Public Health Informatics Study Guide Questions
Course Introduction
Public Health Informatics explores the application of information technology and data science in public health practice and research. This course examines how digital tools, information systems, and standardized data processes are used to collect, manage, analyze, and communicate health information to improve population health outcomes. Topics include electronic health records, surveillance systems, epidemiological data analysis, data privacy and security, health information exchange, and the role of informatics in evidence-based policy and public health interventions. Students will also engage with current challenges and innovations in the field, preparing them to leverage informatics solutions for effective public health decision-making and management.
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Health Information Management of a Strategic Resource 5th Edition by Mervat Abdelhak
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Chapter 1: Health Care Systems
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Q1) A health care system comprising of two or more hospitals that are owned, managed, or leased by a single organization is called a(n) _____________________________________ delivery health care system.
Answer: integrated
Q2) A patient who is using natural herbs for pain management is practicing what type of health care?
A) Acute care
B) Preventive medicine
C) Tertiary care
D) Alternative medicine
Answer: D
Q3) The new Rocky Mountain Hospice Care Center will be providing patient care beginning January of next year. From which of the following resources can they anticipate financial reimbursement for their services?
A) Medicaid
B) Private pay
C) Private insurance
D) All of the above
Answer: D
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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) What is the basis for initial certification as a health information practitioner?
A) Formal education
B) Examination
C) Work experience.
D) Both a and b
Answer: D
Q4) Prospective, fixed-rate reimbursement was initiated by the Joint Commission.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Health Information Infrastructure and Systems
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Q1) Transmits data from medical devices.
A)HL7
B)DICOM
C)NCPDP
D)IEEE 1073
E)CHI
F)RxNorm
G)SNOMED
H)ASTM 1384
I)LOINC
J)HIPAA transactions
Answer: D
Q2) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services contracts with quality improvement organizations to ensure that patients get the right care at the right time.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Health Data Concepts and Information
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Q1) Data from patient satisfaction surveys are an example of internal data.
A)True
B)False
Q2) All of the following are health care data sets EXCEPT
A) MDS.
B) NCDB.
C) UACDS.
D) UHDDS.
Q3) What is included in ASTM Standard E 1384?
A) Structure of an HER
B) Entity relationships
C) Definitions of data items
D) All of the above
Q4) A password can be a word or a series of letters, numbers, and symbols.
A)True
B)False
Q5) When a health care organization analyzes market trend data, such as anticipated enrollment in managed care plans, they are examining external data. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Data Access and Retention
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Q1) An automated record tracking system is capable of tracking multiple volumes of the same record.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A numeric identification system provides more security for the patient's health information than an alphabetical identification system does.
A)True
B)False
Q3) An alphabetically arranged database used for the location of patient records in a numeric identification system is called a ______________________________.
Q4) Referring to the information above, what was the date of Mr. States' fourth encounter with this hospital?
Q5) When planning space for health record filing needs, one needs to consider the amount of linear filing space needs.
A)True B)False
Q6) List an advantage of using color coding in a storage and retrieval system.
Q7) Referring to the information above, during what month was Mr. States born?
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Chapter 6: Electronic Health Record Systems
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Q1) Successful selection and implementation of electronic health records requires that key barriers be addressed. Identify three barriers.
Q2) Models for health information exchange have been designed to facilitate and share information between organizations. The HIE model that uses a point-to-point transport through a secure inexpensive connection is known as
A) Partner access.
B) End-to-end.
C) Internet.
D) Direct
Q3) According to a 2013 report to the Office of the National Coordinator, progress in health information technology, the pace of commitment to the adoption of electronic health records is
A) Moving forward at a steady pace.
B) Continues to accelerate.
C) Continuing to advance in hospitals, but more slowly in other settings.
D) Slowing in some settings in order to understand unexpected challenges better.
Q4) Computer processing of a natural language is called
Q5) Name one use of secondary data.
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Chapter 7: Classification Systems, Clinical Vocabularies and Terminology
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Q1) Which terminology is more specific, ICD or SNOMED?
Q2) When various analysts compare codes in ICD-10-CM to ICD-9-CM, they use software that is referred to as _________________________.
