. The financial incentives in the HITECH Act
D. The inability of paper based charts to accommodate the volume of healthcare
information - ANSWER: C. The financial incentives of the HITECH Act have
incentivized the uptake of healthcare information in the United States.
What is the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimate growth in the number of healthcare
IT workers through 2018?
A. The growth is expected to increase by 20 percent through 2018.
B. There is no growth expectations for healthcare IT workers.
C. The growth is expected to increase by 50 percent through healthcare.
D. A decrease is expected because there is currently a surplus of healthcare IT
workers. - ANSWER: A. Employment of healthcare IT professionals is expected to
increase by 20% through 2018, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics
In recent years, what has added to the complexity in understanding healthcare
information technology?
A. The challenge of maintaining privacy, confidentiality, and security in the widely
expanding complex architecture.
B. Greater access to healthcare data from multiple groups, including patients.
C. The increase in mobile computing and the use of clouds for storage.
d. all of the above - ANSWER: D. Understanding healthcare IT has become more
complex in recent years because of the challenge of maintaining privacy,
confidentiality, and security in widely expanding complex architecture; healthcare
data has become more accessible to multiple groups, including patients; and mobile
computing and the use of clouds for storage have increased.
What innovations are driving new roadmaps, workflows and algorithms in the
delivery of healthcare?
A. Mobile health alone
B. Mobile devices, genetics, genomics, telehealth
C. Ever-increasing delivery of services via the internet, including EHRs as hosted
services
D. None of the above - ANSWER: B. Mobile devices, genetics, genomics, and
telehealth are driving roadmaps, workflows and algorithms in the delivery of care.
,Which US government agency provides the regulatory for device manufacturers and
importers?
A. NIST
B. FDA
C. AHRQ
D. NIH - ANSWER: B The FDA is the US government agency that provides regulatory
framework for device manufacturers and importers.
What aspect of HIPAA security risk analysis covers cybersecurity for medical devices?
A. HIPAA currently does not include security risk analysis that covers PHI
cybersecurity in medical devices.
B. HIPPA covers cybersecurity in the FDA regulations for medical devices.
C. The FTC covers the HIPAA regulations for cybersecurity for medical devices.
D. HHS covers cybersecurity for medical devices in its OCR regulations - ANSWER: A.
HIPAA currently does not include cybersecurity risk analysis that covers PHI in
medical devices. However, many devices include personal health information.
In what year did cybersecurity become a priority concern for healthcare
organizations?
A. Cybersecurity has no become an issue for information technology for healthcare
organizations.
B. Cybersecurity became a priority concern for healthcare organizations in 2011.
C. Cybersecurity became a priority concern for healthcare organizations in 2009.
D. Cybersecurity became a priority concern for healthcare organizations in 2015. -
ANSWER: C,. Cybersecurity became a priority concern for healthcare organizations in
2009 with the passage of HITECH act.
What event has led to the surge in cybersecurity threats to healthcare organizations?
A. The HITECH act of 2009
B. The passage of HIPAA
C. The coordination of regulations from the FDA
D. The FTC changes in telehealth - ANSWER: A. The HITECH act of 2009 is the event
that has led to the surge in cybersecurity threats in healthcare organizations.
Which of the following best describes academic health centers?
A. Any healthcare venue where research is performed
B. Usually a portion of a major university where hospital(s) are co-located with
schools such as medicine, nursing and pharmacy.
C. Limited to one institution per state.
D. Required to conduct federally funded research or lose accreditation - ANSWER: B.
It is a hospital or health system that has a formalized relationship with a university.
Academic health centers usually support the training of many of the health
,professions, support and conduct research, and offer care not widely available in the
regions they serve.
Which of the following does not characterize urgent care centers?
A. Usually open late evening and weekend hours.
B. Located in convenient locations in the community such as in a shopping center.
C. Designed for patients who need immediate but not life threatening care.
D. Owned only by public health agencies. - ANSWER: D. Urgent care centers are
somewhat similar to emergency departments in that they provide care outside of
the usual hours that ambulatory care providers are available, but urgent care centers
are not designed to provide care for complex or life threatening illnesses. In addition
to offering long hours, they tend to be located for convenient access. Pharmacies,
health systems, private medical practices and others can own and operate urgent
care centers.
Which of the following is not true about emergency departments?
A. Can refuse treatment to patients who are unable to pay.
B. Are designed to provide immediate and life sustaining treatment to patients who
are seriously injured.
C. Are often overcrowded because many underserved patients used the emergency
department as their source for primary care.
D. Treat heart attacks, stokes, and traumatic injuries (eg, people in serious traffic
accidents) - ANSWER: A. All emergency departments must treat patients regardless
of their ability to pay.
Which of the following is true for hospice care?
A. Focusing on managing patient's pain, nausea, and any other discomforts
associated with a terminal illnesses (ie when the patient is believed to have less than
six months to live).
B. Can be provided to patients who are still receiving active treatment for the disease
(chemo)
C. Is only provided for inpatient setting.
D. Is only provided by hospitals. - ANSWER: A. Hospice care is provided to a variety of
settings, including the home. The care is focused on palliative care, including the
patient's spiritual and emotional needs, and is not intended to cure or treat the
patient's illness.
