EHR Interoperability and Data Exchange Flashcards

What does CDA stand for in health information exchange?

Answer: Clinical Document Architecture

CDA (Clinical Document Architecture) is an HL7 standard that defines the structure and semantics of clinical documents for exchange.

Which document type is commonly used to share a patient's health summary during care transitions?

Answer: Continuity of Care Document (CCD)

The Continuity of Care Document (CCD) is a patient summary standard used to share health information during care transitions.

What is the primary purpose of a Master Patient Index (MPI) in health information exchange?

Answer: To uniquely identify patients across multiple healthcare systems

The Master Patient Index uniquely identifies patients across different healthcare systems to prevent duplicate records and ensure data accuracy.

What is a Direct secure messaging protocol used for in healthcare?

Answer: Sending encrypted health information point-to-point between providers

Direct secure messaging is a standards-based protocol for sending encrypted, authenticated health information directly between trusted healthcare parties.

Which FHIR resource is used to represent a patient's demographic information?

Answer: Patient resource

The FHIR Patient resource stores demographic information such as name, date of birth, gender, and contact details.

What is record locator service (RLS) used for in an HIE?

Answer: Identifying which organizations hold records for a given patient

A Record Locator Service identifies and locates which participating organizations hold health records for a specific patient within an HIE.