AHIMA Health IT Systems 2

Question 1

Which standard protocol is most commonly used to exchange clinical documents between healthcare systems in the United States?

Accepted Answer

HL7 C-CDA

Answer

HL7 Consolidated Clinical Document Architecture (C-CDA) is the primary standard for exchanging clinical documents such as discharge summaries and progress notes.

Question 2

A hospital implements a Clinical Decision Support (CDS) system that fires an alert every time a nurse documents vitals. This is an example of which CDS problem?

Accepted Answer

Alert fatigue

Answer

Alert fatigue occurs when excessive or low-specificity alerts cause clinicians to override or ignore warnings, reducing the safety benefit of CDS.

Question 3

Which database model is best suited for storing and querying highly variable, unstructured patient-generated health data from wearables?

Accepted Answer

NoSQL document store

Answer

NoSQL document stores like MongoDB handle schema-flexible, unstructured data efficiently, making them well suited for variable wearable device outputs.

Question 4

Under the ONC's Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), what is the role of a Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN)?

Accepted Answer

Serve as a network-of-networks facilitating nationwide health data exchange

Answer

QHINs act as network-of-networks hubs under TEFCA, enabling seamless health data exchange across participating organizations nationwide.

Question 5

Which FHIR resource is used to represent a patient's active problem list?

Accepted Answer

Condition

Answer

The FHIR Condition resource captures diagnoses, problems, and health concerns that appear on a patient's problem list.

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AHIMA Health IT Systems 2