2026 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A PLUS
◉ The Clinical and Administrative information systems collect,
process, and distribute patient centered data to do what?
Answer: Aid in managing and providing care.
◉ Once a trend is identified, Case management information systems
provide decision support promoting what?
Answer: Preventive care
◉ CMISs stand for what?
Answer: Case Managment Information Systems
◉ What is the definition of Case Management Information Systems?
Answer: 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?
Answer: 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?
Answer: Populations with a high cost of care and complex health
needs. This is usually the elderly and patients with chronic disease
conditions.
◉ Information collected by Case Management Information Systems
is processed in a way that what?
Answer: It helps reduce risks, ensure quality, and decrease costs.
◉ Case management information systems assimilate massive
amounts of information how?
Answer: Information is obtained over a patient's lifetime by reaching
far beyond the walls of the hospital and track care from one medical
visit to the next.
◉ IT trends in Case management causes an increase in what?
Answer: A use of social medical and wireless communications.
◉ IT is used to support what?
, Answer: IT supports care transitions and precent readmissions.
◉ IT allows for expanded use of what?
Answer: Expanded use of patient engagement and technologies.
-ie. Text messaging, email, portals, smartphones, apps.
◉ IT allows for integration of what?
Answer: IT allows for integration of case management software into
the electronic health records.
◉ Communication systems promotes an interaction between what?
Answer: Communication systems promotes an interactions between
healthcare providers and patients.
◉ What are some examples of communication systems?
Answer: Call light systems, wireless phones, pages, emails, and
instant messaging.
◉ Communication systems have typically been forms of
communication targeted at who?
Answer: Clinicians.