Q3) Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED) disease concepts include morphology.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Administrative terminologies do not capture the complexity required for advanced clinical decision support.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List five characteristics of useful clinical terminologies.
Q6) The International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) and The International Classification of Diseases, 9th edition, Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) are both alphanumeric coding systems.
A)True
B)False
Q7) List the five axes used by the LOINC naming nomenclature.
Q8) This classification system classifies neoplasms: ______________________. Page 9
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Chapter 8: Technology, Applications and Security
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Q1) A wireless network can be secured with the use of
A) Wired equivalent privacy protocol.
B) A firewall.
C) A virtual private network.
D) All of the above.
Q2) Secure socket layer (SSL) is an example of public key/private key encryption.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Frames are required to be in each Web page containing health information.
A)True
B)False
Q4) An example of malware is
A) An attachment to an e-mail message.
B) A Web site that is collecting personal information without permission of the user.
C) A macro that is operating on a computer without permission of the user.
D) None of the above.
Q5) Explain the differences between a data mart and a data repository.
Q6) What is the hierarchical model effective for?
Q7) What are the typical five roles defined in role-based access control (RBAC)?
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Chapter 9: Health Information Systems: Collaboration,
Analysis, Design, Implementation, and Operations
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Q1) Which of the following is likely to contribute to information system obsolescence:
A) Increase in user expectations.
B) Advancement in technology.
C) Mechanical failure.
D) All of the above.
Q2) When the combined labor of users and Information Systems staff results in the successful implementation of an EHR system, most likely there was a strong collaboration during all phases of the project.
A)True
B)False
Q3) When upgrading an EHR system, physicians, nurses, social workers, and radiology technicians are all examples of potential stakeholders.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A _______________manual lists, defines, and describes system features, while a _______________manual describes system features critical to specific users.
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Chapter 10: Statistics and Data Presentation
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Q1) The average lengths of stay in the intensive care, cardiac care, and intermediate care units were 13, 7, and 4 days, respectively. The three units have seen 18, 10, and 18 patients, respectively. What was the weighted average length of stay?
A) 6.2 days
B) 7.4 days
C) 7.9 days
D) 8.2 days
Q2) The average length of stay for a patient who was admitted and died on the same day is 1 day.
A)True
B)False
Q3) ____________________ is a measure of how often data are classified in the same manner.
Q4) A type I error is when the researcher
A) Accepts the null hypothesis when it is False.
B) Rejects the null hypothesis when it is True.
C) Accepts the alternative hypothesis.
D) Both a and b
Q5) A whole number divided in 100 parts is a ____________________.
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Chapter 11: Research and Epidemiology
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Q1) Cohort
A)Faulty memory
B)The tendency to select persons under frequent medical care
C)The tendency to ask questions differently or probe more if it is known that the person has the disease
D)Quantifies the amount of risk due to a certain characteristic Ire/IRo
E)The ability of a test instrument to measure what it is supposed to measure
F)Identified by pre-existing records developed in the past
G)Accumulated period of time each person is in the study
H)Percent of all True non-cases correctly identified
I)Reliability between more than one research assistant or observer
J)Examples: all new employees within a hospital, all new students in the first grade
Q2) The hypothesis is an opinion or value judgment.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Epidemiology is the study of disease and the determinants of disease in individual cases.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Performance Management and Patient Safety
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Q1) Which of the following best describes the Leapfrog Group?
A) A federal agency
B) A collaboration of large employers
C) A regulatory body
D) An accrediting body
Q2) Structure measures of quality are dynamic indicators of organizational performance.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The Baldrige Award criteria
A) Are similar to the Joint Commission criteria.
B) Must be met to qualify for Medicare funding.
C) Are based on categories of management disciplines.
D) Are applicable only to nonprofit entities.
Q4) What technique is used to maximize the number of ideas for problem analysis and resolution?
A) Six sigma
B) Brainstorming
C) Flowcharting
D) Prioritization
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Chapter 13: Data Analytics: Reporting, Interpretation, and Use
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Q1) A physician is able to evaluate her use of antibiotics compared with the use of antibiotics by other physicians in similar patients within the same organization. This is an example of
A) Lack of a Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) format in a format usable by physicians who need it.
