HIIM 215 Study Guide
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1. T or F. Although smart pumps decrease medication errors, there have been problem related to their use,

2. T or F. An epidemic is a global outbreak of disease to which every individual in the world is susceptible.

3. T or F. The over use of opioids has not yet reached the point of being an epidemic in the United States.

4. T or F. The ultimate goal for the EHR is a longitudinal record from conception to death.

5. ___________ help(s) physically challenged people control their environments

6. _____ machines use computer technology to produce images of soft tissue within the body that could not be pictured by traditional X-rays

7. One major focus of public health is the study of ____.

8. T or F. If a doctor is licensed in one state, they can legally practice medicine anywhere in the country via telemedicine.

9. T or F. Bacterial resistance happens even without antibiotics, but the use and abuse of these drugs exacerbate the resistance and leads the development of superbugs

10. The text states that global warming is already having a devastating effect on the earth and on human health; its effects include which of the following?

11. Telepresence surgery (distance surgery) was first developed by ______________

12. Before telemedicine can deliver high-quality medical services at a distance, ________________.

13. T or F. Electronic stimulation is not used to prevent chronic pain

14. Which of the following is a type of technology used to diagnose osteoporosis?

15. ________ has the task of overseeing the adoption and meaningful use of EHRs, setting standards, and judging the impact.

16. Bioinformatics and Public health informatics are two subspecialties of:

17. Legal document where patients provide instructions on how they want to be treated in the event they become very ill and there is no reasonable hope for recovery.

18. T or F. Entries in patient health records don't need to be signed/authenticated by the author.

19. T or F. Medical providers are responsible for maintaining a health record for each patient who received health care services.

20. One important focus of medical informatics is the _______ of health information systems, so that the results of one system are immediately available to the others. For example, radiological images would be available in real time in the operating room.

21. The longitudinal record is ___________________.

22. Medical personnel are required to be licensed by the ______________ in which they practice.

23. _________ informatics focuses on the use of technology to organize information in health care in order to improve health care; it includes the administrative, clinical, and special purpose uses of computers.

24. Most minimally invasive procedures are done using a/an _______ --a thin, tube, which can be connected to a minuscule camera.

25. ______ was passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law in 1996. Its goal was to make health insurance portable from one job to another and to secure the privacy of medical records.