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Term

Base-level computer information that may consist of numerical or word elements, facts, values, or combinations of stored information that can be either be qualitative or quantitative, and rom which knowledge is derived and decision making may be made better and more logical.

 

Definition
Data
Term

 

Two dimensions for healthcare data:

 

Definition

 

Technical and skilled personnel

 

  • Security, integrity, organization, performance
  • Storage

 

Data understanding and analysis
  • Users’ data intelligence, clinical decision-making, operational introspection, care quality, change management
Term
The 3 Vs of big data
Definition
  1. Velocity
    1. Momentum & acceleration (BYD, Mobile, Tablets)
    2. Volume
      1. Worldwide healthcare:  70 Exabytes (3.3 T MP3s)
    3. Variety
      1. Personal devices, mobile
Term
Challenges of big data
Definition

 

Data Ownership: Technical vs Business vs Users

 

Delivery and Translation

 

Data Storage

 

Openness

 

Terminology

 

Data Sharing

 

Interfacing

 

Term

 

A set of theories, methodologies, processes, architectures, and technologies that transform raw data into meaningful and useful information for business purposes. 

 

Definition
Business Intelligence
Term
Common functions of BI
Definition

 

  • Reporting
  • Online analytical processing
  • Business Performance management
  • Benchmarking
  • Text mining
  • Predictive mining
  • Predictive analytics
  • Prescriptive analytics
Term
A set of theories, methodologies, processes, architectures, and technologies that transform raw data into meaningful and useful information for clinical purposes.
Definition
Clinical Intelligence
Term
BI and CI Combined Purposes
Definition

 

  • Statistics
  • Scorecards
  • Quality Metrics and Reporting
  • Multipurpose Presentation Dashboards

 

  • Outcomes-based Compensation
  • Longitudinal Care Management
  • Key Performance Indicators
  • Alerts
  • Supply-Chain Analysis
  • Experienced-Based Rating Engines
  • Oopulation Management
Term

 

A CEO wants a multi-purposed dashboard.   Includes P&L, A/R, claims denials, patient throughputs, booked appointments and additional KPIs. She hovers her mouse over bar chart for BCBS, and double clicks to expose claims denials. She opens details, tags and attaches file sending to CFO with questions and requests specific response.

 

Definition
BI
Term

 

A hospital’s director of  materials management sits with a pharma rep. They are discussing rep’s proposal for disposable surgical items and associated pharmaceuticals. From laptop, director selects various relevant SKUs and related data. This includes item counts, historical costs, shelf-life experiences, surgeon preferences, and current prospective surgical scheduling volumes. This allows the director to compare the pharma’s proposal and is able to execute a focused order.

 

Definition
CI
Term

 

A clinic administrator negotiates a risk contract with an insurance company’s underwriter for for a large employer’s insured population. The administrator searches his data for the same population’s care experience. He includes diagnostic and procedure codes stratifying by age, weight, ethnicity, home zip codes, comorbidities, charge and payments, and prescriptions.  He compares these data for three other large employer and payer populations comparing existing risk bearing contracts by visual graphics and tabular presentations. With these blinded data he compares and negotiates what he believes will be practical financial terms.

 

Definition
BI and CI Integrated
Term

 

The ability to follow patient care longitudinally with data will become invaluable. Significant data may be available for a patient with a cardiovascular disease receiving a stent.  The stent manufacturing date, cost, and SKU can be tracked. The attending physician, anesthesiologist, operating room, time, date, follow-up observations, patient-reported experiences, related diagnoses and therapies may all be tagged to the procedure. A hypothetical recall of the specific SKU item by the manufacturer may be made at any prospective date. Or there may be analysis for the comparative efficacy for this procedure filtered by any of the aforementioned data points.

 

Definition
BI and CI Integrated
Term
BI/CI Adoption Impediments
Definition

 

Competing Initiatives

 

  EHRs

 

  ICD-10s

 

  ACA restructuring

 

Cost

 

Limited human resources

 

BI and CI Inexperience

Macro industry mandates

Term
Challenges
Definition
  •  Healthcare Market  (“everyone doing the same thing differently”)
    •  Political focus and macro economic affects
    •  Practitioner and management training and opinions
    • Patient uniqueness and baby-boomer numbers
    •  3 million healthcare providers
  • 1,000 + vendors, 6,000 hospitals, 200 payers, 16,000 nursing homes, 141 U.S. medical schools
  • Technology
    • Explosion of mobile uses, security, interoperability
    • Interfacing, data normalization, formats, programming languages
    Unaligned stakeholders, economic incentives
    Alternative healthcare models
Term
Central Data Repositories
Definition

 

Similar to data warehouse (unproductive history)

 

Eliminate siloeddata stores (still in process)

 

Key Elements

 

Accuracy

 

Performance

 

Breadth of Purpose

 

Quality

 

Data Organization

Maintainability

Term
Functional Attributes
Definition

 

  • Accessibility
    •  Timely, reliable, accurate
  •  Usability
    •  Available in format for all consumers based upon their described needs
  •  Actionable (“-ables”)
    • Schedulable, sendable, drill-downable, modifiable, meaningful
  • Cascading Questions
    • Answers will lead to subsequent question(s) or “what if’s”… ad infinitum
  • Roles-based
    • All job descriptions, all functional roles, both limited and complex
  • Presentation Level
    • All forms of visual, tabular, simple and complex
  • Retrospective
Term

 

Problem: inconsistent care, lost inventory, missed revenues, protocol non-compliance. A small OB/GYN practice was not in compliance with accepted protocol for administration of Gardasil treatments (papillomavirus prevention). Further, management would arbitrarily purchase and store limited shelf-life inventories. 

 

Definition

 

Solution: advanced BI/CI use included search of providers, patients, scheduling, medical history, population management, supply chain purchasing and protocol measurement. Patients scheduled per protocol, providers measured and compensated on patient compliance, Gardasil was order ‘just in time’ for treatments, practice revenues and margins were increased and care improved.    

 

Term

 

Problem: untimely (up to seven days from end-of-month), disorganized, indefensiblecompensation summaries deliverable in chosen modality with various comparative and individualized data.

 

Definition

 

Solution: within one day of month close, individual and customized formatted tabular and graphical data mailed, delivered, faxed, or emailed to over 800 providers “untouched” by staff. Data included performance metrics for scheduling volumes; productivity for procedures by diagnosis and patient satisfaction reporting compared to various benchmarks; peer and departmental performance data.

 

Term
Opportunities in BI/CI
Definition

 

 

Executives and SMEs

 

Decision making dependent upon understanding institution-wide data use

 

Systems Architects

 

Global thinking integration of disparate data sources and mineable stores

 

Programmers
  • Coding of ETL, use of CDR tools, creation of complex BI/CI requirements

 

Data Analysts

 

Understanding macro industry-based data, third party analytics, statistics and comparative data

 

Content Translators & Creators

 

Making the connection between consumers/users for presentation and data logistics

 

Implementation expertise

 

Supporting adoption of BI/CI

Project Managers


 

Term
HIS Model: Interaction Between Spheres
Definition

 

Opportunities for collaboration between layers by planning and intention of each sphere’s work

 

Careful HIS planning takes the needs of other spheres into consideration when doing the work of each layer

 

Collaboration will become increasingly feasible due to standards for data and technology being established through HITECH

Eliminates “silos” thinking

Term
HIS Model: Research, Policy, and Public Health relationships to HIS
Definition

 

Relationship of Research to HIS and Management

 

HIS systems create and capture data as byproduct of work done using those systems

 

Data can be aggregated for researchers to use

 

Using data originating from core HIS, health services and clinical researchers analyze and identify associations and themes reflected in data

New knowledge created through secondary uses of data

Term
Relationship of Policy to HIS and Management
Definition

 

Governmental policies far-reaching

 

Intended to address issues private sector not able to address through market dynamics

 

Also address issues related to civil liberties, national security, public health and safety

 

Policy work needs data from HIS just as research does, but for own special purposes

Policy analysis, program evaluation, white papers, reports, recommendations

Term
Relationship of Public Health to HIS and Management
Definition

 Public health functions such as surveillance, reporting, analysis, and intervention need data

 Data originating from source HIS systems

 Uses for public health influence HIS, as population health management emphasized

 Public health uses data from wide variety of sources

Surveillance, data aggregation, population health status measures

 

These capabilities greatly needed, as chronic illness reaching crisis proportions

 

Thus goals of public health and healthcare organizations converging with emphasis on prevention and population health management

 

New organizational models such as Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) reflect convergence of healthcare providers and public health goals

 

Term
Types of Research and Sources of Data from HIS
Definition

 

Varied types of research conducted in many settings

 

Across wide range of disciplines

 

Health care and public health

 

Universities and research-based institutes

 

Policy organizations

 

Science and clinical research organizations

 

Data requirements vary as a result

 

Broad spectrum of available data resources

Data availability and access challenging

Term
Types of Research
Definition
  • Health Services Research
  • Clinical Outcomes Research
  • Clinical Trials, Technology Innovation
  • Policy Analysis
  • Public Health Research
Term

