Clinical Informatics Certification Health Data Standards & Interoperability 2

Question 1

Which FHIR resource is used to represent a patient's medication prescription?

Accepted Answer

MedicationRequest

Answer

MedicationRequest represents an order or prescription for medication, distinct from administration or dispensing records.

Question 2

In HL7 v2 messaging, what segment contains the patient visit information such as admission type and attending physician?

Accepted Answer

PV1

Answer

The PV1 (Patient Visit) segment carries visit-specific data including admission type, attending physician, and patient class.

Question 3

Which coding system is the primary standard for laboratory test names and observations in the US?

Accepted Answer

LOINC

Answer

LOINC (Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes) is the US standard for identifying laboratory and clinical observations.

Question 4

What does the FHIR capability statement (CapabilityStatement resource) describe?

Accepted Answer

The set of FHIR features a server supports

Answer

A CapabilityStatement declares which FHIR resources, interactions, and operations a server implements.

Question 5

Which XDS.b transaction is used by a Document Registry to return metadata about stored clinical documents?

Accepted Answer

ITI-18 Registry Stored Query

Answer

ITI-18 (Registry Stored Query) allows consumers to query the Document Registry and retrieve document metadata.

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