Chapter 2 Informatics Exam Questions
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Consumer health informatics is considered a subspecialty area of healthcare informatics. It involves
insight into consumer preferences and healthcare data information that allows consumers to actively
plan, track, and participate in their healthcare strategies while also communicating with their healthcare
providers for guidance and monitoring.
What are three barriers to using this subspecialty type of healthcare informatics? - Answer: Privacy
issues, cognitive disabilities, low health literacy
Several barriers to progress exist in the use of healthcare informatics, data sharing, and healthcare
information exchange.
What is an example of a barrier that is associated with health care clinicians' experience with health IT? -
Answer: Health IT system design and usability
One of the barriers in finding and using big data in informatics-driven healthcare is a lack of nursing
visibility. - Answer: True
Consumer Health Informatics - Answer: CHI
The importance of data integrity in healthcare cannot be overstated. Some lessons learned from the
COVID-19 pandemic concern challenges in tracing COVID-19 patients because of poor data capture.
Given this information and what you learned from the learning resource "Preparing for the Next
Pandemic," why is accurate patient identification data named as a priority by AHIMA? - Answer: Errors in
patient identification data pose a high risk to patient safety. Correct patient medical history needs to be
accurately matched to the right patient for both short-term and long-term public health responses to
widespread diseases. Large-scale immunization programs depend on accurate patient information to
identify who has had the disease, who has been vaccinated, and what their outcomes are.
The 21st Century Cures Act asserts that putting patients in charge of their health records is a key piece of
patient control in healthcare; therefore, barriers to their health information must be addressed through
the use of advanced information technology measures. - Answer: True
The 21st Century Cures Act, in its final rule, promotes patients' access to their electronic health
information through advanced innovation. It also addresses the need to eliminate industry-wide
information-blocking practices.
and Complete Solutions Graded A+
Consumer health informatics is considered a subspecialty area of healthcare informatics. It involves
insight into consumer preferences and healthcare data information that allows consumers to actively
plan, track, and participate in their healthcare strategies while also communicating with their healthcare
providers for guidance and monitoring.
What are three barriers to using this subspecialty type of healthcare informatics? - Answer: Privacy
issues, cognitive disabilities, low health literacy
Several barriers to progress exist in the use of healthcare informatics, data sharing, and healthcare
information exchange.
What is an example of a barrier that is associated with health care clinicians' experience with health IT? -
Answer: Health IT system design and usability
One of the barriers in finding and using big data in informatics-driven healthcare is a lack of nursing
visibility. - Answer: True
Consumer Health Informatics - Answer: CHI
The importance of data integrity in healthcare cannot be overstated. Some lessons learned from the
COVID-19 pandemic concern challenges in tracing COVID-19 patients because of poor data capture.
Given this information and what you learned from the learning resource "Preparing for the Next
Pandemic," why is accurate patient identification data named as a priority by AHIMA? - Answer: Errors in
patient identification data pose a high risk to patient safety. Correct patient medical history needs to be
accurately matched to the right patient for both short-term and long-term public health responses to
widespread diseases. Large-scale immunization programs depend on accurate patient information to
identify who has had the disease, who has been vaccinated, and what their outcomes are.
The 21st Century Cures Act asserts that putting patients in charge of their health records is a key piece of
patient control in healthcare; therefore, barriers to their health information must be addressed through
the use of advanced information technology measures. - Answer: True
The 21st Century Cures Act, in its final rule, promotes patients' access to their electronic health
information through advanced innovation. It also addresses the need to eliminate industry-wide
information-blocking practices.