B) A warehouse format that is usable by quality improvement and health care professionals.
C) Lack of core measures in a format that is usable by those who need it.
D) A data warehouse format that is not usable by those who need it.
Q2) Health care organizations and providers are required to report data on specific core measures. This is an example of which use of health care data reporting?
A) Benchmarking
B) Clinical decision support
C) Consumer education
D) Performance management
Q3) The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program was federally mandated.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Public Health Informatics
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Q1) Which age group is currently most likely to die from accidents?
A) 1-24 years of age
B) 25-44 years of age
C) 45-64 years of age
D) 65 and over
Q2) Females age 13-15 are encouraged to get the HPV vaccine. The target for HPV in Healthy People 2020 is 80%. The current reported level (2008) is approximately
A) 10-15%.
B) 21-25%.
C) 16-20%.
D) 26-30%.
Q3) The National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) is a conduit for
A) Using data standards to facilitate timely, secure reporting of data.
B) Public health agencies to report disease data to the CDC.
C) Exchanging information to support the national disease surveillance system.
D) All of the above.
Q4) Eradicating tuberculosis is an example of a _____________________goal.
Q5) Mexico has more current cases of tuberculosis than the United States.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Privacy and Health Law
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Q1) Which Act imposed new obligations on health care facilities to provide medical screening examinations on patients before transferring them to other facilities?
A) ARRA
B) EMTALA
C) FOIA
D) HIPAA
Q2) The statute of limitations refers to which one of these choices?
A) Those who practice direct health care
B) All licensed physicians
C) The time during which a lawsuit may be initiated
D) The time required for the retention of health records
Q3) A patient is claiming negligence for a fall in the hospital that resulted in a fracture of the elbow. It is not likely this patient can claim negligence unless there was evidence that the provider breached a duty.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A _________________________ is a court order requiring someone to come before the court with certain records or documents.
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Chapter 16: Human Resource Management
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Q1) What are some methods a manager may use to provide regular feedback to staff and keep communication lines open?
Q2) A manager's right to require or prohibit certain actions refers to his or her
A) Authority.
B) Responsibility.
C) Power.
D) Charisma.
Q3) 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
Q4) When an employee refuses to follow a direct order from a supervisor, this is a direct challenge of management's right to run a health care organization. This is considered to be
A) Misconduct.
B) Poor performance.
C) Insubordination.
D) Delinquency.
Q5) What is the primary purpose of a progressive preventive disciplinary process?
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Chapter 17: Operational Management
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Q1) Key staffing demand indicators for an HIM director to use to assess internal staffing levels include all EXCEPT
A) # of lines per minute
B) # of discharges processed
C) # of staff used by an outside ROI vendor
D) # of incoming and out-going phone calls
Q2) The step in a flow process chart that describes the "review of a consent for release of information to determine that it meets the health information management criteria for processing the request" refers to a(n)
A) Transportation.
B) Storage.
C) Inspection.
D) Delay.
Q3) Indirect lighting can also be referred to as reflective lighting.
A)True
B)False
Q4) When planning a project implementation in a small physician office, the _________________describes how the EHR system will function when fully implemented.
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Chapter 18: Revenue Cycle and Financial Management
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Q1) You have submitted a request to the board of directors to purchase a computer-based patient record system. The system is anticipated to save $45,000 in personnel operating costs each year for the next 3 years and will cost $110,000 to install. Operating and maintenance costs for the 3 years are estimated to be $5000 per year. The money to buy the equipment would come from an equipment fund, which is now earning 8%. Calculate the payback period for the investment.
Q2) Why is the cash budget so important in managing a health care institution?
Q3) Explain the benefits of performing ratio analysis.
Q4) The health information manager would include the estimated upkeep costs and supplies for the proposed imaging system in the ____________________ budget.
Q5) Can an organization be effective but not efficient? Discuss the circumstances in which this could be True.
Q6) ___________________ to determine whether what is being expended in the newly implemented system is the same as what was planned.
Q7) Referring to the information given, compute the current ratio.
Q8) An organization's current liabilities can be located on its income statement. A)True B)False
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