 

Health services research examines

 

Definition

 

How people get access to health care

 

How much care costs

What happens to patients as a result of care

Term

 

Latest health services research findings guide many practices

 

Definition

 

Policy makers, clinicians, healthcare organizations

 

Financing, organizational structures and behavior, processes, evaluation, systems, and outcomes

Relationships to clinical practice, management, policy

Term
Examples of Health Services Research
Definition

 

Impact of care delivery processes on outcomes

 

Impact of policy changes on healthcare delivery

 

Program evaluation regarding prevention, chronic disease management, community-based efforts

 

Health information technology adoption

 

Local, regional, national, international comparison

Social, political, behavioral, biological influencers of health

Term

 

Outcomes research studies end results of medical care

 

Definition

 

Effect of healthcare processes on health and well-being of patients and populations

Conducted in or using data from real-life world of healthcare provider organizations and other settings including the person or home

Term
Six Ss of Sources of Public Health Data
Definition

 

Single Case or Small Series

 

Statistics (Vital Statistics and Reportable Diseases)

 

Surveys and Sampling

 

Self-reporting

 

Sentinel Monitoring

Syndromic Surveillance

Term
Goals of Healthcare Organizations and Public Health Converge
Definition

 

  • Two domains converging through mutual interest in managing health of a population
    • Healthcare organization population includes those patients connected with the institution
    • Public health population includes overall citizenry and its demographic and geographic subgroups
Term

 

Comparative Effectiveness Research

 

Definition

 

Applies to all three domains of research, policy, and public health

 

Studies collections of evidence about health services topics

 

Compares treatments or approaches to care relative to one another, not an absolute standard

Goal of CER to synthesize results to clinicians and healthcare organizations so findings may be put to use

Term
Data Definition Variability
Definition

 

Occurs when content of data elements with same name vary

 

E.g. time-to-medication may be measured differently in different situations

 

Data elements with same definition or purpose may be named differently

 

E.g., ICD-9 vs. ICD-10 codes

Requires normalizing all data so they are comparable before actual analysis

Term
Ethos within a system:
Definition
data often coded for billing not clinical purposes
Term

 

Future goal of HIS

 

Definition
Appropriate access to ubiquitous, personalized, specific information relevant to situation, available to those who should have access to it, while honoring privacy, security, and confidentiality of those whose information it is
Term
mHealth
Definition

 

Smart phones, mobile applications, the Internet, machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless capabilities, personal computing devices, sensors and mobile devices, social media, personalized health dashboards, applications connecting clinicians and people/patients

 

Term

remote, technology-enabled delivery of clinical services


exchange of valid clinical information in situations where geographic distance a factor (WHO)

 

Definition
Telemedicine
Term

 

Barriers to adoption of telemedicine and telehealth

 

Definition

 

Complexity of human and cultural factors

 

Cost of sustaining telemedicine and telehealth

 

Shortage of studies evaluating costs and benefits

 

Legal issues in crossing transregional boundaries

Technical challenges integrating various technologies

Term

 

Examples of telemedicine and telehealth

 

Definition

 

Remote radiology interpretations

 

Intensive care monitoring for remote, smaller hospitals

 

Clinician-patient on-line consults

 

Remote patient monitoring for heart disease, diabetes, or other chronic conditions

 

Education and networking for professionals

Patient on-line support and education groups

Term

 

Priority areas for research (IOM)

 

Definition

 

Medication management; outreach care for vulnerable populations;  hypertension; diabetes; heart disease; case coordination; major depression; frailty; immunization; pregnancy and childbirth; and tobacco cessation

Ambulatory care outcomes improvement

Term

 

Emerging HIS Technologies and the Human-Machine Relationship


 

Three main trends

 

Definition

 

Human work augmented by technology

 

Machines replacing work of humans

Humans and machines working together (e.g., mobile surgical robot used by surgeon in performing procedure)

Term

Future Directions in Informatics, Data, and Analytics


Informatics

Definition

 

Creating new ways to streamline and improve the human-computer interface and workflows

 

Limited only by our ingenuity, technical prowess, and boundaries of appropriate care

 

Improvements to initial, basic implementation of new systems

Creating new care delivery innovations, e.g., hybrid exam room where patient stays during entire visit and all providers and specialists come to the patient in that room

Term

Future Directions in Informatics, Data, and Analytics

 

Data and Analytics

 

Definition

 

Greater data availability both helpful and challenging today

 

Technologies will supplant/enhance clinical and business analytics, e.g., voice activated data inquiries

Data analytics skills will be requisite skill for healthcare professionals, both clinical and business

Term

 

mHealth’s impact on public health

 

Definition

 

Vast opportunities to connect isolated individuals and populations to care, education, information, and professionals

 

Provider-to-patient

 

Provider-to-provider

 

Digital support of health and chronic illness management

Essential elements as populations age and

Term

 

Issues to track HIS’ impact

 

Definition

 

Overall cost and quality of health care

 

Meaningful Use adoption

Unintended consequences of HIS

Term

 

Ethical Considerations Sharing Patient Data in EHRs and HIEs

 

Definition

 

Patients give permission to use their data for purposes of their care

 

HIPAA intended to protect patient data, but breaches occur

 

Infeasible to turn back

 

Major MU incentives for EHRs and HIEs

 

Personal genomic data: who and how to use?

How do payers vs. providers use these data?

Term

Q#1. Using Mobile devices for healthcare purposes is more succinctly called “mHealth.”

Definition

Answer: “True” eHIST page 191

Term

Q#1. Metadata is as operational for transactional software application which may be used as a "point" solution or may serve as a multipurpose, vision-critical solution such as the hospitals admit, and transfer system; revenue cycle management; or EHR.

Definition

Answer: “False” eHIST page 204

Term

Q#2. System architects are personnel who are generally highly technical and create the environment for acquiring, storing, and accessing the data necessary for BI/CI.

Definition

Answer: “True”  eHIST page 208

Term

Q#3. “___________” personnel who format and structure data in a desired or logically deliverable design for all roles new organization.

a.  Data analyst

 

b. Content creators

 

c. Programmers

 

d. Project managers

Definition

Answer: (b.) eHIST page 208

Term

Q#1. sources of public health data come from five areas and are known as the “Five S’s of Sources of Public Health Data.”.

Definition

Answer: “False” eHIST page 226

Term

Q#2. comparative effectiveness research (CER) is an area of study it can be applied to all three domains discussed in this chapter: research, policy, public health. CER includes Studies of collections of evidence about benefits and risks of various approaches to healthcare and studies that produce new evidence about the effectiveness of treatments, processes, tests, or services.

Definition

Answer: “True” eHIST page 230

Term

Q#3. The Six S’s of public health data include all of the following except which one?

 

a. self-reporting  

 

b. surveys and sampling

 

c. student study

 

d. single case or small series

Definition

Answer: (c) eHIST page 226

Term

Q#1. The inflection point moment in the adoption and use of these technologies in healthcare, medicine, public health, and health are also referred to as a “hockey stick” moment.

Definition

Answer: “True” eHIST page 239

Term

Q#2. The great inflection of medicine is projected to spike in the year 2020.

Definition

Answer: “True” eHIST page 240

Term

Q#3. introduced in 2007 by blogger Gary Wolf, the “__________” concept enables individual death to be gathered using mobile devices, smartphone apps, biosensors, and other means, leading to personalized information and customize care.

 

a.  quantified self

 

b. qualified self

 

c. quantified device

 

d. qualified device

Definition

Answer: (a) eHIST page 244

Term
1. By 2020, it is predicted that healthcare will represent what percent 25% of the GDP
Definition
Answer: False, page 186
Term
2. Which type of software applications and technologies present critical challenges related to data management?
A. EHR/EMR systems
B. Imaging
C. Mobile communications and devices
D. All of the above
Definition
Answer: D. All of the above, page 191
Term
3. HIPAA penalty fines can range from $250,000 to $1,500,000.
Definition
Answer: True, page 194
Term
1. What systems were designed to help management teams of healthcare organizations make decisions by providing relevant information from data acquired from transaction systems?
 
A. computer configuration systems and software package systems
B. executive information systems and decision support systems
C. central data systems and EHR systems
D. All of the above
 
Definition
Answer: B, page 203
Term
2. More than 3 million healthcare providers provide services of various types in the U.S.
Definition
Answer: True, page 203
Term
3. BI/CI solutions need not be extensible or scalable.
Definition
Answer: False, page 206
Term
1. Health Information Technology and Economics Act (HITECH) standards committees have allowed collaboration among multiple parties to be more feasible than ever before.
Definition
Answer: True, page 216
Term
2. Hospital Quality Initiative uses a variety of tools to obtain benchmarking information on quality of care for hospitals however the findings are confidential and not available to the hospitals.
Definition
Answer: False, page 219
Term
3. Which of the following is not an area of health services research:
 
A. Evaluation of disease prevention and chronic disease management
B. Changes in healthcare organizations
C. Environmental risk factors in public sector
D. Impact of HIT adoption in healthcare and public health organizations
 
Definition
Answer: C, page 223
Term
1. Service Improvements in healthcare organizations may include:
A. digital insurance cards
B. online co-payments
C. specialty scheduling
D. All of the above
Definition
Answer: D, page 241
Term
2. M2M stands for mobile-to-mobile
Definition
Answer: False, page 243
Term
3. The World Health Organization has defined and described key elements of telemedicine.
Definition
Answer: True, page 247
Term

1.     1. As a result of several converging trends, data’s preeminence is finally an imperative for the entire healthcare industry. Much of this movement has compelled healthcare organizations to adopt a “got to do” something attitude versus the older ambivalence of “want to do” something.

