HCA 416 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
What are the industry forces for EHR adoption?
Drive to adoption of EHR is strengthened
-Patient safety concerns
-National focus on health information
-Health services quality
-Paper record shortcomings
-Cost containment demands
What do the healthcare organizations use information systems for ?
-Deliver data for more efficient operation of daily business activities
-Demostrate cost effectiveness through work and data flow improvements
-Standardize communication
-Define and deliver data as an organizational resource through clinical data repositories
-Provide patient data to a growing number of authorized users within and beyond the
organizations offer streamlined data capture
What are the drawbacks for paper records? (List 5)
• They are found in a single location for a single use.
• Are restricted to one user at a time.
• Information collected by diagnostic tests and bedside monitoring devices has become
more sophisticated and is not supported by paper records.
, • Clinicians want access to test results in order to act quickly to meet patient needs.
• Style and completeness of documentation in patient records varies from one setting to
another.
• It is difficult to identify which facts are missing.
In 2003, the IOM issued a list of key capabilities of an EHR system? (List 8)
-"Health information and data - central repository for patients' data from a variety of
sources
-Results management - from diagnostic tests
-Order entry/management - order tests and prescribe medications and treatments
-Decision support - help clinicians manage care through evidence based guidelines
-Electronic communication and connectivity- communicate among providers and
resources to coordinate care -Patient support- offer education for the patients
-Administrative processes- better scheduling and billing
-Reporting and population health management - report infectious disease, support
epidemiology research
How does HL-7standard contribute to EHR Systems?
-Reinforces objective for validity, accuracy, and completion of the clinical content.
-Describes a series of lists that should be routine components of an EHR.
-Provides explanation of technical capabilitiesn to guide system developers on specific
features
-Provides the foundation for the Commission on Certification of Health Information
Technology (CCHIT).
-CCHIT publishes standards for ambulatory care practice and inpatient EHRs.
SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
What are the industry forces for EHR adoption?
Drive to adoption of EHR is strengthened
-Patient safety concerns
-National focus on health information
-Health services quality
-Paper record shortcomings
-Cost containment demands
What do the healthcare organizations use information systems for ?
-Deliver data for more efficient operation of daily business activities
-Demostrate cost effectiveness through work and data flow improvements
-Standardize communication
-Define and deliver data as an organizational resource through clinical data repositories
-Provide patient data to a growing number of authorized users within and beyond the
organizations offer streamlined data capture
What are the drawbacks for paper records? (List 5)
• They are found in a single location for a single use.
• Are restricted to one user at a time.
• Information collected by diagnostic tests and bedside monitoring devices has become
more sophisticated and is not supported by paper records.
, • Clinicians want access to test results in order to act quickly to meet patient needs.
• Style and completeness of documentation in patient records varies from one setting to
another.
• It is difficult to identify which facts are missing.
In 2003, the IOM issued a list of key capabilities of an EHR system? (List 8)
-"Health information and data - central repository for patients' data from a variety of
sources
-Results management - from diagnostic tests
-Order entry/management - order tests and prescribe medications and treatments
-Decision support - help clinicians manage care through evidence based guidelines
-Electronic communication and connectivity- communicate among providers and
resources to coordinate care -Patient support- offer education for the patients
-Administrative processes- better scheduling and billing
-Reporting and population health management - report infectious disease, support
epidemiology research
How does HL-7standard contribute to EHR Systems?
-Reinforces objective for validity, accuracy, and completion of the clinical content.
-Describes a series of lists that should be routine components of an EHR.
-Provides explanation of technical capabilitiesn to guide system developers on specific
features
-Provides the foundation for the Commission on Certification of Health Information
Technology (CCHIT).
-CCHIT publishes standards for ambulatory care practice and inpatient EHRs.
