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Midterm Question Bank Health Informatics

The document consists of a series of questions and multiple-choice answers related to informatics, computer science, health education, and healthcare data. It covers topics such as the informatics continuum, data transformation, electronic health records, and telemedicine. The questions test knowledge on various aspects of healthcare technology and practices.

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Midterm Question Bank Health Informatics

The document consists of a series of questions and multiple-choice answers related to informatics, computer science, health education, and healthcare data. It covers topics such as the informatics continuum, data transformation, electronic health records, and telemedicine. The questions test knowledge on various aspects of healthcare technology and practices.

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• 1-Which is not a step on the informatics

continuum?
• a) Hypothesis
• b) Data
• c) Information
• d) Knowledge
• 2- What is the study of computer science?
• A)Solely the study of computers
• b)The study of how information is manipulated
to solve problems or answer questions
• c) A science of common sense
• d) A competition of system creations
• 3- How is data transformed?
• a) From data to information to wisdom to
knowledge
• b)From data to knowledge to information to
wisdom
• c)From data to wisdom to knowledge to
information
• d) From data to information to knowledge to
wisdom
• 4-Which of the follwoing is not an example of
data?
• a) Audio b) Text
• c) Image d)Blood
• 5-The components of nursing informatics
practice include data, information, knowledge
and:
• a) Cognition b) Wisdom
• c) Enactment d) Wellness
• 6-Computer process is done using what device
in the computer.
• a) Input device
• b) Output device
• c) CPU
• d) Storage media
• 7-The computer that provides resources to a
network is called
• a) Networking
• b)Network
• c) Topology
• d) Server
1- A class of computer that operates on discrete discontinuous numerical
digits using the binary numbering system.
a)Analog
b)Digital
c)Hybrid
d) None of the choices

2-A set of data elements (values) that is organized using a model of vertical
columns (which are identified by their name) and horizontal rows.
a)Database
b) Records
c)Table
d)Fields

3- If you are to assign a data type of an address of a patient, what would it


be?
a) Number
b) Character
c) Text
d) Logical
4- Which of the following electronic devices aid a critical patient from breathing?
a) Gomco Machine
b) Defibrillator machine
c) Ventilator Machine

d) Oxygen humidifier

5-Which of the following can be considered as major development in health care in terms
of information technology?
a) Medication dispensing
b) Telehealth
c) Patient Monitoring
d)Prevention of epidemiological diseases through quality care
6- The delivery of health-related services and information via
telecommunications technologies is known as:
a) Computerized Physician Order Entry
b) E-prescribing
c) TeleHealth
d) Surgical Robotics

7-This refers to information that has been synthesized so that


interrelationships are identified and formalized.
a) Data b)Information
c) Knowledge d)Wisdom
• 1-……is the practice of instructing people
and communities in the principles of
hygiene and in ways of avoiding disease
• A) health education
• B) telemedicine
• C) E medicine
• D) M medicine
• 2- …is from the contents of health education
a) Nutrition b)Hygiene c)mental health
d) The all
3- …is from the contents of health education
a) HIS b)systems c) Nutrition d) nothing
• 4-The principle of health education is
a)Interest b) telemedicine c)HIS d) nothing
• 5- Starting with what the people already know
and then give the new knowledge princeple is
a) Known to unknown
b) interest
c) PARTICIPATION
d) nothing
• 6- repeating needed in health education is
known as
• A) reinforcement B) interest
• C) a,b D) nothing
• 7-Learning process accompanied by doing the
new things.
• A)learning by doing b)remembering
c)nothing d)listening
• 8- …..is meant by people to whom education
is given
• A)seeds b) Soil c)facts d) practice

• 9-……is meant by Health facts to be given


• A)seeds b) Soil c)a,b d) facts
• 10-……is meant by Health facts to be delivered
• A) message b) educator
• c)people d) nothing
• 11- from hindrances of process
communication of health education
• A)depression b) neurosis c) emotional
disturbances d) the all
• 12- from environmental hindrances of of
health education
• A) excess in noise B)difficulties in vision
• C)a,b D)nothing
• 13- …is from the educational aids used in
health education
• A) audio aids b) telemedicine c) e health
• D) nothing
• 14- Audio aids contains
a) Sound amplifier b)radios c) gramaphone
d)the all
15- the visual aids contain
a) Slides b) films c) video cassette d) the all
16- from non-projected aids
a) Pictures b) cartons c) charts d) the all
• 17-from the the components of health education is
a)Educator b) recipient c) message d) the all
18- …is resposibleb of sending the facts of health
a)Educator b) sender c) a,b d) nothing
19-…is meant by accepting the facts of health
a)Educator b) receiver c) massage
d) Nothing
20- 17-from the the components of health education is
a) Methods of education
b) Data c) wisdom d) nothing
1-Temperature reading, a red blood cell count
are from parameter of data TRUE
2 Devices and labs are from data sources TRUE
3- Hospitals are from data sources TRUE
4- Data collecting is formed from 3 main
elements False
5- The value of the parameter in question must
be recorded TRUE
6-There is no need to notice the time of the
observation False
7- the method by which the observation was made
must be recorded TRUE
8- Recorded signals, drawings, and even
photographs or other images are not examples of
data False
9- Textual data and numerical measurements are
examples of healthcare data TRUE
10- Nurses, Radiology technicians and respiratory
therapists can collect the data TRUE
11- Create the Basis for the Historical Record is from healthcare
data uses TRUE
12- we cannot anticipate Future Health Problems from
healthcare data False
13- identifying deviations from expected trends is from data
uses TRUE
14- The responsible individual must sign most of the clinical
information that is recorded
TRUE
15- The patient in question is not considered an element in
data collecting False
• 1- A feature in Practice Partner that provides different
search options for locating a patient's record.
• a)Access levels b)Lookup c)Dashboard d)SOAP
• 2-A feature in Practice Partner that allows patients to view
certain information from their chart via the Internet.
• a)Lookup b)Progress notes
• c)Web View d)Dashboard
• 3-The process of converting data into an
unreadable format before it is distributed.
• a)Scrambling b)Coding c)Encryption d)Invisible
ink
• 4-The electronic version of a person's lifelong,
comprehensive health record.
• a)PHR b)HER c)CMR d)EAR


