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Course Introduction
Introduction to Health Informatics provides students with a foundational understanding of how information technology is applied in healthcare settings to improve patient outcomes, streamline operations, and support clinical decision-making. This course explores key concepts such as electronic health records (EHRs), health data standards, telemedicine, and healthcare data analytics. Students will also learn about the ethical, legal, and policy issues surrounding the collection, storage, and use of health information, as well as emerging trends and challenges in the field. By the end of the course, students will be prepared to engage with informatics tools and concepts that support modern healthcare delivery and research.
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Health Information Management of a Strategic Resource 4th Edition by Mervat Abdelhak
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Chapter 1: Health Care Systems
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Q1) Which of the following departments is considered to be an ancillary department in the hospital organization?
A) Clinical laboratory services
B) Dietary services
C) Nursing services
D) Social services
Answer: A
Q2) Of the following, which one is a function of the credentials committee?
A) Reviews medical staff applications
B) Reviews patient length of stay
C) Reviews appropriateness of admissions
D) Conducts business between medical staff meetings
Answer: A
Q3) What type of health service is covered by Part B of Medicare?
A) Physician office visit
B) Custodial care
C) Inpatient care
D) Dental visit
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: The Health Informatics and Information
Management Profession
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Q1) Current Joint Commission standards emphasize departmentalized health care versus integrated health care.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The principal source of reimbursement information is the clinical record.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q3) Prospective, fixed-rate reimbursement was initiated by the Joint Commission. A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) The process of assessing the quality of physician education by the American College of Surgeons in the early 1900s was dependent on the quality of the patient record.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Health Information Infrastructure and Systems
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Q1) Retrieves and transfers radiology images and diagnostic information
A)HL7
B)DICOM
C)NCPDP
D)IEEE 1073
E)CHI
F)RxNorm
G)SNOMED
H)ASTM 1384
I)LOINC
J)HIPAA transactions
Answer: B
Q2) List three privacy and security issues that must be addressed by a regional health information organization.
Answer: Any three of the seven items listed: fraud, abuse, antitrust, and HIPAA compliance; patient, provider, and user identification; secure connectivity and transport; how, when, and by whom will data be accessed including the patient's role in access control; data content and quality control processes; decision making, conflict resolution; compliance with state and federal requirements
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Chapter 4: Health Data Concepts
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Q1) The ___________________________________ sets standards for the collection of cancer data by hospitals.
Q2) Logic data fields are used for "yes/no" data entries.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Distinguish between primary and secondary data.
Q4) The major purpose of the ____________________ organization is to provide guidelines for electronically exchanging data within health care organizations or between organizations.
Q5) Name a data element comprising socioeconomic data.
Q6) Using the information in Question 9 above, which patients were admitted and discharged the same day?
Q7) When an application is performed using both the old and new computer system for a period, it is called _________________________.
Q8) All of the following are health care data sets <b>EXCEPT</b>:
A) MDS
B) NCDB
C) UADS
D) UHDDS
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Chapter 5: Electronic Health Record Systems
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Q1) You are a supervisor for the release-of-information unit in a medium-sized urban hospital. You notice that the unit is receiving an average of 100 requests a month from the Social Security Administration (SSA) for disability claims. What action and recommendation would you bring to the health information management director?
A) Analyze the work flow and amount of time it takes for a clerk to process an SSA request for information and calculate the extra amount of needed full-time equivalent time.
B) Analyze the work flow and distribute the SSA requests equally among the clerks.
C) Analyze the type of documents the SSA is requesting and create a designated record set to meet their needs.
D) Analyze the work flow and the type of documents the SSA is requesting and set up a time to meet with the SSA representative.
Q2) Write a definition of an electronic health record.
Q3) Name one use of secondary data.
Q4) A repository of electronic information about a single patient compiled during an inpatient stay is called a(n) ______________________________.
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Chapter 6: Classification Systems, Clinical Vocabularies, and Terminology
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Q1) Which of the following would require a Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System/Current Procedural Terminology (HCPCS/CPT) code?
A) Hospital ambulatory surgery visit
B) Hospital outpatient visit for removal of stitches
C) Both a and b
D) None of the above
Q2) Diagnostic Statistical Manual, 4th edition (DSM-IV) is a psychiatric care classification system.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED) provides complete, readable definitions of medical concepts.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The International Classification of Diseases and Current Procedural Terminology are used for clinical purposes.
A)True
B)False
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Q5) Describe the purposes of coding diseases and operations.
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Chapter 7: Technology, Applications, and Security
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Q1) Clinical context object workstation (CCOW) is specifically mentioned in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Each wireless network has a service set identifier.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Define an ERP.
Q4) Give an example of a type of document that would be found on an organization's Intranet.
Q5) An executive information system is the same as a decision support system.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Each health care provider organization should have a disaster recovery plan for critical information because:
A) The plan allows for additional reimbursement by third-party payers.
B) The plan is automatically implemented when a new computer is purchased.
C) The plan will attract more highly skilled IT employees.
D) The plan is required by HIPAA.
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Chapter 8: Information Systems Life Cycle and Project Management
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Q1) Which of the following is an advantage of using unstructured questions in an interview?
A) Allows for probing
B) Takes little interview time
C) Provides a limited range of responses
D) Allows for easy analysis of responses
Q2) Which of the following is an acronym for computer programs used to design, develop, and maintain information systems?
A) CASE
B) SDLC
C) GSLC
D) ISLC
Q3) Attributes describe both entities and relationships in a database.
A)True
B)False
Q4) All of following support principles of good interface design except:
A) Systems response to user commands should be quick.
