Question 1
What did the authors describe as a cornerstone in examining IT value?
IT project proposal
Formal financial analysis
Strategic plan discussions
Industry research publications
Question 2
Which of the following is a standard of the HIPAA Security Administrative Safeguards?
Device and media controls
Facility access controls
Workstation security
Workforce security
Question 3
Who oversees the licensure of health care facilities?
Accrediting organizations
Federal government
State government
CMS
Question 4
Which is a nonprofit organization with board members from both private and public sectors that maintains a large, searchable database of performance measures?
AHRQ
NQF
CMS
HRSA
Question 5
ìMaking an effort to materially improve the process that the system is designed to supportî describes which observation of realizing value?
IT value requires innovation in business practices.
Economic value comes from incremental innovations rather than ìbig bangî initiatives.
Strategic value comes from the cumulative effect of sustained initiatives to innovate business practices.
Sustainable value requires that the leaders understand that change is an aspect of organization life rather than something to be endured every couple of years.
Question 6
__________ is an individualís constitutional right to be left alone and to limit access to his or her health care information.
Privacy
Security
Confidentiality
Protection
Question 7
Which of the following was NOT discussed by the authors as a step to ensuring the delivery of value?
Require proposals
Increase accountability
Manage outcomes
Invest more resources
Question 8
Which of the following is NOT one of the three broad aims of the National Quality Strategy?
Innovative care
Healthy people and communities
Affordable care
All of the above are aims
Question 9
Data center management is a subgroup of which of the four core functions of an IT department?
Operations and technical support
Applications management
IT administration
Project proposals
Question 10
Which law was written specifically to protect patient confidentiality only in federally operated health care facilities, such as Veterans Administration hospitals, Indian Health service facilities, and military health care organizations?
HIPAA
Privacy Act of 1974
Freedom of Information Act
Federal Trade Commission Act
Question 11
__________ is a general term for software that is written to ìinfectî and subsequently harm a computer system.
Spyware
Malware
Ransomware
Virus
Question 12
Which IT staff member plans, designs, coordinates, and coordinates system security measures?
Project leader
Systems analyst
Programmer
Database administrator
Question 13
Which of the following is NOT a strategy to shorten the deliverables cycle?
ìBig bangî implementation
Staged rollouts
Pilots
All of the above are strategies to shorten the deliverables cycle
Question 14
Which of the following is NOT one of the four major categories of quality measures?
Structure
Process
Outcome
All of the above are categories
Question 15
__________ is a desirable approach in assessing IT services that brings a level of objectivity to the assessment process.
Auditing
Benchmarking
Consulting
Reviewing
Question 16
Which IT leadership role is a relatively new position and emerged as a result of the growing interest in adopting clinical information systems and leveraging those systems to improve care?
Chief technology officer (CTO)
Chief information security officer (CISO)
Chief information officer (CIO)
Chief medical information officer (CMIO)
Question 17
Which of the following is an action taken to limit network access?
Keep machines in locked rooms.
Manage keys to facilities.
Restrict removal of devices from secure areas.
Set up wireless routers to operate only in encrypted mode?
Question 18
Which of the following is NOT characteristic of IT-enabled value?
IT value is both tangible and intangible.
IT value is not variable across organizations.
A single IT investment can have a diverse value proposition.
Different IT investments have different objectives, value propositions, and value assessment techniques.
Question 19
Which of the following original CMS value-based programs determines whether or not an acute care hospital should be paid a reduced amount based on performance across health-acquired infections and unacceptable adverse events?
Hospital value-based purchasing
Hospital readmissions reduction
Hospital-acquired conditions
None of the above
Question 20
Of the eight core IT processes that must be managed for an effective IT department, which competency involves development of IT staff skills and retention of IT talent?
Human capital management
Relationship management
Platform management
Value management