Question 1: What did the authors describe as a cornerstone in examining IT value?
a. IT project proposal
b. Formal financial analysis
c. Strategic plan discussions
d. Industry research publications
Question 2: Which of the following is a standard of the HIPAA Security Administrative Safeguards?
a. Device and media controls
b. Facility access controls
c. Workstation security
d. Workforce security
Question 3: Who oversees the licensure of health care facilities?
a. Accrediting organizations
b. Federal government
c. State government
d. 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?
a. AHRQ
b. NQF
c. CMS
d. HRSA
Question 5: Making an effort to materially improve the process that the system is designed to support describes which observation of realizing value?
a. IT value requires innovation in business practices.
b. Economic value comes from incremental innovations rather than ìbig bangî initiatives.
c. Strategic value comes from the cumulative effect of sustained initiatives to innovate business practices.
d. 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.
a. Privacy
b. Security
c. Confidentiality
d. Protection
Question 7: Which of the following was NOT discussed by the authors as a step to ensuring the delivery of value?
a. Require proposals
b. Increase accountability
c. Manage outcomes
d. Invest more resources
Question 8: Which of the following is NOT one of the three broad aims of the National Quality Strategy?
a. Innovative care
b. Healthy people and communities
c. Affordable care
d. 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?
a. Operations and technical support
b. Applications management
c. IT administration
d. 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?
a. HIPAA
b. Privacy Act of 1974
c. Freedom of Information Act
d. Federal Trade Commission Act
Question 11: __________ is a general term for software that is written to ìinfectî and subsequently harm a computer system.
a. Spyware
b. Malware
c. Ransomware
d. Virus
Question 12: Which IT staff member plans, designs, coordinates, and coordinates system security measures?
a. Project leader
b. Systems analyst
c. Programmer
d. Database administrator
Question 13: Which of the following is NOT a strategy to shorten the deliverables cycle?
a. Big bang implementation
b. Staged rollouts
c. Pilots
d. 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?
a. Structure
b. Process
c. Outcome
d. 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.
a. Auditing
b. Benchmarking
c. Consulting
d. 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?
a. Chief technology officer (CTO)
b. Chief information security officer (CISO)
c. Chief information officer (CIO)
d. Chief medical information officer (CMIO)
Question 17: Which of the following is an action taken to limit network access?
a. Keep machines in locked rooms.
b. Manage keys to facilities.
c. Restrict removal of devices from secure areas.
d. Set up wireless routers to operate only in encrypted mode?
Question 18: Which of the following is NOT characteristic of IT-enabled value?
a. IT value is both tangible and intangible.
b. IT value is not variable across organizations.
c. A single IT investment can have a diverse value proposition.
d. 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?
a. Hospital value-based purchasing
b. Hospital readmissions reduction
c. Hospital-acquired conditions
d. 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?
a. Human capital management
b. Relationship management
c. Platform management
d. Value management