WGU Nursing Informatics Update!!

Mutlidisciplinary Team Terminology -ANSWER (SNOMED-CT) Systematized Nomenclature of Human and Veterinary Medicine Clinical Terms- clinical terms covering nurisng, medicine, & allied health Standardized Terminology Supports -ANSWER Data Mining PHR - Private Health Record -ANSWER Lifetime health record, supplied by ind., healthcare providers, pharmacies, therapist, lab test, - Controlled by the consumer, E-Sign -ANSWER Same legal status as a hand written signature MIPPA - Medicare Improvement for Patients & Providers Act provides -ANSWER financial incentive for e-prescribing to providers HIPPA provides -ANSWER legal protection for personal health info, set standards for elect. data interchange of claims data, named specific code sets for use in Medicare related transactions, & Privacy ARRA provides -ANSWER provide funds for adoption of technology & provides the right for every individual to receive and electronic copy of EHR HITECH provides -ANSWER strengthened HIPPA security & privacy protection, & provides financial incentive for the user of EHR EMR -electronic medical record provides -ANSWER Legal record often restricted to a Single episode of care , building block of EHR, EHR- Electronic Health Record is -ANSWER Longitudinal record that includes client data, demographics, clinician notes, medications, diagnostics. - Major driver for US Adoption are "Meaningful Use" financial incentives from HITECH part of ARRA Affordable Care Act provides -ANSWER guarantee access to healthcare, encourage PCP, Data is -ANSWER collection of #, characters, or facts (body weight- 128lb), little meaning alone Information is -ANSWER Collection of data examined for patterns or structure that can be interpreted. ex notes prior BP and informs doc Knowledge is -ANSWER Synthesis of info from several sources to produce a single concept or idea, ex read a journal about BP Computer Technology is -ANSWER collection of data for analysis, which can be used to justify the efficacy of particular interventions & improve quality of care WGU Nursing Informatics Update!!