As EHR adoption expands to include data from multiple healthcare entities, more opportunities for error exist. Which process can affect data integrity?
a. System failure
b. Data analysis
c. Data downloading
d. Data mining
ANS: A
Data integrity refers to the accuracy and consistency of stored and transmitted data that can be compromised when information is entered incorrectly, deliberately altered, or the system protections are not working correctly or suddenly fail.
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