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Health Informatics & Information Management Flashcards

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  1. What did the CMS 'Meaningful Use' incentive program (now Promoting Interoperability) primarily encourage among healthcare providers?

    Answer: Adoption and meaningful use of certified EHR technology to improve care

    Meaningful Use incentivized eligible hospitals and providers to adopt and meaningfully use certified Electronic Health Record technology through financial rewards tied to specific quality and interoperability criteria.

  2. Which system is specifically responsible for managing the ordering, scheduling, and tracking of radiology examinations?

    Answer: RIS (Radiology Information System)

    The RIS is specifically designed to handle the administrative radiology workflow, including exam ordering, scheduling, patient tracking, exam status, and final report distribution.

  3. What does CDR stand for in health informatics?

    Answer: Clinical Data Repository

    CDR stands for Clinical Data Repository, a real-time database that consolidates patient data from multiple clinical source systems to provide a comprehensive longitudinal patient record.

  4. What is the primary value of data analytics in radiology department management?

    Answer: Identifying operational trends to support evidence-based management decisions

    Data analytics enables radiology managers to identify trends, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities through objective data, supporting evidence-based decisions about staffing, equipment, and workflows.

  5. Which interoperability framework defines integration profiles specifying how existing standards should be implemented so healthcare IT systems work together?

    Answer: IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) integration profiles

    IHE defines integration profiles that specify precisely how existing healthcare IT standards like HL7 and DICOM should be implemented together to achieve reliable interoperability between different vendors' systems.

  6. Which component is MOST critical in a business continuity and disaster recovery plan for radiology IT systems?

    Answer: Regular automated data backups with verified off-site or cloud storage

    Regular automated data backups stored off-site or in the cloud are the most critical disaster recovery component because they ensure imaging data and patient records can be fully restored after a catastrophic system failure.

  7. In health information systems, what is the primary purpose of an Application Programming Interface (API)?

    Answer: To enable different software applications to communicate and exchange data programmatically

    An API enables different software applications to communicate and share data with each other programmatically, facilitating integration between systems such as RIS, PACS, and EHR platforms.