D033 – Rebecca UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
A physician group is adopting a new electronic health record (EHR). Some members of the
group prefer to dictate, and others prefer direct data entry.
Which data capture method should the EHR coordinator recommend to meet the needs of all
physicians? - CORRECT ANSWER - Template-based entry
A hospital's health information management (HIM) department receives numerous pages of
loose documentation on a daily basis to integrate into the patient's electronic chart.
Which procedure should the department consider implementing to improve the electronic record
process and ensure documentation is readily available? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Barcoding
An administrator needs to generate reports that show patient utilization trends for the emergency
department (ED) on a quarterly basis.
Which system should be used? - CORRECT ANSWER - R-ADT
Which benefit is provided by a hospital's birth certificate system? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Submission of social security number requests
A hospital has a pharmacy information system (PIS) that is integrated with a computerized
provider order entry (CPOE) system. The physician orders medications for an inpatient through
the CPOE.
How is healthcare decision-making affected due to the integration of the PIS? - CORRECT
ANSWER - The integration allows the physician to be alerted to contraindication for any
medication based on the patient's allergy information.
,An emergency department (ED) patient is sent to radiology for a two-view X-ray of the left knee.
The X-ray technician uses the hospital's radiology information system (RIS) throughout the
exam.
How does the RIS assist the technician? - CORRECT ANSWER - It helps the technician
decide the correct positioning of the patient and ensures image quality.
A primary care clinic encourages its physicians to engage in patient-centered care by actively
partnering with patients during healthcare decision-making.
Which technology in the clinic's health information system (HIS) supports this process? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Patient portal
Which medication-related area has benefited from the use of an electronic health record (EHR)?
- CORRECT ANSWER - Improved patient verification with prescribed medication
How does a health information exchange (HIE) improve patient safety? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Allows all physicians caring for a patient to access the same data
A health information management (HIM) system becomes unavailable due to a faulty component
in a server. The information technology (IT) staff orders a replacement part to arrive the
following morning.
Which need is associated with managing the health information during this downtime? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Access back-up servers to capture historical data
A physician practice office would like to implement a downtime policy.
Which form is used to capture billing for the services provided? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Charge slip
, A hospital is in the final phase of implementing an electronic medical record (EMR) system and
is concerned about it going down during the go-live phase.
What should the staff do to ensure that data is not lost during any downtime? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Save information on a stand-alone computer that is not part of the project
A nurse on the night shift is preparing to discharge a patient. The patient would like to know the
facility charge of the chest X-ray received during the exam. The night shift nurse was unable to
access the chargemaster under her log-in credentials.
Which type of access does the night shift nurse need? - CORRECT ANSWER - Role-
based authentication
A master patient index (MPI) analyst has been assigned to combine duplicate health record
numbers. A health information management (HIM) technician has been assigned to help but
cannot access the hospital information system (HIS).
Which type of authentication does the technician need in order to help? - CORRECT
ANSWER - User-based
Hackers breached a medical center's clinical management database and accessed the data of 1.5
million patients. This breach forced a shut down of the network to contain the virus.
Which strategy would mitigate a future breach and prevent downtime of the electronic health
record (EHR)? - CORRECT ANSWER - Risk analysis
Malware was introduced to a hospital information system when an end-user clicked on a link
containing a virus. The virus invaded all computers in the department and brought most of the
work to a standstill.
Which strategy plan would re-establish functionality and access while the virus is being
extracted? - CORRECT ANSWER - Contingency plan
Questions and CORRECT Answers
A physician group is adopting a new electronic health record (EHR). Some members of the
group prefer to dictate, and others prefer direct data entry.
Which data capture method should the EHR coordinator recommend to meet the needs of all
physicians? - CORRECT ANSWER - Template-based entry
A hospital's health information management (HIM) department receives numerous pages of
loose documentation on a daily basis to integrate into the patient's electronic chart.
Which procedure should the department consider implementing to improve the electronic record
process and ensure documentation is readily available? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Barcoding
An administrator needs to generate reports that show patient utilization trends for the emergency
department (ED) on a quarterly basis.
Which system should be used? - CORRECT ANSWER - R-ADT
Which benefit is provided by a hospital's birth certificate system? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Submission of social security number requests
A hospital has a pharmacy information system (PIS) that is integrated with a computerized
provider order entry (CPOE) system. The physician orders medications for an inpatient through
the CPOE.
How is healthcare decision-making affected due to the integration of the PIS? - CORRECT
ANSWER - The integration allows the physician to be alerted to contraindication for any
medication based on the patient's allergy information.
,An emergency department (ED) patient is sent to radiology for a two-view X-ray of the left knee.
The X-ray technician uses the hospital's radiology information system (RIS) throughout the
exam.
How does the RIS assist the technician? - CORRECT ANSWER - It helps the technician
decide the correct positioning of the patient and ensures image quality.
A primary care clinic encourages its physicians to engage in patient-centered care by actively
partnering with patients during healthcare decision-making.
Which technology in the clinic's health information system (HIS) supports this process? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Patient portal
Which medication-related area has benefited from the use of an electronic health record (EHR)?
- CORRECT ANSWER - Improved patient verification with prescribed medication
How does a health information exchange (HIE) improve patient safety? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Allows all physicians caring for a patient to access the same data
A health information management (HIM) system becomes unavailable due to a faulty component
in a server. The information technology (IT) staff orders a replacement part to arrive the
following morning.
Which need is associated with managing the health information during this downtime? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Access back-up servers to capture historical data
A physician practice office would like to implement a downtime policy.
Which form is used to capture billing for the services provided? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Charge slip
, A hospital is in the final phase of implementing an electronic medical record (EMR) system and
is concerned about it going down during the go-live phase.
What should the staff do to ensure that data is not lost during any downtime? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Save information on a stand-alone computer that is not part of the project
A nurse on the night shift is preparing to discharge a patient. The patient would like to know the
facility charge of the chest X-ray received during the exam. The night shift nurse was unable to
access the chargemaster under her log-in credentials.
Which type of access does the night shift nurse need? - CORRECT ANSWER - Role-
based authentication
A master patient index (MPI) analyst has been assigned to combine duplicate health record
numbers. A health information management (HIM) technician has been assigned to help but
cannot access the hospital information system (HIS).
Which type of authentication does the technician need in order to help? - CORRECT
ANSWER - User-based
Hackers breached a medical center's clinical management database and accessed the data of 1.5
million patients. This breach forced a shut down of the network to contain the virus.
Which strategy would mitigate a future breach and prevent downtime of the electronic health
record (EHR)? - CORRECT ANSWER - Risk analysis
Malware was introduced to a hospital information system when an end-user clicked on a link
containing a virus. The virus invaded all computers in the department and brought most of the
work to a standstill.
Which strategy plan would re-establish functionality and access while the virus is being
extracted? - CORRECT ANSWER - Contingency plan