Definition

Answer: “True” eHist page 187

Term

2.    2.  The following groups all generate and process data in different intervals, including real time, daily, and monthly:

A.     Providers

B.     Outpatient care facilities

C.     Home Health

D.    Research centers

E.     All of the above

Definition

Answer: E eHist page 189

Term

3.     3. End users are responsible for the physical storage and safety of data, while IT is responsible for the quality of data.

Definition

Answer: “False” eHist page 192

Term

1.     CI is a term that has only recently been coined, in conjunction with the increased adoption and use of the EHR, electronic medical record (EMR), and personal health record (PHR), all of which overlap to some extent in terms of their functionality and usage.

Definition

Answer: “True” eHist page 200

Term

2.     Which is an example of a major reason why healthcare analytics can be challenging environment?

A.     Little financial incentive exists for coordination of medical care among competitors.

B.     Limited communications or formatting standards exists

C.     Public health and population management’s access to nongovernmental health delivery is limitless

D.    Limited amount of healthcare providers in the United States.

Definition

Answer: A eHist page 203

Term

3.     Talented project managers are the key to organizing the detailed tasks into projects, preserving to pull together the many threads inherent in BI/CI solutions, and helping users adopt their use.

Definition

Answer: “True” eHist page 208

Term

1.     Silo systems exponentially reduce the ultimate “return on investment” of the cost and effort to build and implement HIS.

Definition

Answer: “True” eHist page 216

Term

2.     All of the following are examples of research except:

A.     Health Services Research

B.     Programmatic Reporting

C.     Clinical Outcomes Research

D.    Policy Analysis

Definition

Answer: B eHist page 222

Term

3.     Collaboration between private health agencies and public health agencies can facilitate reporting of early warnings of events or disease outbreaks, such as influenza, through flags set up in PHI systems.

Definition

Answer: “False” eHist page 226

Term

1.     MHealth comprises the technologies supporting an essential shift in methods, attitudes, and actions regarding health and wellness in our society today, often referred to as Health 3.0.

Definition

Answer: “False” eHist page 242

Term

2.     Barriers to adoption of telemedicine and telehealth solutions include:

A.     Complexity of human and cultural factors

B.     Shortage of studies evaluating costs and benefits

C.     Legal issues around the crossing of transregional boundaries

D.    Technical challenges

E.     All of the above

Definition

Answer: E eHist page 247

Term

3.     Most EHRs are not anywhere near a complete replacement for all paper processes in terms of the functionality they provide.

Definition

Answer: “True” eHist page 253

Term

Q#1 True or False: The study of healthcare has two dimensions. The first dimension is the need to imaginatively understand data and its properties for analysis as the foundation for organizational growth.

Definition

Answer: False eHIST pg 185

Term

Q#2 Which of the following are part of the three V’s that are endemic throughout the world and not exclusive to healthcare?

A. Velocity

B. Vision

C. Variety

D. Both A and C

E. ALL of the Above

Definition

Answer: D eHIST pg 190

Term

Q#3 True or False: The three areas, Imaging, EHR/EMR systems, and Mobile communications and devices are in conjunctions with the Three V’s as areas that present some critical challenges related to data management.

Definition

Answer: True eHIST pg 191

Term

Q#1 The term business intelligence (BI) is applied widely throughout various industries and handles small amounts of data and information to help identify and develop new opportunities.

Definition

Answer: False eHIST pg 199

Term

Q#2 In reference to the history of BI and CI, reports were typically structured or “canned”.

Definition

Answer: True eHIST pg 202

Term

Q#3 Which functional attribute of BI/CI Solutions is based on the adage, “You don’t know what you don’t know.”

A. Retrospective nature of BI and BI

B. Usability

C. Asking from the answers

D. Actionable

Definition

Answer: C eHIST pg 207

Term

Q#1 True or False: HIS create and capture data as a by-product of transactions associated with the daily activities of health care.

Definition

Answer: True eHIST pg 217

Term

Q#2 From the Six S’s of Sources of public Health Data, which one uses the health alert networks (HANs) as a way to secure Internet connections to broadcast health information?

A. Sentinel Monitoring

B. Surveys and Sampling

C. Syndromic Surveillance

D. Both A and B

E. None of the Above

Definition

Answer: C eHIST pg 226

Term

Q#3 True or False: Governmental policies influences HIS in a low mannered fashion.

Definition

Answer: False eHIST pg 219

Term

Q#1 Which is the inflection point moment in the adoption and use of the technologies in health care, medicine, public health, and health?

A. Golf ball

B. Baseball Bat

C. Tennis Racket

D. Hockey Stick

Definition
Answer: D eHIST pg 239
Term

Q#2 Clearly of high value and transformative in effect, teleHealth can vastly improve isolated individuals’ and populations’ ability to access health beneficial care, education, information, and professionals.

Definition

Answer: False eHIST pg 250

Term

Q#3 Inflection point, tipping point, and innovation are all the terms that are commonly used today to indicate the excitement and hope that we are finally there in our ability to use new technologies in the modern healthcare and public arenas.

Definition

Answer: True eHIST pg 240

Term

Q#1 The healthcare billing and revenue-cycle management includes:

a.International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-9 and ICD-10)

b.Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes

c.Diagnostic-related groups (DRGs)

d.All of the above

Definition

Answer: (d) eHIST page 190

Term

Q#2 Mhealth is the use of mobile technologies for purposes of health care, public health, and health related activities at the individual level and include smartphones and tablets.

Definition

Answer: “True” eHIST page 266

Term

Q#3 In many business contexts, the phrase “Follow the money” is relevant.

Definition

Answer: “True” eHIST page 187

Term

Q#1 Central data repositories (CDRs) are locations that serve to store large amounts of information, provide a replication of data from the source systems, organize the data for extraction for analytics, and may provide an environment for disaster recovery.

Definition

Answer: “True” EHIST page 260

Term

Q#2 Healthcare organizations must not use their data to help solve and improve all facets of the industry.

Definition

Answer “False” eHIST page 204

Term

Q#3 The following businesses have outpaced the adoption of business intelligence, modeling, analytics and forecasting at a faster pace than healthcare:

a.Retail

b.Manufacturing 

c.Banking 

d.All of the above

Definition

Answer: (d) eHIST page 203

Term

Q#1 HIS and research, policy and public health must be dependent of each other.

Definition

Answer: “False” eHIST page 217

Term

Q#2 CHIP or Children’s Health Insurance Program is for children from high income families who cannot qualify for Medicaid.

Definition

Answer: “False” eHIST page 219

Term

Q#3 Categories of data requirements for research include:

a.Health Services Research

b.Clinical, financial, supplies, patient supplied, claims

c.Programmatic data and reports, clinical financial, outcomes data

d.End results of medical care

Definition

Answer: (c) EHIST page 222

Term

Q#1 The inflection point is the used in history, technology, and business to describe a significant point or moment of change.

Definition

Answer: “True” eHIST page 264

Term

Q#2 In the United States, a significant shift in the demographics served by healthcare is due to the aging of the population, coupled with chronic illness and the need to manage related risk factors outside of institutional settings.

Definition

Answer: “True” eHIST page 243

Term

Q#3 Which of the following elements encourage the evolution of health care and public health into mHealth methods and capabilities?

a.Changing demographics

b.Increasing availability of EHR systems

c.Quantified self

d.All of the above

Definition

Answer: (d) eHIST pages 243, 244

Term

Q#1 _____________ measure anomalies relative to standard performances, dashboard presentations based on the user’s skills and role, and appropriate data available for the ambiguity of ad-hoc analytics.

 

  1. Practice Management System (PMS)

  2. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

  3. Revenue Cycle Management (RCM)

Definition

Answer: (b) Page 192

Term

Q#2 Variety suggests that data are associated with, and will discontinue to take on, seemingly limitless descriptions. True or False

Definition

Answer: False 191 will continue

Term

Q#3 There are approximately 14,000 ICD-9 and 68,000 ICD-10 unique codes, each three to seven characters in length, along with potential modifiers that must be used by providers to attain contractual reimbursement for their services. True or False

Definition

Answer:  True page 190 Exhibit 9.2

Term

Q#1 The generic definition of business intelligence (BI) is a set of theories, methodologies, processes, architectures, and technologies that transform raw data into meaningful and useful information for business purposes.  True or False

Definition

Answer:  True page 199

Term

Q#2 Health care is a nearly $5 trillion industry, fast on its way to accounting for almost 20% of the U.S. gross domestic product, and with lots of moving parts. True or False

Definition

Answer:  False $3 trillion page 203

Term

Q#3 A dashboard is an example:

 

  1. Clinical /CI

  2. Integrated BI/CI

  3. Business/BI

Definition

Answer: (c) Business/ BI page 200

Term

Q#1 ____________for children from low-income families who do not qualify for Medicaid but cannot afford private insurance.

