CPE Healthcare Technology & Innovation Flashcards
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When assessing the ROI of a health IT investment, which cost category is most frequently underestimated by physician executives?
Answer: Implementation, training, and workflow redesign costs
Implementation, training, and workflow redesign costs are consistently the most underestimated because they involve significant organizational change beyond the technology purchase.
A hospital's cybersecurity team reports a ransomware attack has encrypted EHR data. As the physician executive, what is the FIRST action?
Answer: Activate the incident response plan and notify the CISO
Activating the incident response plan and notifying the CISO is the immediate first step to coordinate a structured, legal, and clinically safe response.
Which approach BEST describes a 'build vs. buy' analysis in healthcare technology decisions?
Answer: Evaluating total cost of ownership and strategic fit of custom development versus vendor solutions
A build vs. buy analysis evaluates whether the organization should develop custom technology or purchase an existing vendor solution based on cost, timeline, and strategic alignment.
What is the primary regulatory concern physician executives must address when using patient data to train internal AI models?
Answer: HIPAA minimum necessary standard and de-identification requirements
HIPAA requires that patient data used for purposes beyond direct care — such as AI model training — comply with minimum necessary standards and proper de-identification or authorization.
A physician executive is designing a digital health equity initiative. Which data element is MOST critical to collect in the EHR to measure disparities?
Answer: Race, ethnicity, and preferred language (REaL data)
Race, ethnicity, and language (REaL) data is the foundational dataset for identifying and measuring healthcare disparities across demographic groups.
Which change management model is MOST applicable when leading a large-scale EHR implementation affecting hundreds of clinicians?
Answer: Kotter's 8-Step Change Model
Kotter's 8-Step Change Model is widely used for large-scale organizational transformations because it provides a structured approach to creating urgency, building coalitions, and sustaining change.