MIDTERM REVIEW - HCA 416 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
The use of technology to acquire, manage, maintain, and use information for decisions that needs to
be made in a cost efficient manner
Informatics
The field of information science concerned with management of all aspects of health data and
information through the application of computers and computer technologies
Health Informatics
HIT stands for __ ___ ____.
Health Information Technology
Healthcare is an information-___ process. It is one of the most information ____ sectors in our
economy.
intensive
High Quality Care relies on:
1. Careful documentation of each patient's medical ___
2. ___ Status
3. Current ___ conditions
4. ___ plans
,1. history
2. Health
3. medical
4. Treatment
Financial information is essential for:
1. ____ planning
2. Efficient operational support of ___ care process
1. Strategic
2. patient
Management of healthcare organizations requires:
1. Reliable, Accurate, ___, ____
2. Relevant clinical and ____ information
1. Current
2. Secure
3. administrative
These are raw figures collected by organizations
Data
Data that have been processed and analyzed in an intelligent way so the results are directly useful to
clinicians and managers
Information
,The use of information and what you know
Knowledge
3 overriding factors are driving change in healthcare:
1. healthcare ____
2. ____ based management
3. ____ change
1. costs
2. evidence
3. organizational
Healthcare costs:
1. healthcare costs continue to ___ unchecked
2. national health spending reaching 2 ___ in 2005 and consumed 16% of GDP
1. grow
2. trillion
Evidence Based Management:
1. Making decisions that relies more on ____ has now become part of the culture of healthcare
organizations
, 2. The new culture relies heavily on ______ information systematically gathered, stored, analyzed and
reported by health informatics professionals
1. information
2. organizational
Organizational Change:
1. Healthcare markets continues to change as they face ongoing efforts to manage costs, ___, and
access
2. As health care organizations adapt, health care information technology will be required to ___ these
changing needs accordingly - managed care systems
1. quality
2. accomodate
Hospitals began to automate selected administrative operations such as:
1. payroll
2. ___ accounting
patient
CAD stands for ____.
Computer-aided diagnosis
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
The use of technology to acquire, manage, maintain, and use information for decisions that needs to
be made in a cost efficient manner
Informatics
The field of information science concerned with management of all aspects of health data and
information through the application of computers and computer technologies
Health Informatics
HIT stands for __ ___ ____.
Health Information Technology
Healthcare is an information-___ process. It is one of the most information ____ sectors in our
economy.
intensive
High Quality Care relies on:
1. Careful documentation of each patient's medical ___
2. ___ Status
3. Current ___ conditions
4. ___ plans
,1. history
2. Health
3. medical
4. Treatment
Financial information is essential for:
1. ____ planning
2. Efficient operational support of ___ care process
1. Strategic
2. patient
Management of healthcare organizations requires:
1. Reliable, Accurate, ___, ____
2. Relevant clinical and ____ information
1. Current
2. Secure
3. administrative
These are raw figures collected by organizations
Data
Data that have been processed and analyzed in an intelligent way so the results are directly useful to
clinicians and managers
Information
,The use of information and what you know
Knowledge
3 overriding factors are driving change in healthcare:
1. healthcare ____
2. ____ based management
3. ____ change
1. costs
2. evidence
3. organizational
Healthcare costs:
1. healthcare costs continue to ___ unchecked
2. national health spending reaching 2 ___ in 2005 and consumed 16% of GDP
1. grow
2. trillion
Evidence Based Management:
1. Making decisions that relies more on ____ has now become part of the culture of healthcare
organizations
, 2. The new culture relies heavily on ______ information systematically gathered, stored, analyzed and
reported by health informatics professionals
1. information
2. organizational
Organizational Change:
1. Healthcare markets continues to change as they face ongoing efforts to manage costs, ___, and
access
2. As health care organizations adapt, health care information technology will be required to ___ these
changing needs accordingly - managed care systems
1. quality
2. accomodate
Hospitals began to automate selected administrative operations such as:
1. payroll
2. ___ accounting
patient
CAD stands for ____.
Computer-aided diagnosis
