MHA 705 LATEST 2026 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What is the essential component reporting and population health mangament? -
✔✔Data collection tools to support public and private reporting requirements including
data represented in standardized terminology and machine-readable format.
✔✔What is the Davis Award? - ✔✔Recognizes successful electronic health record use.
✔✔What are the five areas that Davis Award winners have demonstrated? - ✔✔1.
Significant avoidance of medication errors because of barcode scanning alerts.
2. A $3 million decrease in medical records expenses as a result of going paperless.
3. A 5% reduction of duplicate laboratory orders by using computerized provider order
entry alerting.
4. A 13% decrease in adverse drug reactions through the use of computerized
physician order entry.
5. A decrease in methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus nosocomial infections from
9.8 per 10,000 discharges to 6.4 per 10,000 discharges in less than a year.
✔✔What is the definition of ownership? - ✔✔The process of becoming a successful
owner of an electronic health record has multiple steps and requires integrating the
electronic health record into both the organizations day-to-day operations and long-term
vision, and the clinicians day-to-day practice.
✔✔Electronic health records certification ensures what? - ✔✔The quality product will be
selected.
✔✔The implementation plan should account for what? - ✔✔The long-term optimization
of the electronic health records.
✔✔Financial and patient privacy hurdles must overcome to achieve a what? - ✔✔An
expansive electronic health record.
✔✔Implementation planning should occur ____________ with the selection process,
particularly the assessment of the _______________________, initial sequencing of the
electronic health record components to be implemented, and resources required. -
✔✔concurrently; scope of the work
✔✔What was the purpose of HHS loosening regulations so that physicians will be able
to receive healthcare IT software, hardware, and implementation services from
hospitals? - ✔✔An effort to alleviate the cost burden on individual providers and foster
adoption of the electronic health record.
, ✔✔Patient privacy is a ___________ in determining how far and how easy it will be to
share data across healthcare organizations. - ✔✔Pivotal issue
✔✔What must occur so that health information exchanges are able to reach full
potential? - ✔✔The public must be able to trust that their privacy will be protected, or
else risk that patients may not share a full medical history or not seek care, effectively
make the exchange useless.
✔✔System selection is based off of an organizations what? - ✔✔Current and predicted
needs.
✔✔Criteria for a system selection should include what? - ✔✔Subjective and objective
items covering topics like common clinical workflow, decision support, reporting,
usability, technical build, and maintenance of the system.
✔✔Higher stages of the electronic medical record adoption model includes more
sophisticated use of what? - ✔✔Use of decision support tools and medication
administration tools through stage 7 where the electronic health record has data sharing
and warehousing capabilities and complete interface with emergency and outpatient
facilities.
✔✔ Healthcare organizations integrate a variety of ___________ and
_______________ information systems. - ✔✔Clinical and administrative
✔✔The Clinical and Administrative information systems collect, process, and distribute
patient centered data to do what? - ✔✔Aid in managing and providing care.
✔✔Once a trend is identified, Case management information systems provide decision
support promoting what? - ✔✔Preventive care
✔✔CMISs stand for what? - ✔✔Case Managment Information Systems
✔✔What is the definition of Case Management Information Systems? - ✔✔To identify
resources, patterns, and variances in care to prevent costly complications related to
chronic conditions and enhance the overall outcomes for patients.
✔✔What is a care plan? - ✔✔A set of care guidelines that outline the course of
treatment and the recommended interventions that should be implemented to achieve
optimal results.
✔✔CMISs are especially benefical for patient populations with what? - ✔✔Populations
with a high cost of care and complex health needs. This is usually the elderly and
patients with chronic disease conditions.
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What is the essential component reporting and population health mangament? -
✔✔Data collection tools to support public and private reporting requirements including
data represented in standardized terminology and machine-readable format.
✔✔What is the Davis Award? - ✔✔Recognizes successful electronic health record use.
✔✔What are the five areas that Davis Award winners have demonstrated? - ✔✔1.
Significant avoidance of medication errors because of barcode scanning alerts.
2. A $3 million decrease in medical records expenses as a result of going paperless.
3. A 5% reduction of duplicate laboratory orders by using computerized provider order
entry alerting.
4. A 13% decrease in adverse drug reactions through the use of computerized
physician order entry.
5. A decrease in methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus nosocomial infections from
9.8 per 10,000 discharges to 6.4 per 10,000 discharges in less than a year.
✔✔What is the definition of ownership? - ✔✔The process of becoming a successful
owner of an electronic health record has multiple steps and requires integrating the
electronic health record into both the organizations day-to-day operations and long-term
vision, and the clinicians day-to-day practice.
✔✔Electronic health records certification ensures what? - ✔✔The quality product will be
selected.
✔✔The implementation plan should account for what? - ✔✔The long-term optimization
of the electronic health records.
✔✔Financial and patient privacy hurdles must overcome to achieve a what? - ✔✔An
expansive electronic health record.
✔✔Implementation planning should occur ____________ with the selection process,
particularly the assessment of the _______________________, initial sequencing of the
electronic health record components to be implemented, and resources required. -
✔✔concurrently; scope of the work
✔✔What was the purpose of HHS loosening regulations so that physicians will be able
to receive healthcare IT software, hardware, and implementation services from
hospitals? - ✔✔An effort to alleviate the cost burden on individual providers and foster
adoption of the electronic health record.
, ✔✔Patient privacy is a ___________ in determining how far and how easy it will be to
share data across healthcare organizations. - ✔✔Pivotal issue
✔✔What must occur so that health information exchanges are able to reach full
potential? - ✔✔The public must be able to trust that their privacy will be protected, or
else risk that patients may not share a full medical history or not seek care, effectively
make the exchange useless.
✔✔System selection is based off of an organizations what? - ✔✔Current and predicted
needs.
✔✔Criteria for a system selection should include what? - ✔✔Subjective and objective
items covering topics like common clinical workflow, decision support, reporting,
usability, technical build, and maintenance of the system.
✔✔Higher stages of the electronic medical record adoption model includes more
sophisticated use of what? - ✔✔Use of decision support tools and medication
administration tools through stage 7 where the electronic health record has data sharing
and warehousing capabilities and complete interface with emergency and outpatient
facilities.
✔✔ Healthcare organizations integrate a variety of ___________ and
_______________ information systems. - ✔✔Clinical and administrative
✔✔The Clinical and Administrative information systems collect, process, and distribute
patient centered data to do what? - ✔✔Aid in managing and providing care.
✔✔Once a trend is identified, Case management information systems provide decision
support promoting what? - ✔✔Preventive care
✔✔CMISs stand for what? - ✔✔Case Managment Information Systems
✔✔What is the definition of Case Management Information Systems? - ✔✔To identify
resources, patterns, and variances in care to prevent costly complications related to
chronic conditions and enhance the overall outcomes for patients.
✔✔What is a care plan? - ✔✔A set of care guidelines that outline the course of
treatment and the recommended interventions that should be implemented to achieve
optimal results.
✔✔CMISs are especially benefical for patient populations with what? - ✔✔Populations
with a high cost of care and complex health needs. This is usually the elderly and
patients with chronic disease conditions.
