N419 Exam 1 Unit 2: Healthcare Informatics
and Technology Exam Questions With
Verified Answers
· "Utilize _______ to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision
making using information technology."
o These are the goals^^
o The Institute of Medicine ______ core competency
§ The regulatory bodies out there are saying that everyone has to look at information technology
and how it impacts healthcare - answer✔informatics
The IOM identified 5 ______ requirements that every healthcare professional should meet and
they are:
o (1) employ word processing, presentation, and data analysis software
o (2) search, retrieve, manage, and make decisions using electronic data and online databases
o (3) communicate using e-mail, instant messaging, list-serves, and file transfers
o (4) understand security protections and directly address ethical and legal issues related to the
use of IT in practice
o (5) and enhance education and access to reliable health information for patients -
answer✔informatics
The IOM identified 5 informatics requirements that every healthcare professional should meet
and they are:
(1) employ word processing, presentation, and data _____ software;
§ data _______ software has been very valuable in helping us develop evidence based practice
protocols bc we can actually look at the numbers now
· We can go into an electronic source and trend occurrences of different disease processes and a
variety of things that have really aided us in our ability to make informed decisions -
answer✔analysis
The IOM identified 5 informatics requirements that every healthcare professional should meet
and they are:
(3) ________ using e-mail, instant messaging, list-serves, and file transfers;
§ this really can make communication more efficient and expedite communication
§ this can be important in healthcare when you are waiting to hear back from somebody to make
a decision - answer✔communicate
The IOM identified 5 informatics requirements that every healthcare professional should meet
and they are:
(4) understand ______ protections and directly address ethical and legal issues related to the use
of IT in practice;
§ these are our hippa laws
§ so while IT in general has really expanded our scope and our abilities, it has also created _____
issues for us bc it accessibility is so wide range - answer✔security
The IOM identified 5 informatics requirements that every healthcare professional should meet
and they are:
(5) and enhance ______ and access to reliable health information for patients
§ for years patients were really in the dark about their medical information
§ now there is all these patient portals for patients to go in and have access to their medical
records - answer✔education
The following are goals of information ______:
· Improve healthcare
· Improve patient safety
· Control costs
o Control cost was probably at the top of the pack when it first came out and you will see in the
upcoming lectures how controlling cost was really a goal - answer✔technology
Why ______ in healthcare??
· The ANA notes that ______ may improve:
o Patient safety
o Quality of healthcare we deliver
o Operational efficiency and effectiveness in interprofessional practice
§ think about the ability that your GP may have access to hospital records If they are on the same
portal as the local hospital. Before they had wait for a consult note to be delivered to be delivered
to the office from another specialty to find out what kind of surgery the patient had, what was the
course for the hospitalization, what were the meds the patient was discharged on
§ now hopefully there is some information sharing that allows us to take better care of the
patients over the continuum of care - answer✔technology
Why ______ in healthcare??
· The ANA notes that ______ may improve:
o Create future care environments that improve efficiencies, clinical outcomes, and healing
experience
o Improve practice environments through simulation
§ UL is a prime example where we have simulations that students have the opportunity to learn
from.
· Sim labs, debriefings, technology that is incorporated into the while learning experience
o Improve workforce productivity through automation
§ Instead of staff having to run the lab or make a phone call to find out a value or waiting for a
fax we can go online and look up things
§ We have meds that we can automatically pull on the unit and not have to wait for pharmacy to
deliver a medication - answer✔technology
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