Question 1

The Electronic Health Record has helped make more data available for operations performance analysis.

Accepted Answer

The Electronic Health Record (EHR) system digitizes patient information, making it easier to collect, store, and analyze data for operational performance improvements in healthcare settings.

Question 2

The use of Computer applications in health care was encouraged by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ("ARRA") in 2009.

Accepted Answer

The ARRA included provisions to promote the adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs) in healthcare through the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act.

Question 3

Administrative and clinical data cannot and should not be joined together in an analysis because of the differences in that data.

Accepted Answer

The opposite is true, the operations manager can leverage both types of data together to analyze and evaluate operational performance.

Question 4

Unstructured data can be easily analyzed because of its free-form nature gives greater variation in outputs.

Accepted Answer

The free-form nature of unstructured data will require a significant amount of preparation by trained computer database professionals before it can be readily analyzed.

Question 5

Operational data in a healthcare IT application is normally organized into a database.

Accepted Answer

Operational data in a healthcare IT application is typically organized into a database to ensure efficient storage, retrieval, and management of patient and operational information.

Question 6

The organization of data in a health IT application's normalized database structure makes analysis easy for the operations manager.

Accepted Answer

The challenge for the operations manager in obtaining data for analysis of operational performance is to understand how data is organized within a health IT application.

Question 7

Which of the following is an example of administrative data?

Accepted Answer

Administrative data refers to information used for administrative purposes, such as managing patient records, billing, and hospital operations. A patient identification number is used for these purposes.

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of clinical data?

Accepted Answer

Clinical data refers to information related to the health and medical history of a patient, such as the history of current illness.

Question 9

An EKG tracing is an example of:

Accepted Answer

An EKG tracing is considered unstructured data because it is a graphical representation of heart activity, not organized in a predefined manner like structured data.

Question 10

Which of the following is defined as the common element that is used to relate tables to one another in a normalized database?

Accepted Answer

A key is a common element that is used to relate tables to one another in a normalized database.

Question 11

If applications being used in the organization do not have a report writing function, the operations manager may need to create a _________ that combines elements from multiple databases in one source.

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

Which Microsoft Excel function can be used to join data tables together using a common element?

Accepted Answer

The =VLOOKUP() function in Excel is used to look up and retrieve data from a specific column in a table based on a common element, effectively allowing you to join data tables.

Question 13

How can Microsoft Excel be used to prepare an operations analysis if a query tool or data warehouse is not available?

Accepted Answer

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Question 14

Describe how IT could hinder operational efficiency.

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Question 15

Describe how IT can improve operational efficiency.

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Question 16

How would the design of an application front end contribute to improved operational efficiency?

Accepted Answer

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Quiz 13: Using Information Technology in Operations Management