 

  1. Medicare

  2. Tricare

  3. Medicaid

  4. Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

Definition

Answer: (d) Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) page 219

Term

Q#2 Policy analysis produces reports and recommendations for policy makers at local and national governmental levels

Definition

Answer: False page 225 local, state, and national governmental levels.

Term

Q#3 Comparative effectiveness research (CER) is an area of study that can be applied to research, policy, and public health.

Definition

Answer:  True page 230

Term

Q#1 “Qualified self” concept enables individual data to be gathered using mobile devices, smart phone apps, biosensors, and other means, leading to personalized information and customized care.

Definition

Answer:  False “Quantified self” page 244

Term

Q#2      Each Hype Cycle drills down into the five key phases of a technology’s life cycle and they include:  Technology Trigger, Peak of Inflated Expectations, Trough of Disillusionment, Slope of Enlightenment, and Plateau of Productivity.

Definition

Answer:  True page 249

Term

Q#3 Which of the following is used for mobile technologies for purposes of health care, public health, and health-related activities at the individual level?

 

  1. eHealth

  2. mHealth

  3. telemedicine

  4. telehealth

Definition

Answer:  (b) mHealth page 243

Term

Q #1. True or false? Historically, most of the focus on healthcare data was on information in revenue-cycle (billing and claims) systems along with bits and pieces of fragmented clinical data.

Definition

Answer: “True” eHIST page 187

Term

Q #2. What are considered the “Three V’s” of data?

 

*A. Velocity, volume, variety

 

B. Volume, vicinity, velocity

 

C. Variety, vicinity, velocity

 

D. Velocity, vector, volume

Definition

Answer: “A” eHIST page 186

Term

Q #3. True or false? Enterprise systems produce prolific volumes of data and may communicate these data to third parties such as insurance companies, governmental agencies, and others, as well as retain the information for internal use.

Definition

Answer: “True” eHIST page 187

Term

Q #1. A single dashboard screen presentation includes which of the following?

 

A. All of the organization’s profit and loss data

 

B. Accounts receivable status

 

C. Insurance payment denials

 

D. Patient throughput volumes, prospectively booked appointments

 

*E. All of the above

Definition

Answer: “E” eHIST page 200

Term

Q #2. True or false? Executive information systems (EISs) and decision support systems (DSSs) were designed to help management teams at healthcare organizations make decisions by providing relevant information from data acquired from transaction systems.

Definition

Answer: “True” eHIST page 203

Term

Q #3. True or false? More than 10 million healthcare providers of various types provide services in the United States and health care is a nearly $1.1 trillion industry.

Definition

Answer: “False” eHIST page 203

Term

Q #1. True or false? Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is for children from wealthy income families who do not qualify for Medicaid or private insurance?

Definition

Answer: “False” eHIST page 219

Term

Q #2. Health services research includes which of the following:

 

A. Issues related to processes and outcomes associated with delivery of care

 

B. Assessments of the impact of or changes in specific policies and interventions on healthcare delivery

 

C. Evaluation of disease prevention, chronic disease management, and community-based efforts to integrate services or promote health

 

D. Study of health care, including social, political, behavioral, and biological factors, as influencers or determinants of health outcomes.

 

*E. All of the above

Definition

Answer: “E” eHIST page 223

Term

Q #3. True or false? Policy analysis produces reports and recommendations for policy makers at national governmental levels only, disregarding local and state levels.

Definition

Answer: “False” eHIST page 225

Term

Q #1. eHealth encompasses a broad scope of electronic capabilities used for health and medicine including which of the following?

 

*A. mHealth

 

B. cHealth

C. IHealth

 

D. uHealth

Definition

Answer: “A” eHIST page 242

Term

Q #2. True or false? Telemedicine and telehealth have many applications and uses a variety of technologies including smartphones, Internet, secure email, video transmission, and other telecommunications capabilities.

Definition

Answer: “True” eHIST page 247

Term

Q #3. True or false? Barriers of telemedicine and telehealth solutions include complexity of human and cultural factors, cost of sustaining telemedicine and telehealth initiatives, shortage of studies evaluating costs and benefits, legal issues, and technical challenges.

Definition

Answer: “True” eHIST page 247

Term

The study of healthcare data has five dimensions.

Definition

Answer: FALSE eHIST page 185

Term

Some of the most significant and voluminous sources of healthcare data include all of the following except:

                a. Clinical

                b. Government

                c. Principle

                d. External

Definition

Answer: (c) eHIST page 189

Term

Clinical intelligence is a term that was coined in 1967.

Definition

Answer: FALSE eHIST page 200

Term

Health care is a nearly $3 trillion industry, accounting for 45% of the U.S. gross domestic product.

Definition

Answer: FALSE eHIST page 203

Term

When did computers enter the martketplace?

                a. 1920s-1930s

                b. 1940s-1950s

                c. 1960s-1970s

                d. 1990s-2000s

Definition

Answer: (c) eHIST page 202

Term

Collaboration among multiple parties is more feasible than ever before due to the work of HITECH.

Definition

Answer: TRUE eHIST page 216

Term

The third area of the research, policy, and public health sphere of the HIS model is implementation.

Definition

Answer: FALSE eHIST page 219

Term

The Six S’s of Sources of Public Health Data include all of the following except:

                a. Single Case

                b. Self-Diagnosing

                c. Sentinel Monitoring

                d. Statistics

Definition

Answer: (b) eHIST page 226

Term

The inflection point is known as the “baseball bat” moment in the adoption and use of these technologies in health care, medicine, public health, and health.

Definition

Answer: FALSE eHIST page 239

Term

eHealth comprises the technologies supporting the non-essential shift in methods, attitudes, and actions regarding health and wellness in our society today, often referred to as Health 4.0.

Definition

Answer: FALSE eHIST page 242

Term

In which all of the following countries, does a UNICEF-sponsored program called mTrac help health workers use texts as a method to track supplies and disease outbreaks?

                a. Mexico

                b. Uganda

                c. Cuba

                d. Nigeria

Definition

Answer: (b) eHIST page 244

Term

2.     One of the ways to provide closed loop feedback to clinicians is the daily use of key performance indicators (KPIs) that measure anomalies relative to standard performances.

Definition

Answer:  True; eHIST p. 192

Term

3.     Data security in the healthcare industry is more straightforward than security in other industries such as banking.  Laws governing the protection and privacy of patients’ clinical information help simplify the requirements of data security in healthcare.

Definition

Answer:  False; eHIST p. 194

Term

1.     With the emergence of electronic clinical data use, as well as industry and political pressures to obtain and utilize clinical measurements, clinical intelligence (CI) is the technological foundation for business intelligence (BI).

Definition

Answer:  False; eHIST p. 199

Term

2.     The following is a prototypic example of healthcare business and clinical intelligence:  longitudinal patient medical history combined with financial history (such as charges, payments, or disposable medical equipment consumption) for the same patient would provide invaluable insights for outcomes measurement and monitoring, and process effectiveness.

Definition

Answer:  True; eHIST p. 201

Term

3.     Which of the following is a requirement of business intelligence (BI)/clinical intelligence (CI) solutions?

a.     Transparency and open access to the public

b.     Ability to scale up and extend to new areas

c.      High level of subjectivity and variability

d.     Slow deliberate release of information

Definition

Answer:  b; eHIST pp. 205-6

Term

1.     What is meant by “data fuels research” in HIS?

a.     Validated data pertaining to clinical processes and patient outcomes are constantly sought after and thought about by researchers, and therefore drive research

b.     Data should be used to refute (extinguish) published research

c.      Health informatics and the availability of large data stores have spawned a resurgence of research opportunities in the basic sciences, clinical sciences, and population-based health

d.     a. and c.

Definition

Answer: d; eHIST p. 218

Term

2.     The sources of public health data with the potential for HIS support include:  case reports, statistics, patient reported outcomes (PROs), and syndromic surveillance.

Definition

Answer:  True; eHIST p. 226

Term

3.     Public health’s goal to monitor and improve the health status of an entire population is cost prohibitive.  Ie it is more costly to keep a population healthy than to treat a population episodically only when it gets sick.

Definition

Answer:  False; eHIST p. 227

Term

1.     As described in Eric Topol’s The Creative Destruction of Medicine, disruptive ubiquitous technology, such as smartphones, personal computers, the Internet, and social media, have led to a more equitable access to healthcare information for patients.  This new paradigm in the patient-doctor relationship allows consumers (patients) to actively connect with their doctors and participate in the management of their own health and medical care.

