Exam
Name___________________________________

MULTIPLE CHOICE.  Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 

1) 

IOM stands for ________. 

1) 

_______ 

A) 

Institute of Medicine of the National Academies 

B) 

Institute of Medicine of the North Americas 

C) 

Initializing Medicine of the North Americas 

D) 

Initializing Medicine of the National Academies 

2) 

The IOM put forth a set of ________ core functions that an EHR should be capable of performing. 

2) 

_______ 

A) 

5 

B) 

8 

C) 

6 

D) 

7 

3) 

Which of the following is not one of the core functions of the EHR set by the IOM? 

3) 

_______ 

A) 

result management 

B) 

order management 

C) 

decision support 

D) 

paper support 

4) 

CPRI stands for ________. 

4) 

_______ 

A) 

Computer-based Patient Rights Institute 

B) 

Computer-based Patient Record Institute 

C) 

Computer-based Physicians’ Record Institute 

D) 

Computer-based Patient Record Initiation 

5) 

HIPAA was passed by Congress in ________. 

5) 

_______ 

A) 

1991 

B) 

1996 

C) 

1981 

D) 

2000 

6) 

The acronym HIPAA stands for ________. 

6) 

_______ 

A) 

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Amendment 

B) 

Health Initiative Probability and Accountability Act 

C) 

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Action 

D) 

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 

7) 

________ are used to look up drugs by names or therapeutic classes. 

7) 

_______ 

A) 

Drug formularies 

B) 

Medication indexes 

C) 

Drug files 

D) 

Pharmacy lists 

8) 

As many as ________ people die in hospitals each year as a result of medical errors that could have been prevented. 

8) 

_______ 

A) 

198,000 

B) 

8,000 

C) 

98,000 

D) 

80,000 

9) 

AHRQ is an acronym for ________. 

9) 

_______ 

A) 

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 

B) 

Americans for Healthcare Research and Quantity 

C) 

Agenda for Healthcare Research and Quality 

D) 

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quantity 

10) 

The new position established in an Executive Order signed by President George W. Bush in 2004 was ________. 

10) 

______ 

A) 

National Coordinator for Health Information Technology 

B) 

National Coordinator for Health Initiative Technology 

C) 

Nursing Coordinator of Health Information Technology 

D) 

Nursing Consultant for Health Information Technology 

11) 

The father of the problem-oriented chart was ________. 

11) 

______ 

A) 

Dr. Clarence Meed 

B) 

Dr. Louis Walters 

C) 

Dr. Lawrence Weed 

D) 

Dr. Walter Lawrence 

12) 

EHR is an acronym for ________. 

12) 

______ 

A) 

Electronic Health Record 

B) 

Electronic History Report 

C) 

Electric Health Reports 

D) 

Excellent Health Reports 

13) 

Which of the following is not one of the three key criteria identified by the Computer-based Patient Record Institute? 

13) 

______ 

A) 

capture data at the point of care 

B) 

integrate data from multiple sources 

C) 

provide decision support 

D) 

institute universal abbreviations 

14) 

Drawbacks to paper records include the fact that they are ________. 

14) 

______ 

A) 

heavy 

B) 

illegible 

C) 

cryptic 

D) 

B and C 

15) 

AHRQ is an acronym for ________. 

15) 

______ 

A) 

Agency of Health Records Quality 

B) 

American Health Records Quality 

C) 

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 

D) 

Association of Health Records Quotas 

16) 

The concept of computerizing a patient’s medical record has been around for ________. 

16) 

______ 

A) 

5 years 

B) 

25 years 

C) 

15 years 

D) 

30 years 

17) 

A(n) ________ is a term used in an EHR for a message or reminder that is automatically generated from the data. 

17) 

______ 

A) 

alert 

B) 

trend 

C) 

entry 

D) 

topic 

18) 

Medical vocabulary used in an EHR should be codified because there are so many ________. 

18) 

______ 

A) 

long entries 

B) 

words that mean the same thing 

C) 

confusing words 

D) 

long words 

19) 

A new staff position that some clinics may choose to utilize with the use of EHR is ________. 

