IT Certification Exam Questions & Answers

QUESTION 58
a medical director who heads the medical staff

QUESTION 59
this data for a hospital indicates the total number of patients discharged from the hospital’s acute care beds during a given period
-both babies and death are included in this margin making it more accurate count

QUESTION 60
a nonfederal, short-stay hospital whose services are available to the general public
-may be private for profit or private nonprofit
-may be owned by state or local government (NOT federal)
-can be a general or specialty hospital

QUESTION 61
Once a Resource is assigned FMM maturity level, it cannot be removed from the resource list in future FHIR versions a) TRUE b) FALSE

QUESTION 62
what was the first voluntary hospital in the US established specifically to care for the sick?

QUESTION 63
these hospitals:
1. have lower proportions of Medicaid covered patients than community general hospitals in same market
2. admit less severe, more profitable cases
3. draw patients away from community general hospitals
4. do not have lower costs per severity-adjusted discharge than competing general hospitals in the same markets
-achieve shorter lengths of stay, fewer complications, and lower readmission rates at a lower cost

QUESTION 64
What is the FHIR Maturity Model (FMM) used for in the FHIR R4 specification?
a) Managing security of FHIR data
b) Defining syntax of resources
c) Tracking maturity of artifacts
d) All of the above

QUESTION 65
what does this list describe?:

QUESTION 66
The ___________ Hospital (opened in 1889), with its adjoining medical school (opened in 1893), inaugurated a new era during which teaching was combined with clinical practice and scientific inquiry in medicine

QUESTION 67
refers to the patient’s right to make an informed choice regarding medical treatment

QUESTION 68
primary function of these hospitals is to provide diagnostic and treatment services for a variety of severe mental conditions, such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, severe depression, dual diagnosis (mental illness compounded by chemical dependency), and serious emotional disturbances in children and adolescents
-services: psychiatric, psychological, and social work programs
-can be freestanding hospitals or specialized units in general hospitals

QUESTION 69
this number is calculated by dividing the total days of care by the total number of discharges
-when applied to an individual or specific group pf patients -> indictor of severity of illness and resource use

QUESTION 70
Example of “RelatedPerson” resource
a) A neighbor bringing a patient to the hospital
b) Guide Dog
c) Patient’s attorney
d) Patient Spouse
• Both A and D
• Only D
• A, C and D
• A, B, C and D

QUESTION 71
hospitals owned by the federal, state, or local government
-play a significant role in training physicians and other health care professionals
-incur higher utilization in terms of ALOS (highest in fed hospitals)

QUESTION 72
how do the types of hospitals rank from most to least in proportion in the US?

QUESTION 73
_______ is clearly an outlier in hospital capacity and utilization according to OECD data

QUESTION 74
in general, hospitalization rates and lengths of stay ________ with age

QUESTION 75
Following datatypes may include Modifier Extensions
A) Dosage, Timing
B) B) Dosage, ElementDefinition
• A
• B
• A and B

QUESTION 76
almost ______% of all US hospitals are classified as community hospitals

QUESTION 77
it is also noteworthy that hospitals located in states that implemented ________ (an option left up to each state after the 2012 Supreme Court decision on the ACA) have significantly increased Medicaid revenues, decreased uncompensated care costs, and improvements in profit margins compared with hospitals located in states that did not do such.

QUESTION 78
hospital in which the average length of stay is 25 days or less
-most hospitals fall in this category
-patients suffer from acute conditions

QUESTION 79
this is the average number of inpatients receiving care each day in a hospital
-often used t define occupancy in hospitals or other inpatient facilities

QUESTION 80
who, in the public sector, operates the single largest MHS in the US?

QUESTION 81
consists of influential business and community leaders of a hospital
-legally responsible for hospital operations
-responsible for evaluating, from a strategic standpoint, major decisions such as incurring capital expenditures for building and equipment, approving annual budgets, and monitoring performance against plans and budgets
-CEO and one or more physicians sit as voting members