CHI CHI Interoperability & Health Information Exchange

Question 1

What does 'interoperability' mean in the context of health information technology?

Accepted Answer

The ability of different health IT systems to exchange and use data meaningfully

Answer

The process of converting paper records to digital format

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A federal law governing EHR adoption

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The encryption standard used for HIPAA compliance

Question 2

Which messaging standard is most widely used for exchanging clinical data between health IT systems in the US?

Accepted Answer

HL7 v2

Answer

X12 EDI

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DICOM

Answer

JSON-LD

Question 3

The 21st Century Cures Act includes provisions specifically designed to prevent:

Accepted Answer

Information blocking by health IT developers and providers

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Over-prescribing of opioids

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Unauthorized use of social media in healthcare

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Use of cloud storage for PHI

Question 4

A Health Information Exchange (HIE) that allows providers to query for patient records from other organizations on demand is operating in which model?

Accepted Answer

Pull (query-based) model

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Push model

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Broadcast model

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Federated push model

Question 5

FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) uses which underlying web technology standard for data exchange?

Accepted Answer

RESTful API with JSON or XML

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SOAP/XML only

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EDI X12 transactions

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DICOM web services

Question 6

Which patient matching challenge is a primary barrier to effective health information exchange in the US?

Accepted Answer

Absence of a national unique patient identifier

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Lack of internet connectivity in hospitals

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Incompatibility between Windows and Mac computers

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Shortage of FHIR-certified developers