19) 

______ 

A) 

Medical Assistant 

B) 

Medical Secretary 

C) 

Medical Scribe 

D) 

Medical Manager 

20) 

CPOE is an acronym for ________. 

20) 

______ 

A) 

Computerized Physician Order Entry 

B) 

Completed Physical Obstacle Entries 

C) 

Computerized Physician Order Exercises 

D) 

Certified Physician Ordering Exercises 

21) 

A laboratory requisition records information about the patient, the clinician, and the ________. 

21) 

______ 

A) 

clinic providing the test 

B) 

test to be performed 

C) 

both A and B 

D) 

neither A nor B 

22) 

DUR is an acronym for ________. 

22) 

______ 

A) 

drug utilization review 

B) 

dialing urgent regulations 

C) 

daily utilization review 

D) 

dodging under rules 

23) 

DAW is a pharmacy acronym for ________. 

23) 

______ 

A) 

dispense average weight 

B) 

daily or weekly 

C) 

dispense as written 

D) 

disperse as weighed 

24) 

A nonprofit organization that developed and maintains the leading messaging standard used to exchange clinical and administrative data between different health care computer systems is ________. 

24) 

______ 

A) 

Health Level Seven 

B) 

Healthcare Screening Systems 

C) 

Auditing Health Management 

D) 

Computerized Health Monitoring 

25) 

The IOM study focused on medical errors occurring in hospitals, but other studies showed an even larger number of medical errors occurring in ________. 

25) 

______ 

A) 

outpatient facilities 

B) 

skilled nursing facilities 

C) 

pediatrician offices 

D) 

dialysis centers 

26) 

In 2000 Congress appropriated $50 million to ________ to support a variety of efforts targeted at reducing medical errors. 

26) 

______ 

A) 

DICOM 

B) 

HL7 

C) 

IOM 

D) 

AHRQ 

27) 

HIT is an acronym for ________. 

27) 

______ 

A) 

Health Industries Today 

B) 

Health Initiatives Today 

C) 

Health Information Technology 

D) 

Health Insurance Technology 

28) 

SOAP is an acronym for ________. 

28) 

______ 

A) 

Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan 

B) 

Subject, Object, Admittance, Plan 

C) 

Subjective, Objective, Amendments, Plan 

D) 

Superior, Object, Amendments, Priority 

29) 

EHR is an acronym for Electronic Health Record. 

29) 

______ 

A) 

True 

B) 

False 

30) 

The simplest example of health maintenance is a card or letter reminding the patient that it is time for a check-up. 

30) 

______ 

A) 

True 

B) 

False 

31) 

The concept of computerizing a patient’s medical record has been around for about 50 years. 

31) 

______ 

A) 

True 

B) 

False 

32) 

MRI is an acronym for Medical Record Initiative. 

32) 

______ 

A) 

True 

B) 

False 

33) 

The goal of the EHR is not to eliminate paper charts, but rather to eliminate paper charts being the only form of chart used. 

33) 

______ 

A) 

True 

B) 

False 

34) 

Social changes as well as medical specialization have altered what needs to be done with patients’ medical records. 

34) 

______ 

A) 

True 

B) 

False 

35) 

A study by the Center for Information Technology Leadership found more than 130,000 life-threatening situations caused by adverse drug reactions. 

35) 

______ 

A) 

True 

B) 

False 

 

1) 

A 

2) 

B 

3) 

D 

4) 

B 

5) 

B 

6) 

D 

7) 

A 

8) 

C 

9) 

A 

10) 

A 

11) 

C 

12) 

A 

13) 

D 

14) 

D 

15) 

C 

16) 

D 

17) 

A 

18) 

B 

19) 

C 

20) 

A 

21) 

B 

22) 

A 

23) 

C 

24) 

A 

25) 

A 

26) 

D 

27) 

C 

28) 

A 

29) 

A 

30) 

A 

31) 

B 

32) 

B 

33) 

A 

34) 

A 

35) 

A