Preassessment: Technology Applications in Healthcare PKFC: Your Answer Correct Answer
Preassessment: Technology Applications in Healthcare PKFC: Your Answer Correct Answer
1.
A patient presents to the inpatient unit following surgery. The receiving nurse has not heard a report from
the operating room (OR) nurse. The patient is experiencing great discomfort, and the receiving nurse
wishes to see the documentation for any pain medication given by the previous nurse. The leadership has
not achieved meaningful use stage 2 yet.
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2.
A medical facility meaningful use objective is to develop a health IT system. The medical facility objective
is to improve patient engagement. In order to improve patient engagement it will be necessary to
communicate with patients through a patient portal.
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Interoperability protocols
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3.
Leadership at a healthcare organization implements a new electronic healthcare record system without
performing appropriate work ow analysis. The staff stopped using the system within one week and the
implementation was unsuccessful.
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4.
A healthcare organization implemented a new electronic health records system using an in-house server.
From the rst week of go-live, users complained that the system was too slow and was unusable when a
lot of users were entering data at the same time. The information technology department has determined
the issue to be an infrastructure problem.
What should have been the foreseeable cause of the system performance problem?
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5.
A patient is at high risk of stroke. The patient's physician is concerned about adherence to the
recommended weight loss and diet recommendations. The physician is on an integrated hospital
management information system (HMIS).
Which documentation format will ensure accurate and timely data is presented to the physician?
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Data sent to the HMIS from a wearable device that tracks in real time
HMIS alerts about out-of-range readings sent to the patient via a patient portal
Record of symptoms completed by patient via a paper report and faxed to HMIS
6.
A hospital realizes patients are expecting access to personal health records on demand. In response, they
want to build a mobile health application that would be widely adopted and meet the needs of the
majority of the patients.
Which feature of the mobile healthcare application should be the focus to meet these goals?
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7.
As part of an enterprise implementation of a new electronic health record, a healthcare organization
decides to migrate 10 years of legacy data from the previous system into a cloud.
Choose 2 answers
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8.
Social media has changed the way patients access and share medical information. One of the most active
groups of information seekers is made up of those who suffer from rare or chronic conditions.
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9.
A patient diagnosed with cancer is searching the Internet for more information about the condition.
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A privacy of cer for a small hospital recently discovered that radiology reports were being e-mailed by
the transcription service to the radiology department to be added to the electronic medical record.
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Transmit the les through a direct interface to the electronic medical record
Set up a local area network for transmitting the les directly to the department
Send and receive dictation and transcribed les through a HIPAA-compliant tran-
scription application service
Transmit les in PDF format so they cannot be edited by those attaching them to
the Electronic Health Record
11.
A practice must provide patients with a clinical summary at the conclusion of the visit to meet meaningful
use standards.
Which risk is possible when providing patients with clinical summaries after each visit?
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Patients may ask more questions about the lab tests ordered.
Patients may discuss the clinical summary with family and friends.
Patients may leave paper copies behind in areas accessible to other patients.
12.
A doctor’s of ce is concerned that it needs to nd an effective way to reduce medical error and increase
patient safety.
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ERP
CRM
CDSS
CPOE
13.
A hospital's chief operations of cer is interested in how many patients have urology surgery versus other
surgeries.
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14.
A chief nursing of cer noticed that the number of patient complaints after discharge from the cardiac
medical unit increased over the past three months. The director of client services is requested to identify
the top reasons for patient complaints.
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15.
A team leader of a hospital is trying to improve access to personal medical records as well as educational
materials for all people who receive treatment at the hospital.
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Clinical database
16.
A leader of a steering committee at a local hospital is overseeing the implementation of a computerized
physician order system. In addition, the team leader is working with the marketing department to
advertise the bene ts of the system to providers who may be hesitant to embrace the new technology.
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A patient visits a provider and is admitted to the hospital. The hospital and provider have achieved stage 2
meaningful use and are part of a health information exchange.
How can the admitting hospital use the health information exchange to obtain this patient's information?
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18.
Two facilities in the same state are members of the state operated health information exchange (HIE).
Both facilities have different electronic health record (EHR) systems and wish to exchange information
with the HIE system.
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19.
A hospital was contacted to join a community-based health information exchange (HIE). During the initial
meeting, representatives from the IT department discussed the system requirements. The team's goal is to
make sure that data integrity and timeliness is ensured.
