WGU D220 Nursing Informatics Questions And Answers 100% Verified

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) - CORRECT ANS Enacted to revitalize nations economy and create jobs. A significant portion was dedicated to expanding the use of HIT to improve the business efficiency and effectiveness of HCOs while increasing patient safety and positive health outcomes. It also enacted an incentive program known as Meaningful Use Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) - CORRECT ANS Supports research designed to improve outcomes and quality of healthcare. Asynchronous Applications - CORRECT ANS No contact with the patient for data collection. Asynchronous communication examples - CORRECT ANS Remote pt monitoring, Using health technologies to share health metrics and data w/ providers, store & forward apps (ex: photos) Administrative Information System - CORRECT ANS includes registration and scheduling, tracking through admission, transfer and discharge, patient acuity and staff scheduling, financial or accounting systems, risk management, payroll, and hr, quality assurance and contract management functions Affordable Care Act - CORRECT ANS law passed in 2010 to expand access to insurance, address cost reduction and affordability, improve the quality of healthcare, and introduce the Patient's Bill of Rights Alarm fatigue - CORRECT ANS The phenomenon of nurses becoming desensitized to patient care alarms and missing or delaying their response to the alarm artificial intelligence - CORRECT ANS Use of algorithms and other technologies to mimic human cognition and predict outcomes Audit trail - CORRECT ANS a report that traces who has accessed electronic information, when information was accessed, and whether any information was changed Barcode Medication Administration (BCMA) - CORRECT ANS **Mandated by the FDA** Real-time, automated documentation of patient's medication. Needs CPOE, A pharmacy system, & an EMAR system to function. Benchmarking - CORRECT ANS A process of continuously measuring system results, comparing those results to optimal system performance (benchmark values), and identifying steps and procedures to improve system performance Biometrics - CORRECT ANS the identification of a user based on a physical characteristic, such as a fingerprint, iris, face, voice, or handwriting Checklists - CORRECT ANS another simple way of gathering data in order to organize facts in an easy way so an issue or problem can be reviewed in more detail. *Some of the most common examples are checklists for FREQUENCIES of an EVENT or CONSEQUENCES of using a particular PROCESS. Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) - CORRECT ANS The senior manager (usually a registered nurse with advanced education and extensive experience) responsible for administering patient care services Clinical Decision Support System - CORRECT ANS Supports healthcare practitioners in making patient care decisions by integrating patient data with current clinical knowledge. Connected health - CORRECT ANS a model of health care delivery using technology to provide services including information and education.