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Health Informatics: An Interprofessional Approach
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Lynda R. Hardy
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3rd Edition
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PlusBay.Plus
,Table of Contents
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Chapter 01 An Introduction to Health Informatics
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Chapter 02 Theoretical Frameworks
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Chapter 03 Health Systems and Information Flow
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Chapter 04 Informatics-Related Standards and Standard Setting
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Chapter 05 Evaluation of Health Information Systems—Purposes, Theories, and Methods
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Chapter 06 Technical Infrastructure
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Chapter 07 The Electronic Health Record and Precision Care
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Chapter 08 Administrative Applications in Healthcare
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Chapter 09 Community Health Systems
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Chapter 10 Public Health Informatics
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Chapter 11 Evidence-Based Informatics
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Chapter 12 Clinical Decision Support
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Chapter 13 The Evolving ePatient
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Chapter 14 Digital Health-Managing Health and Wellness
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Chapter 15 Personal Health Records
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Chapter 16 Social Media Tools for Health Informatics
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Chapter 17 Project Management Principles
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Chapter 18 Strategic Planning and Information System Selection
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Chapter 19 Contract Negotiations and Software Licensing
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Chapter 20 Implementing and Upgrading an Information System
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Chapter 21 Downtime and Disaster Recovery for Health Information Systems
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Chapter 22 Improving the User Experience for Health Information Technology
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Chapter 23 Data Science and Analytics in Healthcare
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Chapter 24 Safety and Quality Initiatives in Health Informatics
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Chapter 25 Informatics in the Curriculum
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Chapter 26 Distance Education—A New Frontier
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Chapter 27 Legal Issues, Federal Regulations, and Accreditation
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Chapter 28 Privacy and Security
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Chapter 29 MACRA and Interoperability
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Chapter 30 Health Policy and Health Informatics
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Chapter 31 Health Information Technology Governance
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Chapter 32 Global Health Informatics
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Chapter 33 Informatics and the Future of Healthcare
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Chapter 01: An Introduction to Health Informatics
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Hardy: Health Informatics: An Interprofessional Approach, 3rd Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE b
1. Dr. James, in studying patient safety in U.S. hospitals, found that the number of preventable
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adverse events leading to serious harm fell in the approximate range of
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cases per year. b b
a. 4.4 million; 8.8 million b b b
b. 440,000; 880,000 b
c. 1 million; 5 million b b b
d. 40,000; 100,000 b
ANS: B
Dr. James found some 440,000 cases of lethal harm each year and estimated that the incidence
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of serious (but not lethal) harm was 10 to 20 times that figure.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyze b b
2. Health informatics is both a b b b b b as well as a(n) b b b b .
a. discipline; field of study b b b
b. profession; practice b
c. field of study; art b b b
d. profession; discipline b
ANS: D
Health informatics is a discipline, or field of study, in the same sense that "medicine,"
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"sociology," and "pharmacy" are fields of study. It is also a profession, practiced by thousands
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of informaticians in a number of varied roles within the healthcare industry.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember b b
3. What is the main idea of the subsection titled "Why Informatics Is Needed in Healthcare: An
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Example"?
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a. An interoperable healthcare system that provides clear, concise patient data and
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information among institutions is lacking in many facilities, and its presence would
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greatly facilitate things such as patient transfers.
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b. The quality of discharge communication during transfers of geriatric patients from
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hospital to nursing home is generally high.
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c. Skilled nursing facilities aren't trained enough to identify the information they need
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to facilitate a high-quality transition of a patient into their facility.
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d. Healthcare informaticians alone are responsible for building interoperable systems
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that will facilitate communication between and among healthcare facilities.
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ANS: A
This subsection takes the specific case of the transfer of geriatric patients from a hospital
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setting to a long-term skilled nursing facility (SNF) and uses it to illustrate the great need for
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an interoperable healthcare system that allows patient data to be transferred quickly, clearly,
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and concisely among facilities.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyze b b
4. The b is one of the oldest-and still widely used-methods for building and b b b b b b b b b b
implementing software applications in IT arena.
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a. TUG
b. clinical decision support system b b b
c. HIPAA
d. SLC
ANS: D
Though it's been through a number of iterations and adjustments, the software development
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life cycle remains the tested and tried-and-true method for studying, building, implementing,
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and maintaining a health information system.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember b b
5. Informatics allows clinicians to see real time data and allows user to
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public health approaches to care in healthcare.
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a. Meaning
b. Manage
c. Materialize
d. Mapping
ANS: B
With continuing progression in the use of technology and healthcare, clinicians can predict
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and improvement healthcare outcomes.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand b b
6. Health informaticians must be able to conceptual organize a variety of
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better understand data analysis.