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HL7
HIPAA
LOINC
SNOMED
20.
A physician’s of ce sends all urine specimens out to an independent reference lab for culture. The
reference lab is on a different computerized patient record system that does not interface with the
physician’s of ce system, and results must be entered into the patient records manually by the staff at the
physician’s of ce.
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21.
To create an integrated healthcare delivery system, a hospital formed linkages with other healthcare
entities such as physicians, insurers, and providers.
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Shared risk
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22.
To create an integrated healthcare delivery system, a hospital formed linkages with other healthcare
entities such as physicians, insurers, and providers.
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23.
An elderly patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is not able to move around easily.
The patient lives alone, but is part of an outpatient telemedicine service offered by the local hospital that
collects data transmitted daily by the patient.
Which technical concern is a common challenge that should be anticipated for the remote service?
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The nurse who manages the service has not been trained on the device.
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In a rural hospital, psychiatric services are not available. The doctor decides to order a telepsych consult
from a psychiatric hospital on a patient with a long history of depression who is being seen for in uenza A
with IV antibiotics.
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25.
A large urban hospital wants to implement an information and communications technology (ICT). The
hospital is about to relocate and existing systems are failing. It needs to centralize its resources and unify
several databases.
Which information do stakeholders need to determine if this change is executable for the hospital?
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A plan to ensure the project aligns with the organization's long-term goals
26.
Which executive leader is responsible for managing the data, technology, end-users, and functional task
components during the implementation of an information system?
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CIO
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CFO
CEO
CMO
27.
A women’s health clinic wants to add a clinical decision support system to help them identify women at
elevated risk of inheritable breast cancer. This tablet-based system will prompt patients for additional
information prior to their appointment while in the waiting area. The organization needs to automate
processes and streamline usage of this new system.
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28.
A vendor is implementing the picture archiving and communication system portion of an electronic health
record at a clinic. The training needs to focus on the correct end users.
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29.
A clinic has adopted an electronic health records system. A provider at the clinic is consistently behind
schedule because the physician likes to write down all instructions for patients.
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Problem list
Patient portal
Provider notes
Clinical summary
30.
Providers at a medical clinic are frustrated about needing to remain at the of ce late to return patient
phone calls. They are considering adopting an electronic health records system.
Which feature of the electronic health records system will ease the burden of returning patient calls?
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Patient portal
Decision support
Voice messaging
Clinical summary
31.
Northeast Regional Hospital, a state-owned institution, is facing severe nancial cutbacks due to the
nancial recession in its home state. Senior executives propose that adopting certain software
applications may result in substantial nancial savings.
What is a critical success factor for computerized physician order entry system implementation in this
case?
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Orders are easy to read since they are typed instead of being handwritten
32.
A doctor is entering patient medication orders into the computerized physician order entry system
(CPOE). A window pops up with the following message:
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Alert
Reminder
33.
Following the decision to proceed with a picture archiving and communication system installation, an
organization will conduct a needs assessment.
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Pulling out the old system and rolling out the new system
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Analyzing the increase in cost between the old and new systems
34.
A hospital is replacing many of its legacy applications with an integrated electronic health record (EHR).
The hospital needs to allow access to legacy data to ful ll data retrieval requirements.
Which method will allow this access with the least risk?
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Print reports of data to PDF les and store at a document storage facility
Power down systems and return to service when needed for data access
35.
Given the following helpdesk prioritization graphic for an organization:
The chief information of cer’s personal computer (PC) will not boot. The CIO is working on a presentation
for a meeting tomorrow for all C-level administrators and does not want to postpone the presentation if at
all possible. The failure is with the PC.
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Priority 1
Priority 2
Priority 3
Priority 4
36.
Which system is responsible for the storing, archiving, digitizing, and delivering radiology images?
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LIMS
PACS
CDSS
DICOM
37.
The move to an electronic health record system has a big impact on the safety of the care delivered.
What metric will show how the system implementation has impacted patient safety?
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A psychiatric hospital budgeted for and implemented electronic health records (EHR) system and
integrated practice management (PM) system.
Which metric will indicate a reduction in billing errors and improvement in revenue cycle?
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Amount of cash ow
39.