Which of the following is not a provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA):
A. Requires all Americans to have a basic form of health insurance or pay a federal
tax penalty
B. Allows a young adult to continue coverage on their parents' health insurance up
to the age of 26
, C. Requires all Americans to see only physicians assigned to them by the federal
government
D. Ends preexisting condition exclusions so that insurance companies cannot refuse
to insure an applicant due to an existing medical condition - ANSWER: C. The ACA
includes many provisions but attempts to preserve patient choice of insurance plan
and providers within the insurance plan's provision.
Which of the following does not accurately describe the Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information Technology?
A. Is responsible for setting policies and standards for, as well as promoting the use
of, health IT in the United States
B. Charges fines to physicians or hospitals that do not comply with its health IT
regulations
C. Is also known as "the Office of the National Coordinator" or "the ONC" D. Is
organizationally located within the Office of the Secretary for the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) - ANSWER: B. While the ONC
defines many of the technological criteria and coordinates across federal and
nonfederal partners, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, as the largest
payer of healthcare in the United States, has created incentives for providers to
adopt (and penalties for providers who do not adopt) HIT under the Meaningful Use
program of the ACA, and will continue to do so under MACRA.
Which of the following is a true statement about medical screening?
A. Performs tests on patients who have no signs or symptoms of a disease with the
goal to identify treatable diseases in the very early stages in order to start treatment
as quickly as possible and avoid disease progression or complications
B. Cannot have "false positive" or "false negative" results
C. Is performed when a physician is fairly certain a patient has a particular disease
D. Is typically performed on patients suspected of having a disease in order to help
the physician make an accurate diagnosis and begin treatment in a timely and cost-
effective manner - ANSWER: A. As part of preventive care, medical screening is one
of the few healthcare activities targeted at healthy individuals rather than those with
a disease.
Which of the following does not accurately describe Federally Qualified Health
Centers (FQHCs)?
A. Healthcare organizations that receive enhanced reimbursement from Medicare
and Medicaid if they meet a number of requirements
B. Include such examples as Community Health Centers that focus on underserved
populations, Migrant Health Centers that focus on workers who move frequently,
and Health Care for the Homeless Centers that focus on homeless adults and
children
C. Target underserved populations, charge a sliding-scale fee based on income, and
have ongoing quality assessment programs
AND ANSWER)
What has incentivized the uptake of healthcare information technology in the United
States?
A. FDA regulations for drug manufacturing
B. The insistence of the US population on identity management and quality
C. The financial incentives in the HITECH Act
D. The inability of paper based charts to accommodate the volume of healthcare
information - ANSWER: C. The financial incentives of the HITECH Act have
incentivized the uptake of healthcare information in the United States.
What is the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimate growth in the number of healthcare
IT workers through 2018?
A. The growth is expected to increase by 20 percent through 2018.
B. There is no growth expectations for healthcare IT workers.
C. The growth is expected to increase by 50 percent through healthcare.
D. A decrease is expected because there is currently a surplus of healthcare IT
workers. - ANSWER: A. Employment of healthcare IT professionals is expected to
increase by 20% through 2018, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics
In recent years, what has added to the complexity in understanding healthcare
information technology?
A. The challenge of maintaining privacy, confidentiality, and security in the widely
expanding complex architecture.
B. Greater access to healthcare data from multiple groups, including patients.
C. The increase in mobile computing and the use of clouds for storage.
d. all of the above - ANSWER: D. Understanding healthcare IT has become more
complex in recent years because of the challenge of maintaining privacy,
confidentiality, and security in widely expanding complex architecture; healthcare
data has become more accessible to multiple groups, including patients; and mobile
computing and the use of clouds for storage have increased.
What innovations are driving new roadmaps, workflows and algorithms in the
delivery of healthcare?
A. Mobile health alone
B. Mobile devices, genetics, genomics, telehealth
C. Ever-increasing delivery of services via the internet, including EHRs as hosted
services
D. None of the above - ANSWER: B. Mobile devices, genetics, genomics, and
telehealth are driving roadmaps, workflows and algorithms in the delivery of care.
,Which US government agency provides the regulatory for device manufacturers and
importers?
A. NIST
B. FDA
C. AHRQ
D. NIH - ANSWER: B The FDA is the US government agency that provides regulatory
framework for device manufacturers and importers.
What aspect of HIPAA security risk analysis covers cybersecurity for medical devices?
A. HIPAA currently does not include security risk analysis that covers PHI
cybersecurity in medical devices.
B. HIPPA covers cybersecurity in the FDA regulations for medical devices.
C. The FTC covers the HIPAA regulations for cybersecurity for medical devices.
D. HHS covers cybersecurity for medical devices in its OCR regulations - ANSWER: A.
HIPAA currently does not include cybersecurity risk analysis that covers PHI in
medical devices. However, many devices include personal health information.
In what year did cybersecurity become a priority concern for healthcare
organizations?
