Question 1. Question : (TCO 5) The physician records his findings while still in the patient’s room. This is called:

Computers on wheels

Alerts

Point of care documentation

Clinical practice guidelines

Question 2. Question : (TCO 5) The coding supervisor wants a daily report of health records that need to be coded. Which of the following systems would be best in meeting the supervisor’s needs?

CDSS

DSS

EIS

MIS

Question 3. Question : (TCO 5) Which of the following systems is designed primarily to support patient care by providing healthcare professionals access to timely, complete, and relevant information for patient care purposes?

Administrative information system

Clinical information system

Management support system

Strategic information system

Question 4. Question : (TCO 5) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a DSS?

Provides ad hoc reports

Provides day-to-day reports

Uses statistical modeling

Answers what-if questions

Question 5. Question : (TCO 5) I am entering free text and structured data. This is called:

Template-based entry

Alerts

Care pathways

Clinical practice guidelines

Question 6. Question : (TCO 5) Which of the following information systems is used to assist healthcare providers in the actual diagnosis and treatment of patients?

Clinical decision support system

Laboratory information system

Management information system

Pharmacy information system

Question 7. Question : (TCO 5) Which of the following is used primarily for monitoring performance?

DSS

EIS

ES

MIS

Question 8. Question : (TCO 5) Which of the following systems focuses on providing reports and information to managers for day-to-day operations of the organization?

Executive information system

Clinical decision support system

Management information system

Strategic decision support system

Question 9. Question : (TCO 7) Which of the following is a core ethical obligation of HITs?

Coding diseases and operations

Protecting patients’ privacy and confidential communications

Transcribing medical reports

Performing quantitative analysis on record content

Question 10. Question : (TCO 7) Which of the following ethical principles is being followed when an HIT professional ensures that patient information is only released to those who have a legal right to access it?

Autonomy

Beneficence

Justice

Nonmaleficence

Question 11. Question : (TCO 7) Privacy can be defined as:

The limitation of the use and disclosure of private information

The right of an individual to be let alone

The physical and electronic protection of information

The protection of information from accidental or intentional disclosure

Question 12. Question : (TCO 7) Which of the following is an example of data collected by a patient monitoring system?

Demographic information

Vital signs

Lab results

Radiology report

Question 13. Question : (TCO 7) I am concerned about the possibility that the PHI that I am releasing as an ROI coordinator will be re-released to another inappropriately. Why would I be concerned with a secondary release of information?

PHI could be released without patient authorization.

This practice is illegal.

The hospital would be responsible for any inappropriate secondary release.

The secondary release is prohibited by many states.

Question 14. Question : (TCO 7) Which of the following statements represents an example of nonmaleficence?

HITs must ensure that patient-identifiable information is not released to unauthorized parties.

HITs must apply rules fairly and consistently to every case.

HITs must ensure that patient-identifiable information is released to the parties who need it to provide services to their patients.

HITs must ensure that patients themselves, and not other parties, are authorizing access to the patients’ individual health information.

Question 15. Question : (TCO 6) I work for a 10-hospital chain that is purchasing five more hospitals. Many of these hospitals have different vendors supplying their information systems. This has resulted in concerns regarding

Point-of-care charting

Data mining

Interoperability

Supportive functions