MHA 705 FINAL EXAM | QUESTIONS
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Which components are necessary for effective health IT governance?
(Select all that apply. )
a. Proper procedures for punishing transgressions
b. Organizational structures responsible for ensuring that informatics
efforts are aligned with institutional priorities and optimally utilized
c. Organizational structures for assessing clinical processes
d. Organizational structures responsible for clearly defining institutional
priorities
e. Accompanying processes to operationalize the governance
- Correct Answer - B. . Organizational structures responsible for ensuring
that informatics efforts are aligned with institutional priorities and
optimally utilized
D. Organizational structures responsible for clearly defining institutional
priorities
E. Accompanying processes to operationalize the governance
It is important to monitor and track unintended consequences of health
IT implementation because: - Correct Answer - not much is known and
we need to learn more.
,Which factors represent internal and external forces that require effective
informatics governance? (Select all that apply.)
a. Clinician demand
b. Increasing demand for decision support and analytics
c. An increase in the use of internally produced, transaction-based
applications to support back-office functions and the delivery of clinical
care
d. Greater expectations for information access and transparency
e. Meaningful Use and healthcare reform
- Correct Answer - b. Increasing demand for decision support and
analytics
d. Greater expectations for information access and transparency
e. Meaningful Use and healthcare reform
The main objective behind the health IT incentives provided by the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is:
- Correct Answer - improving health and healthcare.
Which recommendations did the IOM make to address health IT safety
concerns and make patient care safer? (Select all that apply. )
a. HHS should establish a mechanism for vendors and patients to report
health IT-related deaths, serious injuries, or unsafe conditions.
,b. ONC should work with the private sector to make comparative user
experiences publicly available.
c. HHS should fund a new Health IT Safety Council.
d. Every patient should download and use the federal government's
MyHealthIT mobile app to document healthcare safety concerns.
e. Health IT should be moved from private, for-profit organizations into a
nationalized central agency with strict oversight.
- Correct Answer - a. HHS should establish a mechanism for vendors
and patients to report health IT-related deaths, serious injuries, or unsafe
conditions.
b. ONC should work with the private sector to make comparative user
experiences publicly available.
c. HHS should fund a new Health IT Safety Council.
In which year will (or did) MU incentives for providers transform to merit-
based reimbursement under MACRA?
- Correct Answer - 2018
The IOM report, HIT and Patient Safety: Building Safer Systems for
Better Care, documented that safe use of health IT relies on: (Select all
that apply. )
a. vendors, users, and government.
b. the interplay of people, process, and technology.
c. clinicians and patients.
, d. luck.
e. commercial interests.
- Correct Answer - a. vendors, users, and government.
b. the interplay of people, process, and technology.
c. clinicians and patients.
What are some examples of indirect costs to organizations that have
security breaches? (Select all that apply. )
a. Repeating medical procedures
b. Expensive fines
c. Damaged public trust
d. Lost productivity
e. Remediation costs - Correct Answer - c. Damaged public trust
d. Lost productivity
e. Remediation costs
Which of the following is not part of the criteria to determine Meaningful
Use?
a. Increasing litigation victories
b. Engaging patients and families
c. Improving care coordination
AND CORRECT ANSWERS | RATED A+
| LATEST 2025/2026 GUIDE
Which components are necessary for effective health IT governance?
(Select all that apply. )
a. Proper procedures for punishing transgressions
b. Organizational structures responsible for ensuring that informatics
efforts are aligned with institutional priorities and optimally utilized
c. Organizational structures for assessing clinical processes
d. Organizational structures responsible for clearly defining institutional
priorities
e. Accompanying processes to operationalize the governance
- Correct Answer - B. . Organizational structures responsible for ensuring
that informatics efforts are aligned with institutional priorities and
optimally utilized
D. Organizational structures responsible for clearly defining institutional
priorities
E. Accompanying processes to operationalize the governance
It is important to monitor and track unintended consequences of health
IT implementation because: - Correct Answer - not much is known and
we need to learn more.
,Which factors represent internal and external forces that require effective
informatics governance? (Select all that apply.)
a. Clinician demand
b. Increasing demand for decision support and analytics
c. An increase in the use of internally produced, transaction-based
applications to support back-office functions and the delivery of clinical
care
d. Greater expectations for information access and transparency
e. Meaningful Use and healthcare reform
- Correct Answer - b. Increasing demand for decision support and
analytics
d. Greater expectations for information access and transparency
e. Meaningful Use and healthcare reform
The main objective behind the health IT incentives provided by the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is:
- Correct Answer - improving health and healthcare.
Which recommendations did the IOM make to address health IT safety
concerns and make patient care safer? (Select all that apply. )
a. HHS should establish a mechanism for vendors and patients to report
health IT-related deaths, serious injuries, or unsafe conditions.
,b. ONC should work with the private sector to make comparative user
experiences publicly available.
c. HHS should fund a new Health IT Safety Council.
d. Every patient should download and use the federal government's
MyHealthIT mobile app to document healthcare safety concerns.
e. Health IT should be moved from private, for-profit organizations into a
nationalized central agency with strict oversight.
- Correct Answer - a. HHS should establish a mechanism for vendors
and patients to report health IT-related deaths, serious injuries, or unsafe
conditions.
b. ONC should work with the private sector to make comparative user
experiences publicly available.
c. HHS should fund a new Health IT Safety Council.
In which year will (or did) MU incentives for providers transform to merit-
based reimbursement under MACRA?
- Correct Answer - 2018
The IOM report, HIT and Patient Safety: Building Safer Systems for
Better Care, documented that safe use of health IT relies on: (Select all
that apply. )
a. vendors, users, and government.
b. the interplay of people, process, and technology.
c. clinicians and patients.
, d. luck.
e. commercial interests.
- Correct Answer - a. vendors, users, and government.
b. the interplay of people, process, and technology.
c. clinicians and patients.
What are some examples of indirect costs to organizations that have
security breaches? (Select all that apply. )
a. Repeating medical procedures
b. Expensive fines
c. Damaged public trust
d. Lost productivity
e. Remediation costs - Correct Answer - c. Damaged public trust
d. Lost productivity
e. Remediation costs
Which of the following is not part of the criteria to determine Meaningful
Use?
a. Increasing litigation victories
b. Engaging patients and families
c. Improving care coordination
