Informatics in Healthcare
Electronic Resources/Strategic Planning
Consumer Education
Integrating Technology
System Implementation and Maintenance
100
A system that give organizations power to access knowledge, experiences, and creativity of their staff to improve performance
What is knowledge management?
100
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
What is the group responsible for improving quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness in healthcare.
100
Health Literacy
Healthy People 2010 defines what as "The degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions"?
100
Give one example of an office application.
What is email or (podcasts, blogs, instant messages).
100
To develop a comprehensive project plan and scheduling the elements of implementation
What is the initial work of the implementation committee.
200
The integration of nursing, computer and information science to manage and communicate data into nursing practice. This support is accomplished via information structures, processes and information technology.
What is nursing informatics defined as?
200
Proper usage of security, do not use identifiable info, use professional boundaries with patients, comply with HIPAA laws, use professional ethics, institutional policies should always be activated
What are appropriate steps to follow when utilizing web 2.0 applications?
200
-Scientific content -Anxiety generation -Confidentiality issues -Research ethic issues when social networking sites are used to recruit research participants
Growth of social networking is increasing rapidly. People are now seeking healthcare online through websites like Facebook, myspace, and wikipedia. What are two concerns about this?
200
Name 2 examples of technology used in healthcare.
What is Electronic Health records (EHR) and x-ray machines.
200
It is important to consider because if the technology is not current or up to date and cannot upgrade easily then becomes useless setting the system behind.
Why is technology an important aspect to considered by the implementation committee?
300
This method pushes for patient safety, evidence based practice is advocated, higher quality care for patients, advocates technology advances
Why is healthcare informatics a vital piece of the nursing practice?
300
Subscribe to RSS feeds, use of spreadsheets, databases and email, use social media, communicate between colleagues
What are methods to use information effectively?
300
The disparity in access to information technology tools and electronic health care resources.
What is the "digital divide"
300
What is Virtual Reality?
What is used to help develop procedural skills. OR (Second life, provides a "safe" environment)
300
It is important because it can determine the users competency. Also because it provides scenarios to better prepare the user for possible encounters they may face once the modifications are released.
After modifications have been made a training environment is established. Why is it important that users become trained?
400
Provides accurate patient identification, offers computerized provider order entry (CPOE), E-prescribing, Bar-code administration, decision support software (RSS), technology will advance with medical advances
How does healthcare informatics advocate for patient safety?
400
Faster access to published articles, reduced costs, ability of collaboration on manuscripts, multimedia, easier search methods, more environmentally friendly, demonstrates ability to save on space.
Why is online publication the preferred method to research and data collection?
400
to create and promote the development of effective consumer health digital resources
What is the role of an informatics specialist as a designer of health information?
400
Blogs, YouTube, Wiki and podcasts are an example of?
What is Multimedia
400
The role of the specialist is important because they have the responsibility of system development and implementation which are the main phases of system implementation. It is also important because they can provide credibility for large IT projects. The nurse also works alongside an information officer to develop strategies to improve patient care services
Why is the role of the informatics nurse specialist so important?
500
Proficiency with informative applications to support all nursing areas, fiscal management, integration of multidisciplinary standards of practice, demonstrates critical thinking, data management, decision making, system development, computer skills
What are characteristics of an informatics nurse?
500
Data analysis occurs after data has been collected from internal and external environmental scans. It is important because a team can identify trends in current operations and predict future needs based off of currents needs in the data which in healthcare is constantly changing.
When is data analysis performed and why is it important?
500
-Engaging Consumers -Transforming care delivery -Aligning incentives -Improving population health
The e-Health initiative was created to promote the use of info technology as a means of improving the quality, safety, and efficiency of managing and improving healthcare delivery. What are the four principles of this initiative?
500
Use of computers , audio, and video equipment to provide interactive communication between two or more persons at two or more sites is known as?
What is videoteleconferencing
500
The most common pitfall is underestimating the amount of work needed to fully implement the system which can lead to lack of time and necessary resources. It can be best avoided by fully researching the amount of work needed to be better prepared also by having a fully prepared and trained team to commit and execute the implementation flawlessly.
What is the most common pitfall in implementation phase and how can it be avoided?
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