B) Screens should be layered or windowed.
C) Navigation tools should be provided.
D) Display screens should have limited blank space.
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Chapter 9: Managing Electronic Health Record Systems:
Collaboration and Implementation
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Q1) Frequent users of an electronic health record system will likely get to know how to use the system better than information systems staff.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Policies and procedures are used to manage human behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The user's manual should document all system features and functionality.
A)True
B)False
Q4) List three examples of improvements that could be measured in an electronic health record (EHR) implementation.
Q5) The stewardship of patient identifiable data typically becomes an information systems responsibility in an electronic health record (EHR) system.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The term server has more than one possible meaning. A)True B)False
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Chapter 10: Statistics and Data Presentation
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Q1) When should the standardized mortality ratio (SMR) be used?
A) When age-specific rates are available
B) When the number of deaths per age category is large
C) When age-specific rates are not available
D) All of the above
Q2) When two groups have very different means, it is best to compare their:
A) Standard deviation
B) Mean
C) Median
D) Coefficient of variation
Q3) The ____________________ is the difference between the highest and lowest values.
Q4) Ten patients were discharged from the obstetrical service on May 4 at Rocky Mountain Hospital. The day's stay for each patient was 3, 2, 1, 1, 6, 5, 1, 2, 2, and 4. What was the median day's stay for these patients?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
Q5) A whole number divided in 100 parts is a ____________________.
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Chapter 11: Research and Epidemiology
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Q1) Research enables individuals to learn something new and valuable about their professions.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In a cohort study, two groups free of disease are followed forward in time.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Retrospective study
A)Cross-sectional study
B)Descriptive study
C)Analytic study
D)Case-control study
E)Odds ratio
F)Relative risk
G)Prospective study
H)Clinical trial
I)Life-table analysis
J)Outcome measures
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Chapter 12: Performance Management and Patient Safety
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Q1) The mortality rate has been determined to be the most reliable clinical outcome measure.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Benchmarking is a performance improvement techniques based on:
A) Comparison with other high performers.
B) Identification of key indicators.
C) Tracking sentinel events.
D) Continuous incremental improvement.
Q3) Clinical practice guidelines are:
A) Statements of the "right" things to do for patients with a particular diagnosis.
B) Standards for managed care organizations.
C) Billing regulations for Medicare and Medicaid services.
D) Recommendations for providers negotiating professional fees.
Q4) Structure measures of quality are dynamic indicators of organizational performance.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Data Reporting, Interpretation, and Use
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Q1) The outcomes data warehouse should be structured around
A) An individual person whose data is stored in the warehouse.
B) The health care industry's data.
C) The population of people served or to be served by the warehouse.
D) Billed data captured from coded data.
Q2) Which of the following cancer data may be released without patient authorization?
A) Aggregate
B) Patient
C) Physician
D) Facility
Q3) Use of aggregate data from various payers is limited is because:
A) Differing providers and coding systems from provider data.
B) Lack of legal right to data for encounter information.
C) Differing diagnostic code requirements for reimbursement.
D) Lack of data sharing agreements and differing data elements for the longitudinal records.
Q4) Population-based and hospital-based cancer registries are of several types.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Privacy and Health Law
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Q1) In deciding malpractice cases against physicians in highly technical cases, the jury uses the standard of the "reasonable man."
A)True
B)False
Q2) Personal health information used for patient treatment is subject to the minimum necessary provision of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The confidentiality of alcohol and drug abuse records is largely determined by state legislation.
A)True
B)False
Q4) An authorization that complies with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act includes:
A) Identification of the information to be disclosed.
B) The purpose for the disclosure.
C) The specification that the authorization is subject to revocation in 30 days.
D) All of the above.
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Chapter 15: Human Resource Management
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Q1) The National Labor Relations Act deals with overtime pay, child labor, and record-keeping requirements for employers.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which describes job performance standards?
A) Are the same for each position in the health information services department
B) Require a human resource professional to develop and administer
C) Must be included in the job description to be valid
D) Are related directly to the job requirements established through job analysis
Q3) What are some methods a manager may use to provide regular feedback to staff and keep communication lines open?
Q4) Codes of ethics, if well-written and comprehensive, should be able to resolve all ethical issues and conflicts faced by the health information manager?
A)True
B)False
Q5) What was the intent of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as amended) and the affirmative action initiatives that followed?
Q6) What do all job evaluation approaches have in common?
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Chapter 16: Operational Management
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Q1) Work sampling using random observations is effective because:
A) Data are obtained with less time and expense.
B) The employee gets the manager's attention.
C) The manager can see whether work is distributed equitably.
D) It interrupts the normal work routine for shorter periods of time.
Q2) If work being performed in a health care setting requires handling confidential information then, the space design should factor confidentiality into the space planning process.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A trip frequency chart shows which employees frequently interact with one another.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Employee absence would not delay work completion in a serial work division model.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: Revenue Cycle and Financial Management
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Q1) What does writing off accounts receivable mean?
Q2) The amount of money received from a payer less the actual cost to provide the service represents the ____________________ gained by the transaction.
Q3) On what report would the manager locate the gross revenue for health information imaging services to use as the numerator when calculating the accounts receivable turnover for the new imaging service?
Q4) Fiscal-clinical analysis can be facilitated by examining the master charge list (or detailed billing statement) for a patient.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is the purpose of a budget?
Q6) If an organization wants to know how long the collection period is that it is extending to its debtors on average, it would likely calculate the long-term debt ratio.
A)True
B)False
Q7) List the major phases in developing the revenue budget.
Q8) Name the four general types of budgets.
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