Health Information Technology And | Verified Test Bank Ch.13

CHAPTER 13: Health Information Technology and Strategy

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The ____ (HITECH) Act sets forth a plan for advancing the appropriate use of health information technology to improve quality of care and establish a foundation for the electronic exchange and use of health information systems.

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2. A(n) ____ is generally managed and controlled by the patient or consumer.

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3. Approximately ____ of hospitals are estimated to have fully operational electronic health record (EHR) systems.

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4. The overarching goal of assisting physicians and hospitals in adopting electronic health records (EHRs) that meet industry standards is to have the technology used as a tool to accomplish health outcome policy priorities such as ____.

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5. One approach to aligning the IS function with the rest of the organization includes the idea that IS function should ____ that of the organization.

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6. Successful strategic ____ should result in a set of IS projects that the organization has identified as important to its strategic direction or for sustaining existing capabilities.

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7. One advantage of achieving strategic alignment is that it tends to lead to a critical factor in the success of IS projects, which is executive level and ____ leadership support.

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8. ____ systems help enable health information exchange across organizational boundaries and fully care patients through home monitoring, telehealth, and other means.

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9. One of the key features of the Affordable Care Act is expanding ____ eligibility.

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10. The three main activities most helpful in successfully managing change in IS projects are communicating, training, and providing ____.

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COMPLETION

1. Twenty years ago, the Institute of Medicine published a landmark report that outlined the numerous problems inherent with ____________________ medical record systems and called for the widespread adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems.

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2. ____________________ is a general term that is often used to describe a broad range of technologies for transmitting and managing health information for use by consumers, providers, payers, insurers, and others interested in health care.

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3. One function of an electronic health record (EHR) is to enable health information ____________________ across organizational boundaries and more fully engage the patient in his or her own care through home monitoring and telehealth.

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4. The most frequently cited barrier to health information technology is ___________________.

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5. If a health care organization does not align its health IT investments to its organizational strategy, the ____________________ function may be at a high level or may go wrong.

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6. One way of reducing 30-day readmissions is implementing the ____________________ across the involved organizations.

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7. Standard strategic planning tools used to determine what kind of IS capabilities an organization needs in order to achieve its goals and objectives include analysis of the internal and external environments and the identification of strategic opportunities and ____________________.

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8. Once the executive team defines the IS portfolio of funded projects, project ____________________ becomes crucial to the success of the project.

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9. It is critical to approach the acquisition, implementation, and management of ____________________ systems with proven methodologies.

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10. In order for the organization to assess the impact of IS on the ability of the organization to achieve its strategic goals, the organization must link its IS ____________________ to its organizational strategy.

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MATCHING

Match each item with a statement below:

1. Includes provisions to expand Medicaid eligibility and offer a variety of health insurance plans

2. Facilitates and simplifies such processes as scheduling, prior authorizations, and insurance verification

3. Employs computerized clinical decision-support capabilities such as reminders, alerts, and computer-assisted diagnosing

4. Incorporates use of computerized provider order entry, particularly in ordering medications

5. Includes everything from patient education materials to home monitoring to telehealth

6. Manages all types of results (e.g., laboratory test results, radiology procedure results) electronically

7. Includes medical and nursing diagnoses, a medication list, allergies, demographics, clinical narratives, and laboratory test results

8. Involves health IT systems in electronically sharing health care information across organizational boundaries

9. Establishes standardized terminology and data formats for public and private sector reporting requirements

10. Enables those involved in patient care to communicate effectively with each other and with the patient