Introduction to Health Information Systems
ISC472 / HCI571 Fall 2012
Second Midterm Study Guide.
The next midterm exam will take place on Monday October 29 from 1:50pm to 2:45pm,
in SNYGG 103.
PROGRAM:
The program covers what has been seen in class and the last 4 weeks of the quarter:
 Health information infrastructure (Chapter 3).
 Health concepts data (Chapter 4).
 Electronic health records (Chapter 5).
 Classification and coding (Chapter 6).
 Technological landscape (Chapter 7).
 Managing the electronic medical record (Chapter 9).
 Statistics (Chapter 10).
 Research and epidemiology (Chapter 11)
Midterm format:
The midterm will last 50 minutes.
The textbook is allowed for the second part of the test.
Calculators are allowed and even recommended.
You need to take only a pen and pencil (if you use one).
The test will comprise:
1) 20 multiple choice questions answered closed book.
2) Three problems as exemplified in the review material provided for chapter 10
(statistics and data analysis).
Midterm grading:
Each question will be graded 2 points and each problem will be graded 20 points.
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