Myers HIM 4320 Exam UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Healthcare spending has_________. - CORRECT ANSWER Dramatically increased over the
past several decades
Which of the following is a health record that is created, gathered, managed, and is only consulted by
authorized clinicians and staff within one healthcare organization? - CORRECT
ANSWER EMR
Which of the following is the best definition of EIM? - CORRECT ANSWER A set of
functions that are used to plan, organize, and coordinate people, processes, technology, and content
for managing information as a corporate asset
Which of the following best describes the purpose of an HIE? - CORRECT ANSWER A
federal-state collaboration to enable the secure electronic movement and use of health information
among organizations using recognized standards
In developing a new EIM program, which of the following should be the program's focus? -
CORRECT ANSWER Information associated with business priorities
The items that constitute health information primarily depend upon __________. - CORRECT
ANSWER The healthcare delivery setting
Which of the following is the primary purpose for the collection, maintenance, and use of health
information? - CORRECT ANSWER To provide patient care
Which of the following is an example of a secondary use of health information? - CORRECT
ANSWER Compilation of a bill for healthcare services
Which of the following makes it most difficult to exchange healthcare data among health facilities? -
CORRECT ANSWER Diversity of information system applications
, Which of the following is a true statement? - CORRECT ANSWER Healthcare is one of the
most complex and information-intensive industries.
Which of the following best describes a group of elements that interact with each other through
defined relationships to achieve a common goal or objective? - CORRECT ANSWER System
Which of the following initiates system action? - CORRECT ANSWER Input
Which of the following is a combination of rules, relationships, ideas, and experiences? - CORRECT
ANSWER Knowledge
Which of the following best describes the medical record number? - CORRECT
ANSWER Unique patient identifier
Which of the following best describes software applications developed by a vendor with little or no
customization and installed on a computer system located at the hospital site? - CORRECT
ANSWER Turnkey system
Which of the following have contributed to data silos, data redundancy, and quality issues? -
CORRECT ANSWER Best-of-breed systems
Which of the following best describes the IOM's vision of the future EHR? - CORRECT
ANSWER A concept of maintaining patient and health-related data electronically with
associated clinical decision support and links to medical knowledge
Which of the following has not contributed to slow adoption of EHRs? - CORRECT
ANSWER Imperatives for improved quality of care
Which of the following is true about a hybrid EHR? - CORRECT ANSWER Consists of paper
or scanned documents and electronic data
What is the goal of an NHII? - CORRECT ANSWER To provide immediate access to complete
patient information and decision support tools for clinicians and their patients
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Healthcare spending has_________. - CORRECT ANSWER Dramatically increased over the
past several decades
Which of the following is a health record that is created, gathered, managed, and is only consulted by
authorized clinicians and staff within one healthcare organization? - CORRECT
ANSWER EMR
Which of the following is the best definition of EIM? - CORRECT ANSWER A set of
functions that are used to plan, organize, and coordinate people, processes, technology, and content
for managing information as a corporate asset
Which of the following best describes the purpose of an HIE? - CORRECT ANSWER A
federal-state collaboration to enable the secure electronic movement and use of health information
among organizations using recognized standards
In developing a new EIM program, which of the following should be the program's focus? -
CORRECT ANSWER Information associated with business priorities
The items that constitute health information primarily depend upon __________. - CORRECT
ANSWER The healthcare delivery setting
Which of the following is the primary purpose for the collection, maintenance, and use of health
information? - CORRECT ANSWER To provide patient care
Which of the following is an example of a secondary use of health information? - CORRECT
ANSWER Compilation of a bill for healthcare services
Which of the following makes it most difficult to exchange healthcare data among health facilities? -
CORRECT ANSWER Diversity of information system applications
, Which of the following is a true statement? - CORRECT ANSWER Healthcare is one of the
most complex and information-intensive industries.
Which of the following best describes a group of elements that interact with each other through
defined relationships to achieve a common goal or objective? - CORRECT ANSWER System
Which of the following initiates system action? - CORRECT ANSWER Input
Which of the following is a combination of rules, relationships, ideas, and experiences? - CORRECT
ANSWER Knowledge
Which of the following best describes the medical record number? - CORRECT
ANSWER Unique patient identifier
Which of the following best describes software applications developed by a vendor with little or no
customization and installed on a computer system located at the hospital site? - CORRECT
ANSWER Turnkey system
Which of the following have contributed to data silos, data redundancy, and quality issues? -
CORRECT ANSWER Best-of-breed systems
Which of the following best describes the IOM's vision of the future EHR? - CORRECT
ANSWER A concept of maintaining patient and health-related data electronically with
associated clinical decision support and links to medical knowledge
Which of the following has not contributed to slow adoption of EHRs? - CORRECT
ANSWER Imperatives for improved quality of care
Which of the following is true about a hybrid EHR? - CORRECT ANSWER Consists of paper
or scanned documents and electronic data
What is the goal of an NHII? - CORRECT ANSWER To provide immediate access to complete
patient information and decision support tools for clinicians and their patients