A. Cybersecurity has no become an issue for information technology for healthcare
organizations.
B. Cybersecurity became a priority concern for healthcare organizations in 2011.
C. Cybersecurity became a priority concern for healthcare organizations in 2009.
D. Cybersecurity became a priority concern for healthcare organizations in 2015. -
ANSWER: C,. Cybersecurity became a priority concern for healthcare organizations in
2009 with the passage of HITECH act.
What event has led to the surge in cybersecurity threats to healthcare organizations?
A. The HITECH act of 2009
B. The passage of HIPAA
C. The coordination of regulations from the FDA
D. The FTC changes in telehealth - ANSWER: A. The HITECH act of 2009 is the event
that has led to the surge in cybersecurity threats in healthcare organizations.
Which of the following best describes academic health centers?
A. Any healthcare venue where research is performed
B. Usually a portion of a major university where hospital(s) are co-located with
schools such as medicine, nursing and pharmacy.
C. Limited to one institution per state.
D. Required to conduct federally funded research or lose accreditation - ANSWER: B.
It is a hospital or health system that has a formalized relationship with a university.
Academic health centers usually support the training of many of the health
,professions, support and conduct research, and offer care not widely available in the
regions they serve.
Which of the following does not characterize urgent care centers?
A. Usually open late evening and weekend hours.
B. Located in convenient locations in the community such as in a shopping center.
C. Designed for patients who need immediate but not life threatening care.
D. Owned only by public health agencies. - ANSWER: D. Urgent care centers are
somewhat similar to emergency departments in that they provide care outside of
the usual hours that ambulatory care providers are available, but urgent care centers
are not designed to provide care for complex or life threatening illnesses. In addition
to offering long hours, they tend to be located for convenient access. Pharmacies,
health systems, private medical practices and others can own and operate urgent
care centers.
Which of the following is not true about emergency departments?
A. Can refuse treatment to patients who are unable to pay.
B. Are designed to provide immediate and life sustaining treatment to patients who
are seriously injured.
C. Are often overcrowded because many underserved patients used the emergency
department as their source for primary care.
D. Treat heart attacks, stokes, and traumatic injuries (eg, people in serious traffic
accidents) - ANSWER: A. All emergency departments must treat patients regardless
of their ability to pay.
Which of the following is true for hospice care?
A. Focusing on managing patient's pain, nausea, and any other discomforts
associated with a terminal illnesses (ie when the patient is believed to have less than
six months to live).
B. Can be provided to patients who are still receiving active treatment for the disease
(chemo)
C. Is only provided for inpatient setting.
D. Is only provided by hospitals. - ANSWER: A. Hospice care is provided to a variety of
settings, including the home. The care is focused on palliative care, including the
patient's spiritual and emotional needs, and is not intended to cure or treat the
patient's illness.
Which of the following is not a provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA):
A. Requires all Americans to have a basic form of health insurance or pay a federal
tax penalty
B. Allows a young adult to continue coverage on their parents' health insurance up
to the age of 26
, C. Requires all Americans to see only physicians assigned to them by the federal
government
D. Ends preexisting condition exclusions so that insurance companies cannot refuse
to insure an applicant due to an existing medical condition - ANSWER: C. The ACA
includes many provisions but attempts to preserve patient choice of insurance plan
and providers within the insurance plan's provision.
Which of the following does not accurately describe the Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information Technology?
A. Is responsible for setting policies and standards for, as well as promoting the use
of, health IT in the United States
B. Charges fines to physicians or hospitals that do not comply with its health IT
regulations
C. Is also known as "the Office of the National Coordinator" or "the ONC" D. Is
organizationally located within the Office of the Secretary for the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) - ANSWER: B. While the ONC
defines many of the technological criteria and coordinates across federal and
nonfederal partners, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, as the largest
payer of healthcare in the United States, has created incentives for providers to
adopt (and penalties for providers who do not adopt) HIT under the Meaningful Use
program of the ACA, and will continue to do so under MACRA.
Which of the following is a true statement about medical screening?
A. Performs tests on patients who have no signs or symptoms of a disease with the
goal to identify treatable diseases in the very early stages in order to start treatment
as quickly as possible and avoid disease progression or complications
B. Cannot have "false positive" or "false negative" results
C. Is performed when a physician is fairly certain a patient has a particular disease
D. Is typically performed on patients suspected of having a disease in order to help
the physician make an accurate diagnosis and begin treatment in a timely and cost-
effective manner - ANSWER: A. As part of preventive care, medical screening is one
of the few healthcare activities targeted at healthy individuals rather than those with
a disease.
Which of the following does not accurately describe Federally Qualified Health
Centers (FQHCs)?
A. Healthcare organizations that receive enhanced reimbursement from Medicare
and Medicaid if they meet a number of requirements
B. Include such examples as Community Health Centers that focus on underserved
populations, Migrant Health Centers that focus on workers who move frequently,
and Health Care for the Homeless Centers that focus on homeless adults and
children
C. Target underserved populations, charge a sliding-scale fee based on income, and
have ongoing quality assessment programs
