Public Health Question

True
False

Question 4True or False? HMOs tend to use capitated models to determine the payments they make to hospitals.True
False

Question 5True or False? Health system administrators are key stakeholders in digitization of health care.True
False

Question 6Which of the following criteria was added to the EHR definition in 2015?Ethnicity
Number of live births
Smoking status
Contact information

Question 7EHRs are mostly about doing what?Satisfying insurance demands
Collecting patient data over time
Preventing government fines
Maintaining accreditation

Question 8True or False? Infrastructure in health IS/IT includes both hardware and software.True
False

Question 9Which of the following has most clearly forced the growth of health IS/IT in the United States?Malpractice suits
Decreased cost of tests
Embedded measuring devices
EHRs

Question 10True or False? Capitation will encourage an urban primary care practice to maximize cost containment.True
False

Question 11True or False? As data become more complex, OLAP tools become more important.True
False

Question 12True or False? A trend in healthcare digitization and innovation is the emergence of middleman companies to help innovators and health systems work together.True
False

Question 13Which of the following do hospitals prize least?Disruption
Consistency
Fast change
Centralized decision making

Question 14Technical infrastructure for digital healthcare innovation currently:runs well ahead of demand.
is sadly lacking.
comes from offshore companies.
receives substantial government subsidies.

Question 15Which of the following would best aid in the adoption of digitization in health care in a multi-site rural primary care practice?Government incentives
Increased education
More capacity
Licensing requirements

Question 16Which length of time used by a health digitization company for a project would be most surprising?1 week
3 weeks
4 weeks
8 weeks

Question 17An information-sharing culture should promote high levels of:trust.
integrity.
compliance.
satisfaction.

Question 18True or False? Good health data can be partial.True
False

Question 19True or False? A patient has a clinical dataset that includes a surgeon’s opinion that an undetected psychological issue may be exacerbating health problems. Such a dataset is seriously defective.True
False

Question 20How can the adoption of commercial digital applications in health care be fairly described?Very weak
Strong in some areas
Nearly universal
Best in areas for cost savings

Question 21True or False? Innovator companies often misperceive the needs of healthcare systems.True
False

Question 22True or False? Global capitation places very great pressure on a healthcare system for efficiency.True
False

Question 23True or False? If two patients with similar names can be confused in a health IT system, there has been a failure of EKG.True
False

Question 24True or False? The data to get regulatory approval often do not match the data needed to make sales.True
False

Question 25A health IS/IT system would be deficient if it failed to:report data to the government.
aggregate data.
calculate costs.
correct medical decisions.