Healthcare Information Systems Review Questions
Course Introduction
Healthcare Information Systems explores the design, implementation, and management of computer systems used to collect, store, and analyze health information in clinical and administrative settings. The course covers electronic health records (EHRs), health information exchanges (HIEs), clinical decision support systems, and telemedicine platforms. Students will learn about system interoperability, data standards (such as HL7 and ICD-10), privacy and security regulations (including HIPAA), and emerging technologies that support patient care and healthcare operations. Through case studies and practical exercises, students will gain insights into the challenges and best practices for optimizing information systems to improve patient outcomes, streamline workflows, and ensure data integrity in healthcare environments.
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Information Technology for the Health Professions 4th Edition Lillian Burke
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Information
Technologyhardware, Software, and Telecommunications
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Q1) Information technology includes the use of computers,communications ______________,and computer literacy.
A)groups
B)tags
C)networks
D)None of the above
Answer: C
Q2) _____________________ can take complex mathematical data and create simulations of epidemics,pandemics,and other disasters.
A)Supercomputers
B)Personal digital assistants (PDAs)
C)Embedded computers
D)Minicomputers
Answer: A
Q3) _______________ refers to the programs-the step-by-step instructions that tell the hardware what to do.
Answer: Software
Q4) The physical components of a computer are called _______________.
Answer: hardware
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Chapter 2: Medical Informatics: the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act, Hitech, and the Health Information
Technology Decade
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Q1) One of the obstacles in the way of introducing the EHR is ____________.
Answer: cost or resistance by personnel
Q2) The federal government has set a goal of the year ___________ for universal adoption of electronic records.
A)2009
B)2010
C)2013
D)2014
Answer: D
Q3) ________ has the task of overseeing the adoption and meaningful use of EHRs,setting standards,and judging the impact.
A)ARRA
B)The Congress
C)The President
D)ONCHIT
Answer: D
Q4) A _________ information system uses computers to manage clinical information.
Answer: Pharmacy
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Chapter 3: An Introduction to the Administrative
Applications of Computers: Practice Management:
Scheduling and Accounting
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Q1) Medical offices must use _______________ billing to accommodate two or three insurers,who must be billed in a timely fashion before the patient is billed.
A)super
B)partial
C)bucket
D)None of the above
Answer: C
Q2) The ______________ field uniquely identifies each record in a table.
A)super
B)record
C)file
D)key
Answer: D
Q3) A table is made up of related _______________,each of which holds all the information on one item in a table,for example,one patient.
Answer: records
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Q4) A database _______________ holds all related information on an entity,for example,a medical practice.
Answer: file
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Chapter 4: Telemedicine
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Q1) _______________ involves the sending of radiological images in digital form over telecommunications lines.
A)Teleradiology
B)Telekinetics
C)Both A and B
D)None of the above
Q2) Medical personnel are required to be licensed by the _______________ in which they practice.
Q3) A victim of a stroke caused by a clot (determined by a CT scan)may be helped by the administration of _______________,a clot-busting drug,if it is given within a few hours.
Q4) The Department of ________________ of the United States has spent millions of dollars on telemedicine equipment and installation.
A)Veterans Affairs
B)Defense
C)Education
D)Health
Q5) _______________ involves the delivery of therapy using teleconferencing.
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Chapter 5: Information Technology in Public Health
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Q1) ___________________ is already having a devastating effect on the earth and is affecting agricultural production in some places.
Q2) Between 2011 and 2015,an international program to combat AIDS aims to advance global progress in achieving country set targets for universal access to HIV prevention,treatment,care and support and to halt and reverse the spread of HIV.".It is called ________________.
A)UNAIDS
B)LIFESAVE
C)UNSAVE
D)None of the above
Q3) ______________________________ is a microbiology information system developed at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Massachusetts.It is used to monitor antibacterial resistance.
Q4) A/An ________________ is "an excess in the number of cases of a given health problem...."
A)pandemic
B)epidemic
C)small outbreak
D)outbreak
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Chapter 6: Information Technology in Radiology
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Q1) Digital images ________________________.
A)are immediately available on a network
B)do not have to be developed
C)can be transmitted over telephone lines
D)All of the above
Q2) The newer _____________ knife,because it compensates for patient movement,can be used to treat brain and spinal tumors with radiosurgery.
A)radiological
B)cyber
C)alpha
D)None of the above
Q3) On the borderline between radiology and surgery,stereotactic radiosurgery or _______________ knife surgery is a noninvasive technique that is currently used to treat brain tumors in a one-day session.
A)alpha
B)beta
C)gamma
D)None of the above
Q4) _______________ surgery does NOT involve cutting,but the use of sound waves.
