Week 1 - Quiz
Due Mar 8 at 10:59pm
Points 20
Questions 20
Time Limit 80 Minutes
Instructions
What is Health Informatics?
[WLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4] [CLOs: 1, 2]
Prior to taking this quiz, review
Chapters 1, 2, and 3 of your textbook
the webpage article Milestones of Digital Health: Infographic About Its Timeline
( https://medicalfuturist.com/milestones-of-digital-health-infographic-about-its-timeline/)
The quiz contains 20 multiple-choice questions and is worth 5% of your course grade. You will have
80 minutes to complete the quiz, and it must be taken in one sitting. You will have one attempt to take
this quiz.
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Question 1
pts
What is the difference between classification systems and terminologies?
, 3/8/26, 10:12 PM Week 1 - Quiz: HIM301: Introduction to Health Informatics (SAO2610A)
A classification system provides the hierarchy of coding, while terminologies codify a term within medical information.
Terminologies are more granular than classifications.
SNOMED CT is not an example of a terminology system
(a) and (b)
A classification system provides a hierarchy of coding, while terminologies codify a term within medical
information and are more granular than classifications.
Question 2
pts
Identify the ambulatory EHR function that involves direct electronic communication for physician offices
with pharmacies.
clinical templates
CPOE
electronic prescribing
clinical decision support
Electronic prescribing is the ambulatory EHR function that involves direct electronic communication.
Incorrect
Question 3
pts
Which of the following would be considered metadata?
ICD-10-CM codes
sources of the data
trend analysis
date of admission
Sources of the data would be considered metadata.
Question 4
pts
Health data science is increasingly becoming a more important component of healthcare because of
these reasons, except
breakthrough in machine learning.
increasing volume of health data.
government regulations.
ever-increasing computing power.