Definition

Answer: True; eHIST pp. 239-40

Term

2.     The WHO describes four key elements of telemedicine:  the intent to provide clinical support, ________________, connect users in different physical locations using a variety of communications technologies, and improve health outcomes.

a.     A universal medical license across state lines

b.     Plan to bill for telemedicine services

c.      Robots to act as a proxy for the health provider

d.     Overcome geographical barriers

Definition

Answer:  d; eHIST p. 247

Term

3.     The intent of HIPAA is to create data siloes.  Ie the best way to secure patient data is to prevent its sharing across institutions for any reason.

Definition

Answer:  False; eHIST p. 251

Term

1. (t/f) Healthcare is notorious for exceedingly slow adoption of new health information technology methods.

Definition
T (pg. 185-186)
Term

2. (t/f) “True” integration using interfacing software is almost impossible.

Definition
T (pg. 194)
Term

3. (mc) Part of the ________ includes financial incentives paid to hospitals or physicians or their practices for the various stages of implementation for an EHR.

            a.) ARRA        b.) ACA          c.) HIPPA

Definition
A (pg. 191)
Term

1. (t/f) Business Intelligence is an emerging adjunct to clinical intelligence, focused on the healthcare industry.

Definition
F (pg. 199-200)
Term

2. (t/f) Healthcare accounts for almost 40% of the U.S. GDP.

Definition
F (pg. 203-204
Term

3. (mc) ________ allow(s) often used data sets to be graphically presented in one or a few locations on a regular basis.

            a.) central processing unit      b.) dashboards             c.) metadata

Definition
B (pg. 200)
Term

1. (t/f) Clinical outcomes research studies the end results of medical care.

Definition
T (pg. 223-224
Term

2. (t/f) Providers are financially encouraged to engage in acute care.

Definition
F (pg.227-230
Term

3. (mc) Public health is  a __________ use of health data.

            a.) primary      b.) secondary

Definition
B (pg. 217)
Term

1. (t/f) mHealth comprises the technology supporting an essential shift in methods, attitudes, and actions regarding health and wellness in our society.

Definition
F (pg. 242-243)
Term

2. (t/f) The government’s role in health care in the U.S. is tracking along with progress in the areas of EHR systems and their adaption, incentives for HIS and technology advancements, and goals of the ACA.

Definition
T (pg.254)
Term

3. (mc) _______ causes more deaths each year than prostate cancer, breast cancer, and HIV/AIDS combined.

            a.) pneumonia             b.) renal failure           c.) sepsis

Definition
C (pg. 253-254)
Term

1. Research systems, clinical trial systems, and satisfaction surveying systems are categorized as transactional sources of healthcare data.

Definition

Answer: “False” eHIST page 189

Term

2. In 1996, HITECH was passed by Congress to distinguish PHI as a special category for data warranting extra safeguards.

Definition

                Answer: “False” eHIST page 194

Term

3. One digital image approximates ______ megabytes.

 

a. 100

 

b. 200

 

c. 300

 

d. 400

Definition

                Answer: (b) eHIST page 190

Term

1. Health cares’ unsynchronized and unaligned methods of providing care have become untenable and unaffordable as organizations attempt to effectively manage their businesses.

Definition

                Answer: “True” eHIST page 208

Term

2. In the healthcare industry, the adoption of business intelligence, analytics, modeling, and forecasting has outpaced that in the retail, manufacturing, and banking industries.

Definition

                Answer: “False” eHIST page 203

Term

3. The _____________ stores larger amounts of information, provides a replication of data from the source systems, organizes the data extraction for analytics, and may provide an environment for disaster recovery (DR).

 

a. Source data

 

b. Data house

 

c. Central data repository or CDR

 

d. Data bank

Definition

                Answer: (c) eHIST page 204

Term

1. Policy influences business and clinical activities carried on in healthcare organizations, establishes regulations to protect the public, and preserves and protects the public’s health.

Definition

                Answer: “True” eHIST page 218

Term

2. EHR systems consistently have data elements recorded or entered by end users into every available field.

Definition

Answer: “False” eHIST page 231

Term

1. eHealth comprises the technologies supporting and essential shift in methods, attitudes, and actions regarding health and wellness in our society today, often referred to as Health 2.0.

Definition

                Answer: “True” eHIST page 242

Term

2. Most EHR’s can replace all paper processes in terms of the functionality they provide.

Definition

                Answer: “False” eHIST page 253

Term

3. __________ __________ create barriers to the integration of the various types of systems, devices, and networks needed to conduct telemedicine and telehealth.

 

a. Technical challenges

 

b. Legal issues

 

c. Physician shortages

 

d. Increasing costs

Definition

                Answer: (a) eHIST page 247

Term

1.) All healthcare institutions small or large have a growing obligation and need to develop, adopt, and manage their data strategy.

Definition

Answer –True eHist pg. 192

Term

2.) Velocity suggests similar exponential growth of accessible and seemingly necessary data.

Definition

Answer- False eHist pg. 190

Term

3.) All of these areas except ____ present some critical challenges related to data management.

 

                A.) Imaging

 

                B.) Volume

 

                C.) EHR/EMR Systems

 

                D.) Mobile communications and devices

Definition

Answer –B eHist pg. 191

Term

1.) CI, when properly implemented, not only will support more focused clinical analysis than BI, but also should be designed and managed to integrate “business data” for broader analysis, including for instance, cost accounting data within a clinical analysis.

Definition

Answer –True eHist pg. 201

Term

2.) Metadata is a generic term used across industries that refers to the process for creating data repositories for analytical purposes.

Definition

Answer –False eHist pg. 204

Term

3.) Functional Attributes of BI/CI Solutions include all of the following except:

 

                A.) Accessibility

 

                B.) Usability

 

                C.) Integrity

 

                D.) Dashboards

Definition

Answer- C eHist pg. 206-207

Term

1.) HIS create and capture data as a by-product of transactions associated with the daily activities of health care.

Definition

Answer –True eHist pg. 217

Term

2.) Clinical Outcomes research studies the end results of medical care and the effect of healthcare processes on the health and well-being of patients and populations.

Definition

Answer- True eHist pg. 223

Term

3.) HIS can provide support for all of these public health data except:

 

                A.) Statistics

 

                B.) Self-Reporting

 

                C.) Surveys and Sampling

 

                D.) Medical Offices

Definition

Answer- D eHist pg. 226

Term

1.) mHealth comprises the technologies supporting an essential shift in methods, attitudes, and actions regarding health and wellness in our society today.

Definition

Answer- False eHist pg. 242

Term

2.) All of these except _________ are one of the main trends in the innovative use of emerging technologies.

 

                A.) Human work being augmented by technology

 

                B.) Humans and machines working together

 

                C.) Machines replacing the work of humans

 

                D.) Humans and machines working against each other

Definition

Answer –D eHist pg. 248

Term

3.) Progress in eHealth is advancing steadily, sometimes through a maze of regulations needed to protect patient privacy.

Definition

Answer –True eHist pg. 242

Term

Q#1        An example of how complex medical coding can be is that there are over 68,000 unique ICD-9 codes along with potential modifiers that must be used by providers to obtain contractual reimbursement.

Definition

Answer: “False” eHIST page 190

Term

Q#2        mHealth refers to the use of mobile technologies for purposes of health care, public health and health related activities on the individual level.

Definition

                Answer: “True” eHIST page 191

Term

Q#3        Some of the most significant and voluminous sources of healthcare data include which of the following:

a.       Clinical

b.      Payers

c.       Government

d.      All of the above

Definition

                Answer: (d) eHIST page 189

Term

Q#1        Which of the following is not a requirement of BI/CI solutions?

a.       Secure

b.      Integrity

c.       Usability

d.      Performance

e.      Extensible/scalable

Definition

Answer: (c) eHIST page 206

Term

Q#2        When content in a BI/CI solution is actionable it can help improve processes.

Definition

                Answer: “True” eHIST page 206

Term

Q#3        Central Data Repository is data about data that refers to where the source data was created, when, by whom and for what purpose.

Definition

                Answer: “False” eHIST page 204

Term

Q#2        Examples of government-sponsored insurance programs include Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP.

Definition

                Answer: “True” eHIST page 219

Term

Q#3        The goal of outcomes research is to provide the best possible synthesis of research results to clinicians and others in healthcare organizations so that these findings may be put to use.

Definition

                Answer: “False” eHIST page 230

Term

Q#1        Which of the following are barriers to the adoption of telemedicine and telehealth solutions:

a.       A shortage of studies evaluating costs and benefits

b.      Legal issues

c.       Complexity of human and cultural factors

d.      Lack of sustaining funding

e.      All of the above

Definition

Answer: (e) eHIST page 247

Term

Q#2        The health model focuses on preventing disease whereas the medical model focuses on curing illness once it occurs.

Definition

                Answer: “True” eHIST page 250

Term

Q#3        “Open notes” allow patients to see their physicians’ notes in their HER and to support patients in their ability to enter information into their HER.

Definition

                Answer: “True” eHIST page 241

Term

Q#1. The importance of the velocity, volume, and variety of data is endemic throughout the world and not exclusive to health care.

