CAHIMS Unit 7 Health Computing Q&A
______primary areas of focus include translational bioinformatics, clinical research
informatics, clinical
... [Show More] informatics, consumer health informatics, and public health
informatics. - ANS-American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
Which of the following professional association chapter meetings would medical coders
be likely to attend?
AHIMA
AMIA
HIMSS - ANS-AHIMA
American Health Information Management Association
If you want to find current information on mobile health, which of the following
professional association sites would you visit first?
AHIMA
AMIA
HIMSS - ANS-HIMSS
Which of the following best describes clinical informatics?
-A broad concept that encompasses an array of technologies to store, share, and
analyze health information
- Survey and distillation of clinical research
- The intersection of genomics and computer science
-A combination of biomedical informatics, information technology, healthcare, and
computer science to organize medical data for easy access and use by healthcare
providers - ANS-A combination of biomedical informatics, information technology,
healthcare, and computer science to organize medical data for easy access and use by
healthcare providers
Which of the following is not a benefit of telemedicine?
Patients with conditions that require specialized care, whose region does not have
these specialists, can receive care virtually.
The quality of healthcare provided via telemedicine is usually superior to that provided
through conventional office visits.
Telemedicine offers patients with chronic conditions a convenient way to manage their
condition effectively. Having this option can help prevent deterioration of a patient's
health.
Patients can avoid travel costs.
Patients in rural areas that have a shortage of primary care physicians can obtain care.
- ANS-The quality of healthcare provided via telemedicine is usually superior to that
provided through conventional office visits.
True or false? CMS, through the HITECH Act, provides sizable financial remunerations
to physicians and other eligible providers for implementing EHR systems and meeting
certain standards referred to as meaningful use criteria.
True
False - ANS-true
Which of the following are ethical uses of health data accessed through HIT
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