1. What is the first activity that should take place when embarking on an HIS project?
A) Hiring a CIO.
B) Developing a strategic plan.
C) Selecting a new system.
D) Creating a steering committee.
Answer: B
A-Head: HIS Fundamentals
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: Moderate
Simplified Functional Taxonomy: Application
2. Good HIS Governance involves
A) interdisciplinary communication
B) accountability
C) well-designed policies
D) all of the above
Answer: D
A-Head: HIS Fundamentals
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: East
Simplified Functional Taxonomy: Recall
3. Which of the following is an implementation activity?
A) testing and evaluating
B) transitioning processes
C) activating new software on new hardware
D) selecting a system
[5] planning for a new system
Answer: A, B, C
A-Head: HIS Fundamentals
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: Moderate
Simplified Functional Taxonomy: Application
,4. Elements of infrastructure include network components such as:
A) fiberoptics
B) routers
C) bandwidth connectivity
D) software
[5] Internet capabilities.
Answer: A, B, C, E
A-Head: HIS Terminology
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: Moderate
Simplified Functional Taxonomy: Recall
5. Since the advent of HIS in the 1960s, improvements to process have included:
A) computers
B) electricity
C) air-cooled minicomputers
D) code
Answer: C
A-Head: History of HIS
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: Moderate
Simplified Functional Taxonomy: Recall
6. In 1999, the Institutes of Medicine published the watershed report:
A) To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health Care System
B) Fixing Health Information Systems in America
C) Crossing the Quality Chasm
Answer: A
A-Head: History of HIS
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: Moderate
Simplified Functional Taxonomy: Recall
7. In 2001, the Institutes of Medicine published the watershed report:
A) To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health Care System
B) Fixing Health Information Systems in America
C) Crossing the Quality Chasm
, Answer: C
A-Head: History of HIS
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: Moderate
Simplified Functional Taxonomy: Recall
Fill-in-the-Blank
1. The HIS ______________ aligns the HIS systems and technologies to these strategic business
directions and initiatives of the organization.
Answer: strategic plan
A-Head: HIS Fundamentals
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: Moderate
Simplified Functional Taxonomy: Recall
2. Data _________ means manage, oversee, and take care of data as a resource.
Answer: stewardship
A-Head: HIS Fundamentals
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: Difficult
Simplified Functional Taxonomy: Recall
True/False
1. Implementing an HIS system is the set of activities that results in a new or updated software
system.
Answer: True
A-Head: HIS Fundamentals
Subject: Chapter 1
Complexity: Moderate
Simplified Functional Taxonomy: Recall
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