Definition

Answer: "True" eHIST Page 190

Term

Q#2. The third area is of tremendous importance to data storage: the proliferation of EHR or EMR system.

Definition

Answer: "False" eHIST Page 191

Term

Q#3. Which of the following refers to the legislation passed by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2010, including a"Patient's Bill of Rights."

a. Normalization

b. mHealth

c. Affordable Care Act (ACA)

d. Data sharing

e. All of the above

Definition

Answer: "C" eHIST Page 259

Term

Q#1. The generic definition of business intelligence (BI) is a set of theories, methodologies, processes, architectures, and technologies that transform raw data into meaningful and useful information for business purposes.

Definition

Answer: "True" eHIST Page 199

Term

Q#2. Central repositories (CDRs) is a term that has only recently coined, in conjunction with the increased adoption and use of the EHR, electronic medical record (EMR), and personal health record (PHR), all of which overlap to some extent in terms of their functionality and usage.

Definition

Answer: "False" eHIST Page 200

Term

Q#3. Other member groups consistently indicate that healthcare organizations plan to become proactive in tackling more relevant and dramatic projects within their landscape of data is which of the following?

a. Canned

b. Decision support system (DSSs)

c. Disaster recovery (DR)

d. Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)

Definition

Answer: "D" eHIST Page 202

Term

Q#1. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) consists of procedures reports and recommendations for policy markers at local, state, and national government levels.

Definition

Answer: "False" eHIST Page 225

Term

Q#2. The goal of comparative effectiveness research (CER) is to provide the best possible synthesis of research results to clinicians and others in healthcare organizations so that these findings may be put to use.

Definition

Answer: "True" eHIST Page 230

Term

Q#1. eHealth comprises the technologies supporting an essential shift methods, attitudes, and actions regarding health and wellness in our society today, often referred to as Health 2.0.

Definition

Answer "True" eHIST Page 242

Term

Q#2. Progress in mHealth is advancing steadily, sometimes carefully through a maze of regulations needed to protect patient privacy.

Definition

Answer: "False" eHIST Page 242

Term

Q#3. What is the use of mobile technologies for purposes of health care, public health, and health-related activities at the individual level?

a. Machine-to-machine (M2M)

b. Telemedicine

c. mHealth

d. Changing demographics

Definition

Answer: "C" eHIST Page 242

Term

There are two dimensions for healthcare data: technical and skilled personnel and data understanding and analysis.

Definition

Answer: True, eHIST page 185

Term

Which of these is not considered one of the 3 V’s?

  1. Volume
  2. Velocity
  3. Value
  4. Variety

 

Definition

Answer: C, eHIST page 190

Term

The three areas of challenges related to data management include: imaging, EHR/EMR systems, and mobile communication.

Definition

Answer: True, eHIST page 191

Term

Clinical intelligence is a set of theories, methodologies, processes, architectures, and technologies that transform raw data into meaningful and useful information for business purposes.

Definition

Answer: False, eHIST page 199

Term

The definition of metadata is data about data.

Definition

Answer: True, eHIST page 204

Term

Which of the following are requirements for BI/CI Solutions?

  1. Secure
  2. Performance
  3. Integrity
  4. Extensible/scalable
  5. All the above
Definition

Answer: E, eHIST page 206

Term

Research, Policy, and Public Health are considered a secondary use of data.

Definition

Answer: True, eHIST, page 215

Term

One of the reasons it is important to have collaboration between HIS model layers is to eliminate silos of thinking.

Definition

Answer: True, eHIST page 216

Term

Which quadrant of the HIS Planning Framework would Business Intelligence fall in?

  1. I
  2. II
  3. III
  4. IV
Definition

Answer: D, eHIST page 220

Term

eHealth is the technologies supporting an essential shift in methods, attitudes, and actions regarding health and wellness in our society today.

Definition

Answer: True, eHIST page 242

Term

Which of these is not an additional driver of mHealth adoption?

  1. changing demographics
  2. greater potential role for mHealth
  3. quantified self 
  4. increasing availability of HIS, EHR systems
  5. None of the above
Definition

Answer: E, eHIST page 243

Term

An example of telemedicine could be patient on-line support and education groups.

Definition

Answer: True, eHIST page 248

Term

1.  T or F.  The study of healthcare has two dimensions and they are data technical and skilled personnel (pedantic knowledge) and data understanding and analysis.

Definition

Answer: True   eHist page 185

Term

2. T or F.  The accountable care organization if different from capitated care and managed care; the difference between health information systems and technology infrastructure are now available to integrate care across the continuum which makes the model more feasible.

Definition

Answer: True   eHist page 193

Term

3. Data challenges include:

A. Data Ownership

B. Delivery and Translation

C. Data Storage Openness

D. Terminology, Data Sharing and Interfacing

E. All of the above

Definition

Answer: E   eHist page 192

Term

1. T or F.  Business intelligence is defined as a set of theories, methodologies, processes, architectures, and technologies that transform raw data into meaningful and useful information for business purposes. 

Definition

Answer: True    eHist  page 199

Term

2. T or F.  Health care is a nearly $3 trillion industry and accounts for almost 20% of the U. S. gross domestic product.

Definition

Answer: True    eHist page 203

Term

3. The requirements for business intelligence (BI) and clinical intelligence (CI)  include:

A. secure, extensible/scalable and integrity

B. Integrity, performance

C. None of the above

D. A and B

Definition

Answer: D    eHist page 203

Term

1. T or F.  The primary uses of HIS data are to provider organizations such as hospitals, physician practices, clinics, public health organizations; secondary uses of data are research, policy, public health, insights, evidence, and policy recommendations

Definition

Answer: True   eHist page 215

Term

2. T or F.  HIS systems create and capture data as byproduct of work done using those systems

Definition

 Answer: True   eHist page 222

Term

3. The Ss of Sources of Public Health Data are:

A. Single Case or Small Series, Statistics (Vital Statistics and Reportable Diseases),      Surveys and Sampling

B. Self-reporting, sentinel monitoring, syndromic surveillance

C. All of the above

D. None of the above

Definition

 Answer: D    eHist page 226

Term

1. T or F.   Intervention programs should begin “where people are” and move them one step (one stage) closer to lasting behavior change

Definition

 Answer: True   eHist page 240

Term

2. T or F. The future goal of HIS is appropriate access to ubiquitous, personalized, specific information relevant to the situation, available to those who should have access to it, while honoring privacy, security, and confidentiality of those whose information it is.

Definition

  Answer: True    eHist page 241

Term

3. eHealth comprises the following:

A. EHM

B. telemedicine and telehealth

C. Health 2.0

D. all of the above

E. none of the above

Definition

Answer: C    eHist page 242

Term

Q#1. True or False:  In the healthcare industry, financial issues related to revenue cycle management (RCM) are often complicated by changes to insurance products and contracting terms with providers.

Definition

TRUE, eHIST pg 187, Exhibit 9.1

Term

Q#2. True or False:  The importance of velocity, volume, and variety of data is exclusive to the healthcare sector only.

Definition

FALSE, eHIST pg 190

Term

Q#1. True or False. Healthcare BI and CI are very objective

Definition

FALSE, eHIST 199

Term

Q#2. True or False. Metadata is literally data about data.

Definition
TRUE, eHIST pg 204
Term

Q#3. Which of the following is required for BI/CI solutions and financial attributes?

A.  Must be secure

B.  Must be scalable

C. Must have high integrity 

D. All of the above

Definition
ANSWER: D eHIST pg 205-206
Term

Q#1. True or False. HIS and research, Policy, and Public health are interdependent in that HIS fuels research, policy, and public health which in turn informs HIS of the data.

Definition

TRUE  eHIST pg 217 figure 11.3

Term

Q#2. True or False. The goals of public health entities and healthcare organizations are converging due to emphasis on population health management.

Definition

TRUE , eHIST pg 220

Term

Q#3. Technical and data standards include which of the following?

A.  SNOMED

B. HOWIE

C. LOING

D. All of the above

E.  A and C

Definition

ANSWER: E,  eHIST pg 225

Term

Q#1. True or False. The Inflection Point is a term used to indicate the moment of change in direction.  We are seeing that happening now with technology and healthcare.

Definition

TRUE, eHIST pg 239

Term

Q#2. True or False. The future goal of health information is appropriate access to ubiquitous, personalized, specific information relevant to the situation, available to those who should have access to it, while honoring the privacy,security, and confidentiality of those whose information it is.

Definition

TRUE, eHIST pg 241

Term

Q#3. The use of mobile technologies for purposes of health care, public health, and health-related activities at the individual level. 

A. eHealth

B. mHealth

C. Telehealth

D. All of the above

Definition

ANSWER.  B, eHIST pg 243

Term

Q #1. Healthcare data has two dimensions: technical, pedantic knowledge and the need to imaginatively understand data and its properties for analysis as the foundation for organizational growth.

Definition

Answer: True, eHIST pg. 185

Term

Q #2. Financial issues related to revenue cycle management are often complicated by provider changes.

