Medical Informatics Quiz

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Medical informatics gained popularity in the 1950's. What was the key factor enabling medical informatics to take off during that time?
1. Enhanced awareness to collect and share medical information and methods.
2. The rise of computers.
3. Increased governmental regulations on the health care industry.
4. The beginnings of the internet and the World Wide Web.
The earliest use of medical informatics occurred in what field of medicine?
1. Pediatrics
2. Cardiology
3. Dentistry
4. Gynecology
In 2004, the US government formed departments to oversee medical informatics, such as the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) and the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT.) The primary purpose of government involvement in medical informatics is:
1. To combat the rise of fraudulent medical and disability claims, leading to increased costs to taxpayers and larger budget deficits for the US government.
2. To monitor the healthcare system and medical information of patients, a development spurned by the Patriot Act to encourage medical professionals to report any suspicious activity.
3. To increase patient confidentiality and enhance communication among different hospitals.
4. To create interoperable electronic health records (EHR) in the US and to develop a set of standards for EHRs and supporting networks, and certify vendors who meet them.
Which entity has the largest enterprise-wide health information system?
1. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
2. Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston
3. The United States Veteran's Affairs hospital system
4. The United States Institute of Health (NIH)
One of the main purposes of medical informatics is to develop processes for hospitals to maintain medical information and make them as accessible as possible, while also creating venues for hospitals to share information among each other.
1. True
2. False
While every industry utilizes informatics specialists, why are they particularly important in medicine?
1. Medical costs can be very high, therefore it is critical to make sure all patient information is accurately maintained and shared among hospitals.
2. The speed and accuracy in which medical information can be conveyed can be the difference between life or death.
3. Medicine is a more highly skilled field than other fields.
4. Due to it being a relatively new profession, there are not as many trained medical informatics specialists as there are amongst other industries.
Medical informatics grads are represented among a wide and growing range of environments including:
I. Hospitals
II. Health insurance companies
III. Consulting organizations
IV. Internet companies
1. I only.
2. I and II only.
3. I, II, and IV.
4. All of the above.
What is considered to be the greatest achievement of bioinformatics?
1. Development of new algorithms
2. Sequence alignment
3. Assembly of the human genome
4. Drug design
Increased efficiency, accuracy and intercompatibility in the medical informatics field have led to free access to and use of patient health information.
1. True
2. False
Where do careers in biomedical and health informatics exist?
1. Clinical care and research
2. Personal health management for patients and consumers
3. Public and population health
4. Translational science (translating basic genetic discoveries to improve personal health care)
5. All of the above.

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