CAHIMS 2.1 ALL ANSWERS CORRECT

CAHIMS 2.1 ALL ANSWERS CORRECT The lecture talked about a "misalignment of incentives" as it pertains to health IT. Which of the following statements reflects this issue? a. Doctors pay for IT, hospitals benefit b. Doctors pay for IT, payers benefit c. Hospitals pay for IT, doctors benefit d. Payers pay for IT, hospitals benefit b Which entity is the largest third party payer in the US healthcare system? a. Blue Cross and Blue Shield b. The federal government c. American Hospital Association d. Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) b According to the lecture, which is one of the ways payors may "directly" incentivize the need for health IT? a. Sponsor programs that reward physicians for achieving certain clinical measures of excellence b. Sponsor programs that reduce waiting times for patients seeking care c. Encourage improvements in quality of care by including patients in decisions that affect them d. Encourage physicians to participate in health IT "steering committees" a According to the lecture, which of the following payor groups is considered most generous? a. Medicaid b. Medicare c. Traditional insurers d. HMOs c According to the lecture, in addition to directly and indirectly incentivizing health IT among providers, payors can also influence health IT adoption by a. making available claims data from health information exchange. b. lobbying Congress for more stringent health IT requirements for providers. c. convening stakeholders to discuss data standards. d. hiring nurses to be health IT liaisons to doctors. a According to the lecture, which entity would financially gain the most by the adoption and use of EHRs and engagement in HIE? a. Hospitals b. Physicians c. Payors d. Consumer-governed health care cooperatives c Which of the following is currently the most widely available source for a cross-provider view of patient history in the U.S.? a. Personal electronic health records b. Smart Cards c. Payor claims data d. Cloud-based proprietary healthcare data c Which of the following typically pays providers the most for identical medical services? a. Medicare b. Private insurance companies c. Medicaid d. Managed care organizations b According to the lecture, which of the following explains the necessity for linking HITECH Act incentives to "meaningful use"? a. Healthcare organizations which are primarily paid through Medicaid have lower clinical outcomes. b. Healthcare organizations with mainly private insurance payors have quality HIT but generally do not value interoperablility with government agencies. c. Simply having an EHR system does not ensure maximum benefits for patients, physicians and payors. d. HIT is the tool to provide equality of healthcare services for all citizens. c Published reports from which of the following organization emphasized the role of health IT in promoting patient safety? a. HIPAA b. CMS c. IOM d. NLM c Which of the following was a NEW development in the 1990s? a. Computer applications just started to be developed to support scientific medical practice. b. The professionalism of informatics specialists that began in the 1980s decreased. c. The part of the Internet known as the World Wide Web was invented. d. Voice recognition software began to be used routinely in healthcare. c What is a likely future outcome from the clinical and translational science awards? a. Systems for using EHR data for research will be developed. b. Academic informatics professionals will be less needed. c. Informatics research will focus on supporting basic science discoveries. a d. Informatics applications for translating scientific papers from other languages into English will get more attention. Which of the following occurred in 2004? a. The HIPAA legislation was passed. b. The HITECH legislation was passed. c. The Institute of Medicine was formed. d. The ONC was established. d Which of the following is the MOST likely reason that Chief Information Officers began to report to