Definition

Answer: False, eHIST pg. 187

Term

Q #3. There are approximately _____ICD-10 unique codes that have replaced ICD-9 codes

 

a.       14,000

 

b.      500

 

c.       7800

 

d.      68,000

Definition

Answer: D, eHIST pg. 190

Term

Q #1. Business intelligence (BI) handles small amounts of data and information to help identify and develop new opportunities.

Definition

Answer: False, eHIST pg. 199

Term

Q #2. Some of the valid reasons for lowering the prioritization for BI and CI are:

 

a.       Cost

 

b.      Limited experience

 

c.       Restricted implementation resources

 

d.      All of the above

Definition

Answer: D, eHIST pgs. 201-202

Term

Q. #3. The requirements for BI/CI Solutions include: secure, extensible/scalable, integrity, and performance.

Definition

Answer: True, eHIST pg. 206

Term

Q #1. In the United States, public programs are tracked and evaluated using data gathered from HIS and other sources as part of program participation to monitor quality and ensure appropriate use of funds.

Definition

Answer: True, eHIST pg. 219

Term

Q #2. Clinical trials are early-stage research about new therapies and drugs

Definition

Answer: True, eHIST pg. 224

Term

Q #3. All of the following are part of the Six S’s of Sources pf Public Health Data except:

 

a.       Statistics

 

b.      Surveys and sampling

 

c.       Self-reporting

 

d.      Sequential events

Definition

Answer: D, eHIST pg. 226

Term

Q #1. The use of mobile technologies for purposes of health care, public health, and health-related activities at the individual level is called ____________

 

a.       Telemedicine

 

b.      eHealth

 

c.       mHealth

 

d.      Digital health

Definition

Answer: C, eHIST pg. 243

Term

Q #2. Organizational uses of social media differs from consumer uses, in that organizations focus on marketing and education, review, information gathering, and building support communities around specific diseases or processes such as cancer or diabetes.

Definition

Answer: True, eHIST pg. 245

Term

Q #3. More than 50,000 HIS related jobs have been created since HITECH was enacted

Definition

Answer: True, eHIST pg. 251

Term

Q#1 in 9: (T/F)  There is a difference between data's technical nature and the real purpose of data.

Definition

Answer:  TRUE (eHIST Page 192)

Term

Q#2 in 10: (T/F)  HIPAA regulations require an electronic audit trail for each and every transaction within a healthcare system.  This requirement extends even to granular data levels to ensure protection and discovery of attempted inappropriate access.  It is the responsibility of the healthcare organization's IT department, rather than the software vendor, to legally meet these requirements.

Definition

Answer:  FALSE (eHIST Page 195)

 

Correct Answer: Software vendors are legally required to meet these audit trail requirements as a standard part of their products.

Term

Q#1 in 10: (T/F)  The generic definition of business intelligence (BI) applies perfectly to the underpinning mechanics and functionality of clinical intelligence (CI).

Definition

Answer:  TRUE (eHIST Page 199)

Term

Q#2 in 10: (T/F)  Extraction, transformation, and load (ETL) is a term coined specifically for the healthcare industry that refers to the process for creating data repositories for analytical purposes (i.e., the Data & Analytics sphere of the HIS scope model).

Definition

Answer:  FALSE (eHIST Page 204)

 

Correct Answer:  ETL is a generic term applied across industries.

Term

Q#3 in 10: (M/C)  A Central Data Repository (CDR), sometimes called a data warehouse, serves all of the following purposes except:

a. Serves as the recognized source system for all data collected within an organization

b. Stores larger amounts of data

c. Provides a replication of data from the source systems

d. Organizes data for extraction and analytics

Definition

Answer:  A (eHIST Page 204)

Term

Q#1 in 11: (M/C)  Policy analysis might assess healthcare utilization or compare specific services delivered to various population groups to evaluate government-sponsored insurance programs.  Such programs include which of the following except:

a. Medicare

b. Medicaid

c. Federal Emergency Management Agency's Healthcare Emergency Localization Program for Uninsured Persons (HELP-UP)

d. Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

e. All of the above are correct

Definition

Answer:  C (eHIST Page 219)

Term

Q#2 in 11: (T/F)  Treating non-Medicare-covered patients differently from Medicare-covered patients is permitted, meaning providers can reduce the types and amount of care delivered to Medicare-insured patients compared to patients with private insurance, based on respective reimbursement rates.

Definition

Answer:  FALSE (eHIST Page 229)

Term
Q#3 in 11: (T/F)  The prevention aspects of population health management overlap with public health and affect the types of HIS needed to support these organizational initiatives.
Definition

Answer:  TRUE (eHIST Page 219)

Term

Q#1 in 12: (T/F)  One untoward aspect of the countless, disparate computing systems in health care is the disorganization, disconnectedness, and overall lack of cohesion of the voluminous health data available today.

Definition

Answer:  TRUE (eHIST Page 241)

Term

Q#2 in 12: (M/C)  Factors encouraging the evolution of health care and public health into mHealth methods and capabilities include which of the following:

a. Increasing availability of mobile technologies

b. Aging and changing demographics of the population

c. Increasing implementation of foundational HIS and technology (i.e., the Systems & Management layer of the HIS model)

d. The quantified self movement

e. All of the above

f. A, C, and D only

Definition

Answer:  E (eHIST Page 243)

Term

Q#3 in 12: (T/F)  When considering the uses of eHealth functionality, the ability to know exactly which data are being sent to whom, with confidence in those data's integrity and security, becomes easier with Internet- and mobile-based technologies given the inherent security functionality built into such applications and devices.

Definition

Answer:  FALSE (eHIST Page 243)

Term

Q#1: True or False-Simple data, such as patient demographics, including date of birth, sex, and so forth, are generally formatted and similarly available across computer software systems.

Definition

Answer: True (Pg. 185)

Term

Q#2: True or False-Under the provisions of the Affordable Care Act, economic risk is being rebalanced with financial incentives for providers to implement EHR systems and to be measured and compensated for improved, calculable patient outcomes.

Definition

Answer: True (Pg. 187)

Term

Q#3: The 2011 U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) was approximately $17.6 trillion: Health care’s share was approximately what percent of this amount?

 

            A.) 7%

 

            B.) 13%

 

            C.) 18%

 

            D.) 20%

 

            E.) It was unable to determine

Definition

            Answer: C-18% (Pg. 186)

Term

Q#1: True or False-The Central Data Repository (CDR) stores larger amounts of information, provides a replication of data from the source systems, organizes the data for extraction for analytics, and may provide an environment for disaster recovery (DR).

Definition

            Answer: True (Pg. 204)

Term

Q#2: True or False-Dashboards allow often used data sets to be graphically presented in one or a few locations on a regular basis, where the user has unlimited access and may toggle between information with just a few keyboard or mouse clicks.

Definition

            Answer: True (Pg. 207)

Term

Q#3: During which vendor role do trainers and personnel who deal with interface creation, data translations, roll-out to users, updates, and issues resolution occur?

 

            A.) Content creators

 

            B.) Implementation

 

            C.) Programmers

 

            D.) None of the above

Definition

            Answer: B-Implementation (Pg. 208)

Term

Q#1: True or False-Opportunities for collaboration are limited by the planning and intention of the work of each layer either to include just itself or to take an expanded view to include the interests and needs of the other spheres regarding the Health Information Systems Model.

Definition

            Answer: True (Pg. 215)

Term

Q#2: True or False-Outcomes research is research that studies the beginning results of medical care to determine if the effort of the healthcare process on the health and well-being of patients and populations will even be effective.

Definition

            Answer: False (Pg. 223)

Term

Q#1: True or False-At its core, telemedicine is the remote delivery of clinical services using these types of technologies and the remote delivery of health-related information from one site to another via electronic communications to improve a person’s health awareness and access to information in the broader context of health promotion and prevention of illness or harm.

Definition

            Answer: True (Pg. 247)

Term

Q#2: True or False-The Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies is a line that is steady and upward sloping.

Definition

            Answer: False (Pg. 249, Figure: 12.4)

Term

Q#3: Barriers to adoption of telemedicine and telehealth solutions include the following, except?

 

            A.) Shortage of studies evaluating costs and benefits

 

            B.) Complexity of human and cultural factors

 

            C.) Legal issues around the crossing of transregional boundaries

 

            D.) Cost of sustaining telemedicine and telehealth initiatives

 

            E.) Technical challenges to the integration

 

            F.) All of the above are barriers

Definition

            Answer: F-All of the above are barriers (Pg. 247)

Term

True or False: The 2011 U.S. gross domestic product was approximately $17.6 trillion: Health care’s share as approximately 18% of this amount and growing.

Definition

Answer: True (eHIST page 186)

Term

True or False: The data management team will be responsible for architecting the data environment, cataloging the data, securing data integrity, managing data definitions and normalization, sanctioning data sources, and generally ensuring reliable availability of data for their constitutes.

Definition

Answer: True (eHIST page 192)

Term

Multiple Choice: Which of the following are all examples of types of organizations that generate and process data in different intervals, including real time, daily, and monthly?4

 

  1. Hospitals and hospital systems

  2. Home health

  3. Outpatient care facilities

  4. Public health organizations

  5. All of the above

Definition

Answer: E, all of the above (eHIST page 189)

Term

True or False: In the relationship of complexity for content use and creation, the base of the triangle is dashboards, reports, graphs, charts, KPIs, low analytics, and scheduled delivery.