• 5-What does EHR stand for?
• a)Electronic Health Receiver
• b)Electric Health Resource
• c)Electronic Health Record
• 6-What does CPR stand for?
• a)Comprehensive Patient Record
• b)Computerized Patient Record
• c)Centralized Partial Record

• 7-What is the purpose of an EHR system?
• a) Its purpose can be understood as a complete record of patient
encounters that allows the automation and streamlining of the workflow
in health care settings and increases safety through evidence-based
decision support, quality management, and outcomes reporting.
• b)Its purpose can be understood as a complete record of patient
encounters that allows doctors to spend more time on facebook and get a
great social life.
• c)Its purpose can be understood as a complete record of patient
encounters that allows patients to have peace of mind, beacuse a
computer is handling the medical prescriptions.


• 8-EHR's are an evolving concept defined as a systematic
collection of electronic health information about individual
patients or populations.
• a)True b) False
• 9-Define the term EMR:
• a)Can be defined as the legal patient record created in hospitals and
ambulatory environments that is the data source for the EHR.
• b)Can be defined as the system that manages the prescriptions
• c)Can be defined as the core component of the system, capable of
prescribing to the patients and deploying important information about a
clinic history

• 10-What institution is in charge of maintain
an EHR system?
• a)A certified IT professional, that has received
all important training
• b)The US goverment
• c)The hospital.

• 11-Why EHR software improves the quality of care?
• a)EHR systems can help reduce medical errors by providing healthcare
workers with decision support.
• b)EHR systems are more secure than human diagnosis, so they provide
decision support.
• c)EHR systems are more secure

• 12-What does CPOE stand for?
• a)Computer Physical Operating Estructure
• b)Computer Pharmacy Order Evaluation
• c)Computerized Physician Order Entry.
• 13-EHR systems don't have the advantages of
being able to connect to many electronic
medical record systems.
• a)True b) False
• 14-What does HIT stands for?
• a)Historical Internet Technology
• b)Hospital Internal Telephone
• c)Health Information Technology.

• 15-EHR, EPR, and EMR have often used
interchangeably terms.
• a)True b)False
• 16-EHRs can reduce costs through reduced
paperwork and improve safety.
• a)True b)False
• 1-Which technologies have increased the
availability of medical databases that can be
accessed across large distances?
• a)INTERNET
• b)LANs
• c)INTRANET
• d)BOTH A AND C ANSWERS ARE CORRECT
• 2-The medical care based on the lastest and
most accurate clinical research is known as
_________.
• a)History-based medicine
• b)Evidence-based medicine
• c)Research-based medicine
• d)Medicine
• 3-A computerized record of one physician's
encounter with a patient over time, including
medical history, diagnosis, treatment, and
the prognosis is called ____________.
• a)Care
• b)Electronic prescription
• c)Electronic Medical Record
• d)Paper records
• 4-Treatment provided in an impatient setting, such as a hospital, for
urgent problems that cannot be handled in another setting is
__________.
• A)Ambulatory care
• b)Acute care
• c)Critical care
• d)Home health care

• 5-A set of commonly agreed on specification is a ________________.
• a)Standard
• b)Rule
• c)Data set
• d)Registy
• 6-Method of entering information via a
microphone connected to a computer.
• a)Scanning b)Voice Recognition
• c)Electronic Computer d)Input device
• 7-Method for electronically capturing test and images from
paper documents.
• a)Voice recongnition b)Workstation
• c)Scanning d)Computer

• 8-Software that automates part of the coding process:
• a)Computer-assisted coding b)Electronic form
• c)Decision supported tools d)Electronic documents
• 8-Prolonged conditions that rarely improve
and often cannot be cured.
• a)Acute diseases b)Disease management
• c)Painful disease d)Chronic diseases
• 9-______________________________uses computers and
telecommunications equipment to deliver medical care at a distance.
• a)Medical Informatics b)Telemedicine
• c)Computer Informatics d)None of the above

• 10-___________________ treats skin rashes at a distance.
• a)TeleStroke b)Telecardiology
• c)Teleoncology d)Teledermatology


• 12-______________________technology involves sharing information in
a time and place, independent way over the Internet.
• a)Store and send b)Send and save
• c)Store and forward d)Independent videoconferencing
• 13-________________________________ or teleconferencing allows
doctors to consult with each other and with patients in real time, at a
distance.
• a)Store and send b)Send and save
• c)Store and forward d)Interactive videoconferencing

• 14-____________________ technology can link devices such
as a pace maker and a cell phone.
• a)WiFi b)Satelite
• c)Bluetooth d)None of the above

• 15-In _______________, the pathologist sees images on a
monitor instead of under a microscope.
• a)Teleradiology b)Telepathology
• c)Interactive radiology d)None of the above
• 16-___________________ involves the
sending of radiological images in digital form
over telecommunications lines.
• a)Teleradiology b)Telekinetics
• c)Both A and B d)None of the above
• 17-Remote medical consultations and exams were first tried
____________.
• a)After World War II b)In 1997
• c)As soon as the telephone was invented d)1977

• 18--Many telemedicine programs have been found to be
effective. But _______ is not.
• a)Distance monitoring of problem pregnancies
• b)Telehome care c)Teletriage programs run by tlenurses

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