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Chapter 7: Information Technology in Surgerythe Cutting Edge
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Q1) One form of minimally invasive robotic surgery is called ___________________ surgery.It does NOT require incisions.It is also called natural orifice surgery.
A)augmented
B)virtual
C)simulated
D)endoluminal
Q2) The surgeon does NOT look at the patient;instead,he or she looks at a monitor on which is projected a picture of the patient.Thus,much computer-assisted surgery is said to be _______________-directed.
A)picture
B)image
C)graphically
D)None of the above
Q3) Computer-assisted surgical planning involves the use of ____________________ technology to provide surgeons with realistic accurate models on which to teach surgery and plan and practice operations.
Q4) One form of minimally invasive robotic surgery is called ________ surgery.It does NOT require incisions.It is also called natural orifice surgery.
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Chapter 8: Information Technology in Pharmacy
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Q1) The _________________ Project is an international project seeking to create mathematical models of human organs.
A)Human Model
B)Human Physical
C)Human Physiome
D)None of the above
Q2) Developing drugs by _______________ requires mapping the structure and creating a three-dimensional graphical model of the target molecule.
Q3) The application of information technology to biology is called ______________.It seeks to organize biological data into databases.
A)IT informatics
B)drug informatics
C)database informatics
D)bioinformatics
Q4) Computer warning systems can be used to prevent ________________________ (ADEs).
A)any deviant event
B)adverse drug events
C)any drug eventuality
D)None of the above
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Chapter 9: Information Technology in Dentistry
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Q1) The _______________ will be standardized,easy to search,and easy to read.It will integrate practice management tasks (administrative applications)with clinical information.
Q2) _______________ emphasizes prevention and the least possible intervention.
Q3) _______________ is currently used to diagnose cavities.An electric current is passed through a tooth,and the tooth's resistance is measured.
Q4) _______________ involves using a digital camera to obtain images of teeth transilluminated with white light.
Q5) ____________________ is a program that uses virtual reality.Its purpose is to teach technical dexterity to dental students.
A)DentSim
B)FillingSim
C)Dextrous Dentist
D)None of the above
Q6) Teledentistry programs have been developed to help ______________________.
A)fill cavities over the telephone
B)dentists access specialists
C)Both A and B
D)None of the above
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Chapter 10: Informational Resources: Computer-Assisted
Instruction, Expert Systems, Health Information Online
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Q1) _______________ contains only the latest month's additions to MEDLINE.
Q2) _______________________ are programmable mannequins on which students can practice medical procedures.
A)Human patient simulators
B)Virtual human beings
C)Virtual mannequins
D)Human mannequins
Q3) A/An _______________ is an attempt to make a computer an expert in one narrow field.
Q4) Hospitals are beginning to use "electronic informed consent programs." ________________is used at the VA and at 190 U.S.hospitals.
A)Iconsent
B)eMedConsent
C)iMedConsent
D)None of the above
Q5) The National Library of Medicine provides a collection of 40 computerized databases called _______________ containing 18 million references.
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Q6) A program called _______________ helps students learn the skills needed for minimally invasive surgery.
Chapter 11: Information Technology in Rehabilitative
Therapies: Computerized Medical Devices, Assistive
Technology, and Prosthetic
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Q1) Assistive or _______________ technology allows some people with disabilities to work and/or live independently.
A)helpful
B)adaptive
C)aiding
D)None of the above
Q2) Implants pose certain dangers.Among them are __________.
A)infection
B)rejection
C)blood clots
D)All of the above
Q3) __________is a therapeutic robot developed in Japan.
Q4) The __________________________ prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities and requires that businesses with more than 15 employees provide "reasonable accommodation" to allow the disabled to perform their jobs.
A)Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
B)Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
C)Welfare Reform Act
D)All of the above
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Chapter 12: Security and Privacy in an Electronic Age
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Q1) The ___________________________ encourages the use of electronic medical records and requires health care facilities to have privacy policies.
A)Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
B)Americans with Disabilities Act
C)USA PATRIOT Act
D)Welfare Reform Act
Q2) A ___________ can connect the user with numbers without the user's knowledge;the dialer may connect the user's computer to an expensive 900 number.
Q3) The _______________ has been interpreted to allow employers access to employees' e-mail.
Q4) The _______________ Act expands and centralizes the data gathering allowed under the USA PATRIOT Act.
Q5) The penalties for damaging computer systems have been severely increased by the USA PATRIOT Act and the ______________ Act.
Q6) A _______________ is a program that attaches itself to another program and replicates itself.It may do damage to your hardware or destroy your data.
Q7) _______________ is the scrambling of data so that it does NOT make sense.
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