QUESTION An epatient is best described as one who: a. seeks health information from various sources and uses the information for decision making with health providers. b. manages health decisions, uses the Internet and uses biosensors. c. collaborates with the health provider, has a chronic illness, and writes blogs. d. makes all decisions, prepares for […]
QUESTION Why have most CDS systems not shown to significantly impact patient outcomes in clinical trials, despite the fact that a majority of systems have been shown to significantly improve care processes? a. CDS systems have not been evaluated in clinical trials. b. Very few studies have assessed the impact of CDS systems on patient […]
QUESTION Which statement is not part of the Ten Commandments of CDS? a. Speed is everything. b. Fit into the user’s workflow. c. Alerting is the most effective approach to CDS. d. Ask for additional information only when you really need it. ANSWER: ANS: C The Ten Commandments of CDS include speed is everything, […]
QUESTION A healthcare system has implemented a functionality where patients who are overdue or almost due for a mammogram are sent letters notifying them to schedule a mammogram based on available data and current clinical care guidelines. Which type of CDS system is this? a. This is not a CDS. b. A personal health record […]
QUESTION Which tools are examples of CDS? (Select all that apply.) a. An order set b. A reminder c. A phone call d. An infobutton ANSWER: ANS: A, B, D Despite CDS often being limited to alerts and reminders, an order set, a reminder, and an infobutton are also examples that represent CDS types. […]
QUESTION Which incentive has the strongest potential to spur the nationwide adoption of advanced CDS? a. Freely available CDS knowledge in a machine-executable form b. Significant government funding for research efforts to share CDS c. Shift of healthcare payment from a fee-for-service model to approaches rewarding the delivery of better quality and outcomes at lower […]
QUESTION You are asked to justify the creation of the first public health informatics (PHI) program in your jurisdiction. You will emphasize this likely benefit by ensuring: a. current PHI can enhance public health surveillance such as identifying clusters of diseases. b. privacy and security issues are avoided because public health informatics data are de-identified […]
QUESTION Public health differs from clinical practice in important ways. Which statement reflects the differences? a. Public health is focused on the prevention and health of populations before they are ill. b. Public health is focused on one individual at a time to ensure the best possible outcome. c. The health of a community is […]
QUESTION Which of the following are challenges or barriers to CDS adoption? (Select all that apply) a. Lack of evidence of CDS effectiveness b. Misaligned financial incentives c. Inadequate EHR adoption d. Lack of widely adopted standards for CDS ANSWER: ANS: B, C, D All of the choices except lack of evidence of CDS […]
QUESTION Why are expert diagnostic decision support systems not integrated into clinical settings ? (Select all that apply.) a. They have not been shown to be comparable to the performance of human experts. b. Clinicians generally must go out of their routine workflows to use the systems, and these systems generally require time-consuming data entry. […]
