Health Data Standards & Interoperability Flashcards
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Which FHIR resource is used to represent a patient's medication prescription?
Answer: MedicationRequest
MedicationRequest represents an order or prescription for medication, distinct from administration or dispensing records.
In HL7 v2 messaging, what segment contains the patient visit information such as admission type and attending physician?
Answer: PV1
The PV1 (Patient Visit) segment carries visit-specific data including admission type, attending physician, and patient class.
Which coding system is the primary standard for laboratory test names and observations in the US?
Answer: LOINC
LOINC (Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes) is the US standard for identifying laboratory and clinical observations.
What does the FHIR capability statement (CapabilityStatement resource) describe?
Answer: The set of FHIR features a server supports
A CapabilityStatement declares which FHIR resources, interactions, and operations a server implements.
Which XDS.b transaction is used by a Document Registry to return metadata about stored clinical documents?
Answer: ITI-18 Registry Stored Query
ITI-18 (Registry Stored Query) allows consumers to query the Document Registry and retrieve document metadata.
In the context of FHIR SMART on FHIR, what is the purpose of scopes?
Answer: Specify which resources and operations an app is authorized to access
SMART on FHIR scopes define fine-grained permissions specifying which resources and actions (read/write) an application may access on behalf of a user.
Which component of the HL7 CDA (Clinical Document Architecture) provides the human-readable clinical narrative?
Answer: Section/Text element
Each CDA section contains a element that holds the legally authentic human-readable narrative required by the standard.