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Question 1

Which federal program incentivized hospitals to adopt certified EHR technology by offering Medicare and Medicaid bonus payments?

Accepted Answer

Meaningful Use / Promoting Interoperability Program

Answer

The Meaningful Use program (later renamed Promoting Interoperability) under the HITECH Act provided financial incentives for adopting and demonstrating meaningful use of certified EHR technology.

Question 2

What is the MAIN benefit of using a clinical data warehouse compared to a live EHR database for population health analytics?

Accepted Answer

It avoids performance impact on production systems and enables complex historical queries

Answer

A clinical data warehouse stores historical data in an optimized read structure, allowing complex analytics without slowing down the operational EHR.

Question 3

Under the ONC's Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), what role does a Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) play?

Accepted Answer

It serves as a network-level intermediary enabling nationwide health information exchange

Answer

QHINs are designated networks that connect to each other and to participants under TEFCA, enabling nationwide interoperability through a common set of rules.

Question 4

Which security concept ensures that users can only access the minimum information necessary to perform their job functions?

Accepted Answer

Principle of least privilege

Answer

The principle of least privilege limits user access rights to only what is strictly required for their role, reducing the attack surface.

Question 5

A hospital is implementing predictive analytics to identify patients at risk for sepsis. Which type of clinical decision support is being deployed?

Accepted Answer

Proactive alerting with predictive model output

Answer

Sepsis prediction tools use machine learning models to proactively alert clinicians when a patient's data patterns indicate elevated sepsis risk.

MHA - Master of Healthcare Administration Practice Test

MHA - Master of Healthcare Administration Practice Test

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