Definition

                Answer: True (eHIST page 201)

Term

True or False:  A current challenge for analytics is that a single computer hardware or software systems have become the standard.

Definition

                Answer: False (eHIST page 203)

Term

Multiple Choice: Which of the following functional attributes of BI/CI solutions allow often used data sets to be graphically presented in one or a few locations on a regular basis.

 

  1. Dashboards

  2. Role-Based Use

  3. Accessibility

  4. Usability

Definition

Answer: A, Dashboards (eHIST page 207)

Term

True or False: The CHIP Program (Children’s Health Insurance Program) was created for children from low-income families who do not qualify for Medicaid but cannot afford private insurance.

Definition

                Answer: True (eHIST page 219)

Term

True or False: In the Data Requirements and Sources for Types of Research on page 222, QI, QII, social media, mobile devices, and programmatic data is under the Data Requirements tab.

Definition

                Answer: False (eHIST page 222)

Term

True or False: Accelerations of technologies is expected to increase in 2020 due to The Great Inflection on Medicine.

Definition

                Answer: True (eHIST page 240)

Term

True or False:  eHealth comprises the technologies supporting an essential shift in methods, attitudes, and actions regarding health and wellness in our society today.

Definition

                Answer: True (eHIST page 242)

Term

Multiple Choice: Which of the following components of the Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies is the most mature?

 

  1. Slope of Enlightenment

  2. Plateau of Productivity

  3. Peak of Inflated Expectations

  4. Technology Trigger

Definition

Answer: B, Plateau of Productivity (eHIST page 249)

Term

1.      1.  True or False. The 2011 U.S. GDP was approximately $11.6 trillion.

Definition

Answer – False (eHIST p. 186)

Term

1.      1.  True or False.  Source Data is a generic term used across industries that refers to the process for creating data repertories for analytical purposes.

Definition

Answer – False (eHIST p 204)

Term

2.      2.  True or False.  The central data repository supports a system’s ability to replicate and rebuild data if the original hardware is destroyed.

Definition

Answer – True (eHIST p 204)

Term

3.     3.   What often used data sets to be graphically presented in one or a few locations on a regular basis, where the user has unlimited access and may toggle between information with just a just keyboard or mouse clicks?

A.      Dashboards

B.      Roles-based use

C.      Integrity

D.      Performance EHRs

Definition

Answer- A. Dashboards (eHIST p 207)

Term

1.    1.   True or False.  Medicaid is for children from low-income families who do not qualify for Medicaid but cannot afford private insurance.

Definition

Answer – False (eHIST p 218)

Term

2.     2.  True or False.  Hospital Compare is part of the Hospital Quality Initiative established by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Definition

Answer- True (eHIST p 219)

Term

3.      3.  Which of the following is not a type of research?

A.      Health Services

B.      Clinical Outcomes

C.      Financial

D.      Policy Analysis

Definition

Answer – C. Financial (eHIST 222)

Term

1.     1.  True or False.  mHealth comprises the technologies supporting an essential shift in methods, attitudes, and actions regarding health and wellness in our society today.

Definition

Answer – False (eHIST p 242)

Term

2.      2.True or False.  The United States increase in population is due to increased life expectancy.

Definition

Answer – True (eHIST 243)

Term

3.     3.  _______ requires organizations to make earnest efforts to comply with this act’s privacy and security requirements. 

A.      HITECH

B.      eHealth

C.      HIS

D.      HIPPA

Definition

Answer – D. HIPPA (eHIST p 251)

Term

Q#1 True or False: In the healthcare industry, financial issues related to revenue cycle management (RCM) are often complicated by changes to insurance products and contracting terms with providers.

Definition

Answer: True  eHIST pg. 187

Term

Q#2 True or False: Kaiser Permanente is an example of a successful “Pioneer” accountable care organization (ACO).

Definition

Answer: True  eHIST pg. 194

Term

Q#3 Multiple Choice: All of the following are terms related to healthcare billing and revenue cycle management EXCEPT:

   A.    International Statistical Classification of Disease and Related Health Problems (ICD-9 / ICD-10)

 

b.       B. Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)

c.       C. diagnostic related groups (DRGs)

d.     D.  key performance indicators (KPIs)

Definition
Answer: D  eHIST pg. 190
Term

Q#1 True or False: The literal definition of metadata is data about data.

Definition

Answer: True  eHIST pg. 204

Term

Q#2 True or False: The central data repository (CDR) may provide an environment for disaster recovery (DR).

Definition

Answer: True  eHIST pg. 204

Term

Q#3 Multiple Choice: “Each data element is tagged to control its use and to provide an essential audit trial indication when, how, and by whom the data have been accessed.” This requirement for BI/CI solutions is described as:

a.       A. Secure

b.      B. Extensible/scalable

c.       C. Integrity

d.      D. Performance

Definition

Answer:  A  eHIST pg. 205

Term
Q#1 True or False: Primary uses and sources of data are Research, Policy, and Public Health.
Definition

Answer:  False  eHIST pg. 217

Term

Q#2 True or False: Governmental policies are far-reaching and intended to address issues that the private sector is not able to address.

Definition
Answer: True  eHIST pg. 218
Term

Q#3 Multiple Choice: What is clinical outcomes research?

a.       A.  Studies hacking malware in clinics

b.      B. Studies software that is widely available

c.       C. Studies the end results of medical care

d.      D. Studies rock n roll music effects on health

Definition
Answer: C.  eHIST pg. 223
Term

Q#1 True or False: The “quantified self” concept enables individual data to be gathered using mobile devices, smartphone apps, biosensors, and other means.

Definition

Answer: True  eHIST pg. 244

Term

Q#2 True or False: Paper records are not at risk for breach and therefore do not need to be protected according to HIPAA.

Definition

Answer: False  HIST pg. 253

Term

Q#3 Multiple Choice: One innovative idea is to use a centralized, hybrid exam room where the patient stays during the entire visit, and:

a.       A. Bart Simpson comes to the clinic to entertain the children.

b.      B. All providers and specialists come to the patient in that room.

c.       C. The clinician-patient consult occurs over live video.

d.      D. The patients form long lines.

Definition

Answer:  B.   eHIST pg. 249

Term

Q#1 True/False The three V’s of data that are endemic throughout the world and not exclusive to health care velocity, volume, and variety.

Definition

Answer: True eHist page 190

Term

Q#2 True/False The notion that “health care is local” is most assuredly true in many ways; but, in regard to data, it can be spread across the nation and the world.

Definition

Answer: False eHist page 186 answer: most especially in regards to data

Term

Q#3 MC Which of the “Big Three” types of software applications and technologies was a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which included financial incentives paid to hospitals and physicians for the various states of implementation of this type of software?

a.)   Imaging

b.)  EHR/EMR systems

c.)   Mobile communications and devices

d.)  None of the above

Definition

Answer: b.) EHR/EMR systems eHist page 191

Term

Q#1 True/False Healthcare BI and CI are very objective.

Definition

Answer: False eHist page 199 BI and CI are subjective

Term

Q#2 True/False When it comes to BI/CI incentives, expectations are often not met by actual outcomes of the projects.

Definition

Answer: True. eHist page 200

Term

Q#3 MC Also known as data warehouses, which of the following stores large amounts of information, provides a replication of data, organizes the data for extraction, and may provide an environment for disaster recovery?

a.)   a dashboard

b.)  central data repositories

c.)   executive information systems

d.)  decision support systems

Definition

Answer: b.) central data repositories (CDRs) eHist page 200

Term

Q#1 True/False The only difference between the two uses of data (primary and secondary) is the purpose of the data use.

Definition

Answer: True eHist page 217

Term

Q#2 True/False Clinical trials are considered late-stage research about new therapies and drugs, with the conduct of these studies following the pure science research phase that includes controlled experiments of potential new drugs and treatments.

Definition

Answer: False eHist page 224 Clinical trials are considered early-stage research

Term

Q#3 MC Which of the following data issues or limitations is influenced by the clinician’s available time and attention to data completeness, consistency, and accessibility?

a.)   Data definition variability

b.)  Data inaccuracy

c.)   Data incompleteness

d.)  Other data issue

Definition

Answer: b.) data inaccuracy eHist page 231

Term

Q#1 True/False Telemedicine and telehealth can be used interchangeably.

Definition

Answer: False eHist page 247 and ch 12 powerpoint

Term

Q#2 True/False Historically, the major focus has been on medical (or sickness) care, but today’s predominant health concerns are rooted in lifestyle and everyday behaviors and must be addressed by where and how we live.

Definition

Answer: True eHist page 242

Term

Q#3 MC eHealth encompasses all of the following capabilities used for health and medicine except:

a.)   EHR systems

b.)  mHealth

c.)   diagnosing

d.)  telemedicine

Definition

Answer: c. eHist page 242

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