LSUS MHA 705 FINAL PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ systems development life
cycle (SDLC). Answer: A model used to represent the ongoing process
of developing (or purchasing) information systems
◉ Informatics. Answer: the science of information management.A field
of study that focuses on the use of tech-nology to improve access to, and
utilization of, information
◉ information management.. Answer: The acquisition, organization,
analysis, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of information to support
decision-making activities
◉ Healthcare informatics. Answer: the field of information science
concerned with the management
of all aspects of health data and information through
the application of computers and computer technologies.The field of
information science concerned with the management of all aspects of
health data and information through the application of computers and
computer technologies
,◉ information science. Answer: The study of the nature and principles
of information.
◉ Applied healthcare informatics. Answer: Automated information
systems applied to healthcare delivery business and work-flow
processes, including the diagnosis, therapy, and systems of managing
health data and information within the health-care setting
◉ clinical data repository. Answer: a component of the
EHR that captures data. A central database that fo-cuses on clinical
information.
◉ data types. Answer: A technical category of data (text, numbers, cur-
rency, date, memo, and link data) that a field in a database can contain
◉ discrete data. Answer: Data that represent separate and distinct val-
ues or observations; that is, data that contain only finite num-bers and
have only specified values.
◉ Free-text data. Answer: Data that are narrative in nature
◉ structured data. Answer: Binary, computer-readable data
,◉ Diagnostic image data. Answer: Bit-mapped images used for medi-cal
or diagnostic purposes (for example, chest x-rays or com-puted
tomography scans)
◉ bit-mapped data. Answer: Data made up of pixels displayed on a
horizontal and vertical grid or matrix
◉ raster image. Answer: A digital image or digital data made up of
pixels in a horizontal and vertical grid or a matrix instead of lines plotted
between a series of points.
◉ pixel. Answer: An abbreviation for the term picture element, which is
defined by many tiny bits of data or pointsMLA 8th Edition (Modern
Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information
Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA
Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour,
K. M., American Health Information Management Association,
Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management
: Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.
◉ analog. Answer: Data or information that is not represented in an en-
coded, computer-readable formatMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language
Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management :
Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA
7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American
Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs,
, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles,
and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.
◉ digital. Answer: 1. A data transmission type based on data that have
been binary encoded 2. A term that refers to the data or information
represented in an encoded, computer-readable formatMLA 8th Edition
(Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health
Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th
ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological
Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management
Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information
Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA
Press.
◉ digital modalities. Answer: computed radiography (CR), CT,
magnetic resonance (MR), or nuclear medicine
◉ Real audio data. Answer: sound bytes, such as digital heart
sounds.The storing, manipulating, and displaying of sound in a
computer-readable formatMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language
Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management :
Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA
7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American
Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs,
P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles,
and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ systems development life
cycle (SDLC). Answer: A model used to represent the ongoing process
of developing (or purchasing) information systems
◉ Informatics. Answer: the science of information management.A field
of study that focuses on the use of tech-nology to improve access to, and
utilization of, information
◉ information management.. Answer: The acquisition, organization,
analysis, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of information to support
decision-making activities
◉ Healthcare informatics. Answer: the field of information science
concerned with the management
of all aspects of health data and information through
the application of computers and computer technologies.The field of
information science concerned with the management of all aspects of
health data and information through the application of computers and
computer technologies
,◉ information science. Answer: The study of the nature and principles
of information.
◉ Applied healthcare informatics. Answer: Automated information
systems applied to healthcare delivery business and work-flow
processes, including the diagnosis, therapy, and systems of managing
health data and information within the health-care setting
◉ clinical data repository. Answer: a component of the
EHR that captures data. A central database that fo-cuses on clinical
information.
◉ data types. Answer: A technical category of data (text, numbers, cur-
rency, date, memo, and link data) that a field in a database can contain
◉ discrete data. Answer: Data that represent separate and distinct val-
ues or observations; that is, data that contain only finite num-bers and
have only specified values.
◉ Free-text data. Answer: Data that are narrative in nature
◉ structured data. Answer: Binary, computer-readable data
,◉ Diagnostic image data. Answer: Bit-mapped images used for medi-cal
or diagnostic purposes (for example, chest x-rays or com-puted
tomography scans)
◉ bit-mapped data. Answer: Data made up of pixels displayed on a
horizontal and vertical grid or matrix
◉ raster image. Answer: A digital image or digital data made up of
pixels in a horizontal and vertical grid or a matrix instead of lines plotted
between a series of points.
◉ pixel. Answer: An abbreviation for the term picture element, which is
defined by many tiny bits of data or pointsMLA 8th Edition (Modern
Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information
Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA
Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour,
K. M., American Health Information Management Association,
Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management
: Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.
◉ analog. Answer: Data or information that is not represented in an en-
coded, computer-readable formatMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language
Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management :
Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA
7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American
Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs,
, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles,
and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.
◉ digital. Answer: 1. A data transmission type based on data that have
been binary encoded 2. A term that refers to the data or information
represented in an encoded, computer-readable formatMLA 8th Edition
(Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health
Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th
ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological
Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management
Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information
Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA
Press.
◉ digital modalities. Answer: computed radiography (CR), CT,
magnetic resonance (MR), or nuclear medicine
◉ Real audio data. Answer: sound bytes, such as digital heart
sounds.The storing, manipulating, and displaying of sound in a
computer-readable formatMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language
Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management :
Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA
7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American
Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs,
P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles,
and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.
