HSM 410 exam 1 questions with verified answers
"Analysis Ans✓✓✓ Separating a whole into its elements or component
parts; examination of a concept or phenomena, its elements, and their
relations"
"Basic input/output system (BIOS) Ans✓✓✓ Also called binary
input/output system, basic integrated operating system, or built-in
operating system. A system that resides or is embedded on a chip that
recognizes and controls a computer's devices. Any program, operation,
or device that transfers data to or from a computer and to or from a
peripheral device."
"Bioethics Ans✓✓✓ The study and formulation of health care ethics.
Bioethics takes on relevant ethical problems experienced by health care
providers in the provision of care to individuals and groups.
"Clinical practice guidelines Ans✓✓✓ Informal or formal rules or
guiding principles that a health care provider uses when determining
diagnostic tests and treatment strategies for individual patients. In the
electronic health record, they are included in a variety of ways such as
prompts, pop-ups, and text messages"
"Competency Ans✓✓✓ A statement or description of goals, skills, or
behaviors to be achieved
,"Confidentiality Ans✓✓✓ The mandate that all personal information
be safeguarded by ensuring that access is limited to only those who are
authorized to view that information"
"Data Ans✓✓✓ Raw facts that lack meaning."
"Data—information—knowledge—wisdom (DIKW) paradigm Ans✓✓✓
A paradigm used as the basis of informatics"
"Empiricism Ans✓✓✓ Knowledge that is derived from our experiences
or senses
"Human—technology interface Ans✓✓✓ The hardware and soft-ware
through which the user interacts with any technology (e.g., computers,
patient monitors, telephone)"
"Intelligence Ans✓✓✓ Mental ability to think logically, reason, pre-
pare, ideate, assess alternative solutions to problems, problem solve by
choosing a proposed solution, think abstractly, comprehend and grasp
ideas, understand and use language, and learn"
"Protected health information (PHI) Ans✓✓✓ Any and all information
about a person's health that is tied to any type of personal
identification"
, Access Ans✓✓✓ The ability to examine, explore, or retrieve data and
information from an information system or a computer program"
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Ans✓✓✓ An
agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that
supports health services research initiatives."
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Ans✓✓✓ An organization
dedicated to promoting consensus on norms and guidelines related to
the assessment of health agencies.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Ans✓✓✓ An
economic stimulus package enacted in February 2009 that was
intended to create jobs and promote investment and consumer
spending during the recession. This act has also been referred to as the
Stimulus or Recovery Act. There was a push for widespread adoption of
health information technology, and Title XIII of ARRA was given a
subtitle: Health Information Technology for Eco-nomic and Clinical
Health (HITECH) Act. Through this act, health care organizations can
qualify for financial incentives based on the level of meaningful use
achieved; the HITECH Act specifically incentivizes health organizations
and providers to become meaningful users."
Application Ans✓✓✓ The implementation software of a computer
system. This software allows users to complete tasks such as word
processing, developing presentations, and managing data."
"Analysis Ans✓✓✓ Separating a whole into its elements or component
parts; examination of a concept or phenomena, its elements, and their
relations"
"Basic input/output system (BIOS) Ans✓✓✓ Also called binary
input/output system, basic integrated operating system, or built-in
operating system. A system that resides or is embedded on a chip that
recognizes and controls a computer's devices. Any program, operation,
or device that transfers data to or from a computer and to or from a
peripheral device."
"Bioethics Ans✓✓✓ The study and formulation of health care ethics.
Bioethics takes on relevant ethical problems experienced by health care
providers in the provision of care to individuals and groups.
"Clinical practice guidelines Ans✓✓✓ Informal or formal rules or
guiding principles that a health care provider uses when determining
diagnostic tests and treatment strategies for individual patients. In the
electronic health record, they are included in a variety of ways such as
prompts, pop-ups, and text messages"
"Competency Ans✓✓✓ A statement or description of goals, skills, or
behaviors to be achieved
,"Confidentiality Ans✓✓✓ The mandate that all personal information
be safeguarded by ensuring that access is limited to only those who are
authorized to view that information"
"Data Ans✓✓✓ Raw facts that lack meaning."
"Data—information—knowledge—wisdom (DIKW) paradigm Ans✓✓✓
A paradigm used as the basis of informatics"
"Empiricism Ans✓✓✓ Knowledge that is derived from our experiences
or senses
"Human—technology interface Ans✓✓✓ The hardware and soft-ware
through which the user interacts with any technology (e.g., computers,
patient monitors, telephone)"
"Intelligence Ans✓✓✓ Mental ability to think logically, reason, pre-
pare, ideate, assess alternative solutions to problems, problem solve by
choosing a proposed solution, think abstractly, comprehend and grasp
ideas, understand and use language, and learn"
"Protected health information (PHI) Ans✓✓✓ Any and all information
about a person's health that is tied to any type of personal
identification"
, Access Ans✓✓✓ The ability to examine, explore, or retrieve data and
information from an information system or a computer program"
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Ans✓✓✓ An
agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that
supports health services research initiatives."
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Ans✓✓✓ An organization
dedicated to promoting consensus on norms and guidelines related to
the assessment of health agencies.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Ans✓✓✓ An
economic stimulus package enacted in February 2009 that was
intended to create jobs and promote investment and consumer
spending during the recession. This act has also been referred to as the
Stimulus or Recovery Act. There was a push for widespread adoption of
health information technology, and Title XIII of ARRA was given a
subtitle: Health Information Technology for Eco-nomic and Clinical
Health (HITECH) Act. Through this act, health care organizations can
qualify for financial incentives based on the level of meaningful use
achieved; the HITECH Act specifically incentivizes health organizations
and providers to become meaningful users."
Application Ans✓✓✓ The implementation software of a computer
system. This software allows users to complete tasks such as word
processing, developing presentations, and managing data."
