Health Care Information Systems

Quiz #3

Due Date: April st at 9:00 am.

Instructions: Print out this page and answer all ten questions. Feel free to use any notes or texts as reference material for this quiz. I do request that you work independently and derive your own answers. I also do not want answers copied word for word from the text or any other reference. You will be counted off for this. I am relying on your honesty and integrity as FGCU students to ensure this is done. It is also up to you to ensure that I have received the appropriate assignment by the due date.  Technology is not an excuse for a late quiz.  No late quizzes will be accepted.  Thanks and good luck!

Please answer the following questions.  Each is worth 3 pts.

  1. Health care organizations use computers and information systems to support several administrative operations.  Name 5 of them.

  2. _______________ are the most important resource of a health care organization.

  3. Name the 5 desirable capabilities of an enterprise wide scheduling system as listed by Baldwin (2001).

  4. In the managed care environment, there  are four groups  that need/share information to function.  What are they?

  5. The Internet employs an _______architecture, one that is not dictated by a particular network but that is selected freely by a provider.

  6. Intranets link employees within the organization to enable more efficient communication, collaboration, and work flow.

    a. true
    b. false

    7.

  7. Two extraordinary security tools that may be necessary for communicating sensitive via the Internet  are  __________________, __________________________.

  8. Name three policies that may help avoid employee abuse or miss use of e-mail.

  9. List four types of information an organization may post on their Intranet .

  10. Name the components of a CDDS and explain  the usage of each.

  11. Clinical Decision Support Systems can be categorized in terms of what the users actually do with them.  List five categories of use.

  12. ________________ are man-machine systems with specialized problem-solving expertise.

  13. ______________________ is an information system which draws from multiple applications and multiple data sources, to provide executives and other decision makers with information to monitor and analyze the performance or the organization.

  14. All of the following are functions of a financial information system except:

a.. analyzing historical and current financial activity
b. projecting future financial needs
c. store human resource personnel records
d. provide information for making investment decisions

   15.  Software/hardware combinations that facilitates real-time interaction among members in a group is called

a. computer-supported cooperative work
b. groupware
c. Microsoft Office
d. telemedicine

 Short Answer Questions: Answer the following questions as completely as possible.  Each is worth 11 pts.

  1. Why is an  enterprise- wide network important for an integrated delivery system?

  2. Define clinical information systems and administrative information systems in a healthcare setting. Provide functions and models for fully integrated systems.

   3.    What is point-of-care technology and what are its advantages and disadvantages in a healthcare setting.

   4.   Why do most healthcare organizations enter the information systems field by first installing financial systems?

    5.   Explain the difference between process benchmarking and outcome benchmarking.  What are the implications of this difference on information needs?

 

 

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1. as an e-mail attachment to mailto:nrenninger@swfla.rr.com   or

2. fax to:me at 239-574-8944

GOOD LUCK!!

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