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a. Components
b. Concepts
c. Ideas
d. Algorithms
ANS: A
Informaticians utilize healthcare knowledge, visualization, and outcome prediction to access
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braw information and turn it into meaningful use data.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand b b
7. Achievable competencies developed by the IOM that should be achieved by clinicians to
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deliver patient-centered care include:
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a. Collaboration, reduction of errors, patient centered, data collection
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b. Independent, evidence-based practice, reduction of hospital readmissions, use of
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informatics
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c. Collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, use of informatics
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d. Collaboration, individual practice, quality improvement, use of Informatics
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ANS: C
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Health Informatics: An Interprofessional Approach
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Lynda R. Hardy
b b
3rd Edition
b
PlusBay.Plus
,Table of Contents
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Chapter 01 An Introduction to Health Informatics
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Chapter 02 Theoretical Frameworks
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Chapter 03 Health Systems and Information Flow
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Chapter 04 Informatics-Related Standards and Standard Setting
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Chapter 05 Evaluation of Health Information Systems—Purposes, Theories, and Methods
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Chapter 06 Technical Infrastructure
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Chapter 07 The Electronic Health Record and Precision Care
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Chapter 08 Administrative Applications in Healthcare
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Chapter 09 Community Health Systems
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Chapter 10 Public Health Informatics
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Chapter 11 Evidence-Based Informatics
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Chapter 12 Clinical Decision Support
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Chapter 13 The Evolving ePatient
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Chapter 14 Digital Health-Managing Health and Wellness
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Chapter 15 Personal Health Records
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Chapter 16 Social Media Tools for Health Informatics
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Chapter 17 Project Management Principles
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Chapter 18 Strategic Planning and Information System Selection
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Chapter 19 Contract Negotiations and Software Licensing
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Chapter 20 Implementing and Upgrading an Information System
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Chapter 21 Downtime and Disaster Recovery for Health Information Systems
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Chapter 22 Improving the User Experience for Health Information Technology
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Chapter 23 Data Science and Analytics in Healthcare
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Chapter 24 Safety and Quality Initiatives in Health Informatics
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Chapter 25 Informatics in the Curriculum
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Chapter 26 Distance Education—A New Frontier
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Chapter 27 Legal Issues, Federal Regulations, and Accreditation
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Chapter 28 Privacy and Security
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Chapter 29 MACRA and Interoperability
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Chapter 30 Health Policy and Health Informatics
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Chapter 31 Health Information Technology Governance
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Chapter 32 Global Health Informatics
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Chapter 33 Informatics and the Future of Healthcare
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PlusBay.Plus
, Test bBank b- bHealth bInformatics: bAn bInterprofessional bApproach, b3rd bEdition b(Hardy, b2024)
Chapter 01: An Introduction to Health Informatics
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Hardy: Health Informatics: An Interprofessional Approach, 3rd Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE b
1. Dr. James, in studying patient safety in U.S. hospitals, found that the number of preventable
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adverse events leading to serious harm fell in the approximate range of
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cases per year. b b
a. 4.4 million; 8.8 million b b b
b. 440,000; 880,000 b
c. 1 million; 5 million b b b
d. 40,000; 100,000 b
ANS: B
Dr. James found some 440,000 cases of lethal harm each year and estimated that the incidence
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of serious (but not lethal) harm was 10 to 20 times that figure.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyze b b
2. Health informatics is both a b b b b b as well as a(n) b b b b .
a. discipline; field of study b b b
b. profession; practice b
c. field of study; art b b b
d. profession; discipline b
ANS: D
Health informatics is a discipline, or field of study, in the same sense that "medicine,"
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"sociology," and "pharmacy" are fields of study. It is also a profession, practiced by thousands
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of informaticians in a number of varied roles within the healthcare industry.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember b b
3. What is the main idea of the subsection titled "Why Informatics Is Needed in Healthcare: An
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Example"?
b
a. An interoperable healthcare system that provides clear, concise patient data and
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information among institutions is lacking in many facilities, and its presence would
b b b b b b b b b b b b
greatly facilitate things such as patient transfers.
b b b b b b b
b. The quality of discharge communication during transfers of geriatric patients from
b b b b b b b b b b
hospital to nursing home is generally high.
b b b b b b b
c. Skilled nursing facilities aren't trained enough to identify the information they need
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to facilitate a high-quality transition of a patient into their facility.
b b b b b b b b b b b
d. Healthcare informaticians alone are responsible for building interoperable systems
b b b b b b b b
that will facilitate communication between and among healthcare facilities.
b b b b b b b b b
ANS: A
This subsection takes the specific case of the transfer of geriatric patients from a hospital
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b
setting to a long-term skilled nursing facility (SNF) and uses it to illustrate the great need for
b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b
an interoperable healthcare system that allows patient data to be transferred quickly, clearly,
b b b b b b b b b b b b b
and concisely among facilities.
b b b b
1|Page
b b b b b
, Test bBank b- bHealth bInformatics: bAn bInterprofessional bApproach, b3rd bEdition b(Hardy, b2024)
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyze b b
4. The b is one of the oldest-and still widely used-methods for building and b b b b b b b b b b
implementing software applications in IT arena.
b b b b b b
a. TUG
b. clinical decision support system b b b
c. HIPAA
d. SLC
ANS: D
Though it's been through a number of iterations and adjustments, the software development
b b b b b b b b b b b b
life cycle remains the tested and tried-and-true method for studying, building, implementing,
b b b b b b b b b b b b
and maintaining a health information system.
b b b b b b
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember b b
5. Informatics allows clinicians to see real time data and allows user to
b b b b b b b b b b b b for
public health approaches to care in healthcare.
b b b b b b b
a. Meaning
b. Manage
c. Materialize
d. Mapping
ANS: B
With continuing progression in the use of technology and healthcare, clinicians can predict
b b b b b b b b b b b b
and improvement healthcare outcomes.
b b b b
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand b b
6. Health informaticians must be able to conceptual organize a variety of
b b b b b b b b b b b to
better understand data analysis.
b b b b
a. Components
b. Concepts
c. Ideas
d. Algorithms
ANS: A
Informaticians utilize healthcare knowledge, visualization, and outcome prediction to access
b b b b b b b b b
braw information and turn it into meaningful use data.
b b b b b b b b
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand b b
7. Achievable competencies developed by the IOM that should be achieved by clinicians to
b b b b b b b b b b b b
deliver patient-centered care include:
b b b b
a. Collaboration, reduction of errors, patient centered, data collection
b b b b b b b
b. Independent, evidence-based practice, reduction of hospital readmissions, use of
b b b b b b b b
informatics
b
c. Collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, use of informatics
b b b b b b b
d. Collaboration, individual practice, quality improvement, use of Informatics
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ANS: C
2|Page b b b b b