Impact of IT on Society

Question 1

Computers easily compute mathematical equations much better than humans but what do computers have trouble recognizing?

Accepted Answer

Patterns

Question 2

What are the three major components of machine learning?

Accepted Answer

A model, parameters, and a learner

Question 3

A CDS

Accepted Answer

helps in health-related decision-making processes

Question 4

How will artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, and natural language processing affect future workforce?

Accepted Answer

These technologies will create new job opportunities

Question 5

Automation will likely achieve its full potential within the year

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

What aspect of AI involves technology that allows computers to understand, analyze, manipulate, & generate languages?

Accepted Answer

Natural language processing

Question 7

What is the relationship between IT investment and productivity growth in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Contributes to productivity growth, but the impact is difficult to quantify

Question 8

Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) systems allow

Accepted Answer

physicians to place orders (for drugs, laboratory tests, radiology, etc...)

Question 9

Store-and-forward telemedicine is acquiring data, images, & video from a patient and sending it to a medical specialist

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Employs technology to provide medical care to people who live far away from providers & provides patient health training

Accepted Answer

Telehealth

Question 11

Telemedicine

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provides medical care to remote patients or those who cannot travel often

Question 12

What other factor does NOT influence worker productivity?

Accepted Answer

Consistent supply and demand

Question 13

HITECH Act is a program that incentivizes physicians and hospitals to implement electronic health record (EHR) systems.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

Robotics involves simulating human intelligence processes, including learning and self-correction

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

Robots do not have the capacity to make

Accepted Answer

Moral judgements

Question 16

How much will healthcare costs in the US increase in average from 2016 to 2025?

Accepted Answer

5.6%

Question 17

What is a PHR?

Accepted Answer

Personal Health Record

Question 18

Machine learning involves technology that allows computers to understand and generate natural languages like English

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

What is the most widely used measurement of the material standard of living in a country?

Accepted Answer

Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita

Question 20

Almost every job has a __ % chance of being partially automated using existing technology

Accepted Answer

45%

Question 21

Computerized provider order entry streamlines what part of a physician’s work?

Accepted Answer

Order process

Question 22

What are the legal and ethical questions associated with telemedicine?

Accepted Answer

Does telemedicine include licensing requirements and system certification?

Question 23

Outsourcing can skew productivity if the contracting firms have different productivity rates than the outsourcing firms.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

What is a key factor in productivity improvement?

Accepted Answer

Innovation

Question 25

What impact has the application of IT had on health care?

Accepted Answer

IT has improved the quality and efficiency of health care, IT has significantly reduced health care costs

Question 26

Will we ever create A.I. comparable to Skynet or Hal 9000?

Accepted Answer

No

Question 27

What is artificial intelligence?

Accepted Answer

Explores human nature and the ethics of creating human-like intelligence

Question 28

GDP is

Accepted Answer

gross domestic product

Question 29

What is labor productivity?

Accepted Answer

The amount of goods and services produced per labor hour

Question 30

What is remote monitoring?

Accepted Answer

It involves continuously watching an individual's vital signs

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