Healthcare Informatics Basics
Electronic Resources
Future of Healthcare Informatics and its Roles
Integrating Technology, Informatics, and the Internet into Nursing Education
Consumer Education and Informatics
100
Where are all the locations in which healthcare informatics can be used?
What is… Hospitals, clinics, physician offices, and long term and home health agencies.
100
True or False? E-Learning overcomes many of the traditional barriers to education and offers many advantages?
What is… True
100
Define benchmarking
What is… The continual process of measuring services and practices against the toughest competitors in the healthcare industry.
100
Name three office applications used in the nursing field
What is… Word processing, spreadsheets, and databases
100
Health literacy is defined in Healthy People as
What is… The degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.
200
What is the definition of nursing informatics?
What is… The use of information and computer technology to support all aspects of nursing practice, including direct delivery of care, administration, education, and research.
200
What is a learning object?
What is… An entity or learning event that can stand alone without losing meaning, usually addressing only one or two learning objectives.
200
What two main audience acceptance does new health information technology needs to have in order to be successful?
What is… Patient and their family
200
Define virtual reality
What is… Virtual reality is a form of multimedia that fully envelops learners in an environment.
200
CHI tools include
What is… Those that consumers select and those that are provided by healthcare providers.
300
What is the difference between information literacy and computer literacy?
What is… Information literacy is the ability to recognize information that is needed to find, evaluate, and use information effectively.Computer literacy is the familiarity of the use of computers and tools such as word processing, spreadsheets and databases.
300
In education, Wikipedia can help learners do what?
What is… Wikipedia can disseminate learning resources and provide links to other resources, as well as share learning experiences.
300
What is the CNIO and what is the main role?
What is… The most senior informatics executive whose role is to act as a bridge between nursing and the Information Technology department.
300
Name four basic competencies for nurses incorporating attitude, knowledge, and skills.
What is… -Word processing skills and spreadsheet application -Capability to use electronic documentation -Ability to retrieve electronic data -Capacity to protect patient privacy and confidentiality -Aptitude to interpret and respond to technical equipment used at the point of care -Data mining skills -Ability to evaluate internet resources and critically appraise websites
300
What is e-Health Initiative (eHI)?
What is… It was developed by a group of stakeholders dedicated to promoting the use of information technology as a means of improving the quality, safety, and efficiency of managing and improving healthcare delivery.
400
What roles can a nurse assume in client care using healthcare informatics?
What is… Someone who gathers data, uses information, uses knowledge, and builds knowledge.
400
What website has the primary focus of assisting users with accessing medical and health care information, products, resources, services, and practitioners on the internet?
What is… Health Link
400
What is one major consideration when implementing a new system and why? Hint: has to do with the business side of informatics
What is… The return on investment that the system can provide because this can reduce labor costs such as maintenance, outsourcing of forms, alignment of business strategy and increased revenue.
400
What is the difference between Webinars and Webcasts?
What is… Webinars are generally intended for a specific audience and number of people. Webinar is a contraction of the term web-based seminar that describes a specific type of web conference. They are frequently used in a business setting. Webcasts can be viewed by anyone. A Webcast is a media file over the internet using streaming media technology that may be distributed either live or on demand.
400
Name the five advantages of using interactive multimedia messages for health communication reported by Healthy People
What is… 1. Accessing personalized health information 2. Getting health information and services 24/7 3. Distributing and updating healthcare content in an efficient and timely manner 4. Contacting real time expert decision support 5. Choosing options for treatment
500
According to the QSEN project, what six competencies were recommended for healthcare professionals to improve the quality and safety of the healthcare delivery system?
What is… Patient-centered care, team work and collaboration, evidence based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics.
500
The partial shift to online publication is a steadily growing movement. How does online publishing offer advantages over paper based publishing?
What is… The time frame of online publishing versus paper based publishing is shorter, reduces costs, collaboration is enhanced, multimedia can be included, more accessible, and it saves space.
500
In the future, what are some of the main focuses of improvement for healthcare organizations?
What is… Electronic health records, bar code medication administration, clinical documentation systems, and data structures for regional health information exchanges.
500
"Consisting of a set of 'core characteristics' including user-centered design, crowd-sourcing, web as platform, collaboration, power decentralization, dynamic content, SaaS (Software as a Service), and rich user experiences" is a definition for?
What is… Web 2.0
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As consumers health has evolved, the personal health information needs of the consumer has also expanded. Ferguson outlined ten levels in which online healthcare consumers or e-patients access and use health related information. Name five.
What is… -Level 1: Searching for health information -Level 2: Exchanging e-mails with family members and friends -Level 3: Seek guidance from online patient helpers -Level 4: Participate in online support groups -Level 5: Join with other online consumers to research their shared concerns -Level 6: Use online medical guidance systems -Level 7: Interact with volunteer online health professionals -Level 8: Use the paid services of online medical advisors and consultants -Level 9: Engage in electronic conversations with their local clinicians -Level 10: Receive one way electronic messages from their clinicians