RHIT Systems 3

Question 1

A health system wants to analyze trends across millions of historical patient records without impacting the live EHR's performance. The best solution is to use a:

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Data warehouse

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Transactional database

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Master Patient Index

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Clinical data repository

Question 2

Role-based access control (RBAC) in an EHR system grants permissions based on:

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The user's job function or title

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Individual user identity only

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The sensitivity of the data requested

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The time of day the system is accessed

Question 3

In healthcare IT, SOA stands for Service-Oriented Architecture. Its primary advantage for health information systems is:

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Reusable, loosely coupled services that can be shared across applications

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Lower hardware costs

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Faster data entry by clinical staff

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Elimination of paper records

Question 4

Which system generates automated alerts to clinicians when a patient's orders may cause a drug-drug interaction?

Accepted Answer

Clinical Decision Support System

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Laboratory Information System

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Pharmacy Information System

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Document Management System

Question 5

A hospital uses a system to assign IDs, merge duplicate records, and maintain a single authoritative list of patients across facilities. This is a:

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Enterprise Master Patient Index (EMPI)

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Registry system

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Health Information Exchange (HIE)

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Patient portal

Question 6

Which FHIR resource type would be used to represent a patient's documented allergy to penicillin?

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AllergyIntolerance

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Condition

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MedicationStatement

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Observation

Question 7

Which network topology connects all nodes directly to a central hub or switch, making it easy to add devices but creating a single point of failure?

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Star topology

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Ring topology

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Bus topology

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Mesh topology