WGU C468 Pink
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Denning [Date] [Course title]
, Informatics - Answer: and interdisciplinary field that draws from, as well as contributes to, "computer
science, decision science, information science, management science, cognitive science, and
organizational theory". Informatics drives innovation in how information and knowledge management
are approached. Its broad scope encompasses natural language processing, data mining, research,
decision support, and genomics.
In 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), along with its component Health
Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act - Answer: · provided economic
stimuli and incentives for companies that adopted the HER, in alignment with the goal that each person
in the US would have a certified digital health record by 2014.
Nursing informatics - Answer: · the use of technology and information to help support all aspects of
nursing practice
Evidence based practice (EBP) - Answer: entails using the current best evidence for patient care
decisions in order to improve the consistency and quality of patient outcomes
Evidence based practice provides - Answer: the foundation for clinical practice guidelines and clinical
decision support tools that are widely found in health care organizations today
HITECH strongly recommends - Answer: · that hospitals and healthcare providers increase the
meaningful use of Health Information Technology (HIT)
o Why? It is necessary to decrease overall healthcare cost and to improve population health outcomes
Joint Commission - Answer: · accreditation
Decision Support Tool/Clinical Decision Support (CDS)/Decision Support System (DSS) - Answer: ·
Computer applications designed to facilitate human decision making process
o How does it function?
- Suggest appropriate medical and nursing interventions based on the patients data
- Can facilitate decision making and overall efficacy
- CDS can organize information and trigger prompts to the clinician thereby decreasing patient safety
risk and increasing positive patients outcomes
Stuff Exam
Questions and
Complete Solutions
Graded A+
Denning [Date] [Course title]
, Informatics - Answer: and interdisciplinary field that draws from, as well as contributes to, "computer
science, decision science, information science, management science, cognitive science, and
organizational theory". Informatics drives innovation in how information and knowledge management
are approached. Its broad scope encompasses natural language processing, data mining, research,
decision support, and genomics.
In 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), along with its component Health
Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act - Answer: · provided economic
stimuli and incentives for companies that adopted the HER, in alignment with the goal that each person
in the US would have a certified digital health record by 2014.
Nursing informatics - Answer: · the use of technology and information to help support all aspects of
nursing practice
Evidence based practice (EBP) - Answer: entails using the current best evidence for patient care
decisions in order to improve the consistency and quality of patient outcomes
Evidence based practice provides - Answer: the foundation for clinical practice guidelines and clinical
decision support tools that are widely found in health care organizations today
HITECH strongly recommends - Answer: · that hospitals and healthcare providers increase the
meaningful use of Health Information Technology (HIT)
o Why? It is necessary to decrease overall healthcare cost and to improve population health outcomes
Joint Commission - Answer: · accreditation
Decision Support Tool/Clinical Decision Support (CDS)/Decision Support System (DSS) - Answer: ·
Computer applications designed to facilitate human decision making process
o How does it function?
- Suggest appropriate medical and nursing interventions based on the patients data
- Can facilitate decision making and overall efficacy
- CDS can organize information and trigger prompts to the clinician thereby decreasing patient safety
risk and increasing positive patients outcomes