A hospital's six-month strategic plan includes reducing medication errors by implementing an electronic
medication administration system (eMAR) with barcode scanning. Information Technology's (IT) current
project load does not provide resources for such a project for one year.
YOUR CORRECT
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Let the eMAR vendor manage the project and provide the resources
Tell the board of directors that IT cannot take on the project for a year
40.
A leadership team at a hospital wishes to improve patient care by integrating clinical decision support
system (CDSS) with the electronic health records (EHR) system. The chief information of cer (CIO) is
resisting this because the EHR system just went live and is still in the six-month stabilization period.
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Implement the CDSS while the EHR is still in the stabilization period.
Identify project constraints and place the CDSS on future project calendar.
41.
A healthcare organization is implementing a patient portal to improve communication with providers. The
board has approved a vendor, and the purchase and acquisition will occur in the next quarter. The vendor
has completed the feasibility analysis and the initial system testing.
What should be this organization's next step to effectively implement this system?
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Planning
Directing
Controlling
Organizing
42.
After a recent software upgrade, the emergency department registration is nding duplicate patient
records.
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Integrity
Security
Transparency
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Con dentiality
43.
A nurse leaves a telephone message for a patient that lists the next appointment date, the patient's
medical condition, and the treatment plan.
How did the nurse violate Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) guidelines?
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44.
A clinic's policy is to leave appointment reminders on voicemail of patients who have given written
authorization. A clerk at the clinic is leaving messages including the name of the clinic, name of the
procedure, and con rmation of the time. The clerk is told that this type of message violates the clinic's
privacy policy.
What should the clerk be told to change about the appointment reminders?
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A nurse employed by a university clinic saw a student who complained of a headache. After taking the
student's temperature, the nurse asked the student about their medical history. This information was left
out on the desk when the nurse left for lunch.
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GLBA
HIPAA
FERPA
HITECH
46.
A hospital has provided physicians with electronic mobile devices so they can access patients’ health
records easily.
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47.
A hospital experiences a breach involving a stolen laptop. The laptop was unencrypted, and contained the
electronic health records of 517 patients.
Which action must the administrator take in response to this breach, according to the Health Information
Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH)?
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The administrator must report the breach to the Secretary of HHS immediately,
and notify affected patients through prominent media outlets.
The administrator must report the breach to the Secretary of Health and Human
Service (HHS) immediately, and contact each affected patient by phone.
The administrator must record the breach and include the details in the hospital’s
annual report to the Secretary of HHS, and send a notice to all patients via rst
class mail.
The administrator must record the breach and include the details in the hospital’s
annual report to the Secretary of HHS, and notify affected patients through
prominent media outlets.
48.
An often overlooked asset in an enterprise when looking at security is the multifunction printer (MFP). An
unsecured MFP is a prime target for hacking into the enterprise.
Which key regulation requires manufacturers to eliminate exposure to the network and the organization's
data to hacking or data compromise?
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act
49.
A healthcare organization wants to establish an IT security program and is fully aware of the basic
framework requirements. They will begin by addressing key risk management goals.
Choose 2 answers
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50.
A hospital wants to use state-of-the-art clinical and information technology. The medical data ow in the
network will be extensive so security goals must be ensured.
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Wireless infrastructure
Biometric authentication
51.
The neurology of ce training program includes review of the current policy of ensuring at least two phone
calls are attempted to the patient to relate test results before leaving the test results on the patients
answering machine/voicemail.
Which concern should the privacy of cer have with the current policy?
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52.
An established dialysis center is acquired by a healthcare system. There is a need to review how
information will ow from the newly acquired dialysis center into the billing system of the acquiring
healthcare system.
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53.
A patient arrives in the emergency department (ED) and requests his medical record. The clerk in the ED
prints it and gives it to the patient.
What is required to be in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act?
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54.
A local hospital has decided to incorporate single sign-on authentication with facial recognition and
desktop virtualization into its clinical and administrative information technology systems.
Choose 2 answers
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HIPAA non-compliance
Authentication weakness
55.
A medical center provides teleconference services to consult on stroke patients. During one of the
sessions, the video signal was lost and doctors had to call IT to x the problem. After the problem was
resolved, the IT technician remained present during the teleconference and overheard the patients'
diagnoses and treatment plan. Later, the IT technician discussed speci c details about the case he had
overheard with his coworkers.
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