CPMS Healthcare Data Management & Interoperability 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which FHIR resource type is used to represent a patient's allergy or intolerance information?
- AllergyIntolerance (Correct answer)
- Condition
- Observation
- MedicationStatement
Correct answer: AllergyIntolerance
The FHIR AllergyIntolerance resource captures a patient's risk of adverse reactions to substances.
Question 2: In the context of healthcare data exchange, what does the term 'semantic interoperability' mean?
- The ability to exchange data with shared meaning across systems (Correct answer)
- The use of a common transport protocol for data transmission
- Encryption of data during transmission between systems
- Standardizing the user interface across EHR platforms
Correct answer: The ability to exchange data with shared meaning across systems
Semantic interoperability ensures that exchanged data is interpreted consistently and carries the same meaning across different systems.
Question 3: Which coding system is primarily used to represent clinical procedures in US healthcare claims data?
- CPT (Correct answer)
- ICD-10-CM
- LOINC
- RxNorm
Correct answer: CPT
Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes are maintained by the AMA and used to report medical procedures on claims.
Question 4: A hospital wants to query a patient's medication list from an external pharmacy system. Which IHE profile is most directly applicable?
- Pharmacy Medication List (PML) (Correct answer)
- Cross-Enterprise Document Sharing (XDS)
- Patient Demographics Query (PDQ)
- Audit Trail and Node Authentication (ATNA)
Correct answer: Pharmacy Medication List (PML)
The IHE Pharmacy Medication List (PML) profile supports the querying and sharing of patient medication lists across systems.
Question 5: What is the purpose of a Master Patient Index (MPI) in healthcare data management?
- To uniquely identify and link patient records across multiple systems (Correct answer)
- To store all clinical documentation in a single repository
- To manage physician credentials across a health network
- To track medical device inventory in a hospital
Correct answer: To uniquely identify and link patient records across multiple systems
An MPI maintains a unique identifier for each patient and links their records across disparate healthcare information systems.
Question 6: Which HL7 V2 message type is used to send an unsolicited observation result from a lab system to an EHR?
- ORU^R01 (Correct answer)
- ORM^O01
- ADT^A01
- SIU^S12
Correct answer: ORU^R01
The ORU^R01 message (Unsolicited Observation Result) transmits observation and result data from a producing system to a consuming system.
Question 7: In FHIR, what HTTP method is used to update an existing resource by sending a complete replacement?
- PUT (Correct answer)
- PATCH
- POST
- GET
Correct answer: PUT
The HTTP PUT method in FHIR is used to update an existing resource by providing a complete replacement of the resource content.
CPMS Healthcare Data Management & Interoperability 2
Which FHIR resource type is used to represent a patient's allergy or intolerance information?