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The document contains a questionnaire on 'Ethics in Health Informatics' and 'Health Informatics and Change Management' with multiple choice questions and an answer key. It covers key ethical principles, security measures, and change management strategies in health informatics. The questions assess understanding of autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and the importance of safeguards in healthcare technology.

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Practice Test Multiple Choice Question

The document contains a questionnaire on 'Ethics in Health Informatics' and 'Health Informatics and Change Management' with multiple choice questions and an answer key. It covers key ethical principles, security measures, and change management strategies in health informatics. The questions assess understanding of autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and the importance of safeguards in healthcare technology.

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Questionnaire based on “Lesson 14: Ethics in Health Informatics” along with an Answer Key.

Questionnaire: Ethics in Health Informatics

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

1. What is the main focus of Health Informatics Ethics (HIE)?

a) Data entry in healthcare systems

b) Application of ethical principles to health informatics

c) Software development for healthcare

d) Only patient confidentiality

2. Which principle ensures individuals have the right to make their own healthcare decisions?

a) Beneficence

b) Non-maleficence

c) Autonomy

d) Accountability

3. What does beneficence emphasize in health informatics?

a) Preventing harm to patients

b) Ensuring data protection

c) Using stored data for positive impact

d) Limiting data access

4. Informatics ethics includes which of the following principles?

a) Privacy and security

b) Openness and accountability

c) Least intrusive alternatives


d) All of the above

5. What is the key difference between privacy and confidentiality?

a) Privacy relates to individuals; confidentiality relates to information disclosure

b) They mean the same thing

c) Privacy is about security, confidentiality is about software development

d) Confidentiality only applies to hospitals

6. Which of the following is an Administrative Safeguard in health informatics?

a) Security guards

b) Firewalls and antivirus programs

c) Employee training on data protection

d) Barcode labels on lab samples

7. Technical safeguards include:

a) Securely configured computing equipment

b) Office alarm systems

c) Employee training on ethics

d) Security guards

8. Why is security important in hospital information systems?

a) To maintain data privacy and prevent unauthorized access

b) To speed up patient registration

c) To reduce staff workload

d) To replace human decision-making

9. The first step in laboratory information flow for a hospital patient is:

a) Order tests
b) Collect sample

c) Register patient

d) Review results

10. Which function is NOT a key security function in hospital information systems?

a) Availability

b) Perimeter identification

c) Personal patient contact

d) Accountability

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Answer Key

1. b) Application of ethical principles to health informatics

2. c) Autonomy

3. c) Using stored data for positive impact

4. d) All of the above

5. a) Privacy relates to individuals; confidentiality relates to information disclosure

6. c) Employee training on data protection

7. a) Securely configured computing equipment

8. a) To maintain data privacy and prevent unauthorized access

9. c) Register patient

10. c) Personal patient contact


Pt 2.

Questionnaire and Answer Key based on HIS Lesson 14 - 15.

Questionnaire: Health Informatics and Change Management

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

1. What are the three main aspects of health informatics?

a) Data, software, and security

b) Healthcare, informatics, and software

c) Privacy, confidentiality, and security

d) Ethics, law, and management

2. Which principle of general ethics ensures individuals have the right to make their own
decisions?

a) Autonomy

b) Beneficence

c) Non-maleficence

d) Accountability

3. What does non-maleficence mean in health informatics ethics?

a) Always act in the best interest of the patient

b) Do no harm

c) Ensure patient data is accessible to all

d) Increase efficiency in healthcare IT

4. What is the purpose of administrative, physical, and technical safeguards in health


informatics?

a) To monitor and assess the effectiveness of health IT


b) To increase patient access to healthcare services

c) To improve software speed and efficiency

d) To replace healthcare professionals

5. Which of the following is an operational change in an organization?

a) A hospital shifting to electronic health records

b) A company changing its mission statement

c) An organization implementing a new culture of teamwork

d) Government restructuring health regulations

6. What is a key driver for change in healthcare organizations?

a) Increased staffing requirements

b) The growing use of outdated medical technology

c) Global competition, technological advancements, and regulatory adjustments

d) Political instability in the healthcare sector

7. What is the first step in Kurt Lewin’s “Unfreeze-Change-Refreeze” model?

a) Unfreeze

b) Change

c) Refreeze

d) Implement

8. Change management tools include:

a) Questioning skills and process mapping

b) Guesswork and assumptions

c) Only technical safeguards

d) Patient diagnosis and treatment


9. What is a key success factor for change management at the leadership level?

a) Reducing healthcare staff

b) Setting a vision and strategy roadmap

c) Avoiding staff engagement

d) Removing IT support

10. What is a primary challenge in physician adoption of health informatics systems?

a) Physicians work only in hospitals

b) Physicians are often independent and work across multiple systems

c) Physicians dislike technology

d) Hospitals do not allow technology integration

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Answer Key

1. b) Healthcare, informatics, and software

2. a) Autonomy

3. b) Do no harm

4. a) To monitor and assess the effectiveness of health IT

5. a) A hospital shifting to electronic health records

6. c) Global competition, technological advancements, and regulatory adjustments

7. a) Unfreeze

8. a) Questioning skills and process mapping

9. b) Setting a vision and strategy roadmap

10. b) Physicians are often independent and work across multiple systems

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