CHI Interoperability & Health Information Exchange Flashcards
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Which CMS rule finalized in 2020 requires payers to implement FHIR-based APIs to give patients access to their claims and clinical data?
Answer: CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule
The CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule (2020) mandates FHIR R4 APIs for payers to provide patients access to their health data.
In a federated HIE architecture, patient data is:
Answer: Stored at each participating organization and retrieved on demand
In a federated HIE model, data remains at source organizations and is queried on demand rather than stored centrally.
Which standard vocabulary is most commonly used for encoding clinical diagnoses in electronic health records for interoperability?
Answer: SNOMED CT
SNOMED CT provides a comprehensive, hierarchical clinical terminology for encoding diagnoses and clinical findings in EHRs for interoperability.
A health informatician is designing a consent management solution for an HIE. Which consent model requires patients to affirmatively agree before their data can be shared?
Answer: Opt-in consent model
An opt-in consent model requires patients to explicitly agree before their data is shared through an HIE.
What is the primary function of a Master Patient Index (MPI) in a health system?
Answer: Uniquely identify and link patient records across disparate systems
An MPI uniquely identifies patients and links their records across multiple systems to create a single, accurate patient identity.
Which FHIR resource would a health informatician use to represent a patient's active medication list for exchange between systems?
Answer: MedicationStatement or MedicationRequest
FHIR's MedicationStatement and MedicationRequest resources are used to represent a patient's medication information for interoperable exchange.