D220 section 4 - Lesson 7: Improving Patient Care
Using Health Information Technology Data /Questions
And Answers
Quiz :Data and information technology - √Answer :Data and information come
from health information technology in the form of reminders and alerts,
decision support tools, and checklists. Data and information also comes in the
forms of benchmarks, trending information, usage reports, preference data,
and predictive modeling
Quiz :The value of the HIE can only be experienced and appreciated if it is
known to its users. There are several challenges to the use of the HIE. One
major challenge to embedding HIE in care practice is a lack of awareness about
HIE among clinicians.
In nursing, what area of care would benefit the most by embedding HIE in
nursing practice? - √Answer :Coordination of care
Rationale: The coordination of care can be enhanced through the use of HIEs
by helping nurses understand the root cause of frequent visits, identifying
duplicate orders for tests, and maintaining accurate medication lists.
Quiz :True or False
Nurses can contribute to machine learning algorithms by (1) filling data gaps
with nursing-relevant data that provide personalized context about the
patient; (2) improving data dissemination techniques; and (3) evaluating
potential value in practice. - √Answer :FALSE
Rationale: Nurses can contribute to machine learning algorithms by (1) filling
data gaps with nursing-relevant data that provide personalized context about
the patient; (2) improving data preprocessing techniques; and (3) evaluating
potential value in practice.
Quiz :Big data is produced as health information technology continues to
grow. However, not all big data is useful in improving nursing practice. It is
essential for nurses to recognize the five properties of big data to know if it is
, worth considering when looking at ways to improve nursing practice. List the
five properties of big data. - √Answer :The five properties of big data are:
volume velocity variety value veracity
Quiz :True or False
When exploring opportunities to improve the safe delivery of patient care,
nurses can make use of health information technology data through the
systems engineering approach. This approach enables the partnership of
technology manufacturers and vendors with organizations to identify risks to
patient safety and promote safe health information technology integration. -
√Answer :TRUE
Rationale: During the integration of technology into the organization, it is
important for biomedical engineers and health information technology experts
to work together with organization members to identify the potential for risk
to the patient in the use of the technology.
Quiz :Health information data gives information on care practices that were
performed correctly and appropriately as well as data on aspects of care that
need improvement. Organizations first need to establish a culture of safety so
that available data can be freely reviewed and efforts toward improvements
can follow.
What is a characteristic of a culture of safety? - √Answer :An environment
that provides resources for the promotion and maintenance of safety
measures.
Rationale: Providing resources focused on patient safety demonstrates the
organization's commitment to it.
Quiz :True or False
The Internet of Things (IoT) in healthcare refers to a subset of the internet that
deals with medical information and literature for the advancement of health
information technology. - √Answer :FALSE
Rationale: The Internet of Things (IoT) in healthcare refers to the collection of
internet-connected devices, including wearables, implants, skin sensors, home
monitoring tools, and mHealth applications. The IoT has the potential to
connect patients and their providers in a variety of ways and has the ability to
maximize the power of big data analytics through ongoing innovation.
Quiz :Connected health refers to the delivery of technology-assisted care that
occurs outside the traditional face-to-face setting between a patient and a
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