Health Data Standards and Terminologies: A Tutorial

Now it’s time to see what you learned! You can retake the knowledge check as many times as you want, and then move on to Module 2.

Which of the following is true about the Electronic Health Record (EHR)?

a) The EHR can provide a more complete view of a person’s health.

b) The EHR can lead to decision-making by both healthcare providers and patients.

c) The EHR can allow for aggregate information about test results and diagnoses used in monitoring population-level health events and indicators for public health disease surveillance.

d) All of the above.

Which are the required levels of interoperability to exchange information?

a) Foundational and Structural

b) Foundational, Structural, and Semantic

c) Semantic and Organizational

d) Foundational and Organizational

e) Foundational, Structural, Semantic and Organizational

Which level of interoperability is concerned with preserving meaning?

a) Foundational

b) Structural

c) Semantic

d) Organizational

Health data standards allow health information systems to share information in such a way that the context and meaning of the information is retained across systems. True or false?

a) True

b) False

Which organization is the central coordinating body for clinical terminology standards within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)?

a) The National Library of Medicine (NLM)

b) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

c) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

d) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

1: Functions and Types of Health Information Standards

Module 1 Knowledge Check

Exercises