NUR 215 Exam #4 2025 Questions
and Answers 100% Pass
what is informatics? - ✔✔the study of how information technology can be used and
applied to prevent or reduce errors and improve care and outcomes
according to the IOM every healthcare professional should meet the following
competencies? - ✔✔-employ word processing, presentation, and data analysis software
-search, retrieve, manage, and make decisions using electronic data from internal
information databases and external online databases and the internet
-communicate using email, instant messaging, email lists, and file transfers
-enhance education and access to reliable health information for patients
-understand security protections such as access control, data security, and data
encryption, and directly address ethical and legal issues related to IT in practice
what are some benefits of health information technology (HIT)? - ✔✔-increase
clinicians' awareness of potential medication errors and adverse interactions
-improvement of the availably and timeliness of information to support treatment
decisions, care coordination, and care planning
-make it easier for clinicians to report safety issues and hazards
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, -give patients the opportunity to more efficiently provide input on data accuracy than
what paper records would allow
what is HITECH? - ✔✔-the increased use of electronic records that was initially driven
and still is driven by important federal legislation
-federal government got involved with health technology
what is interoperability? - ✔✔the ability of a system to exchange electronic health
information with and use electronic health information from other systems without
special effort on the part of the user
what is clinical data repository? - ✔✔physical or logical compendium of patient data
pertaining to health; an information warehouse used to store data longitudinally, in
multiple forms
what are clinical information systems? - ✔✔an information system that supports the
acquisition, storage, manipulation, and distribution of clinical information throughout
an HCO, with a focus on electronic communication, using HIT applied at the point of
clinical care
what is data analysis software? - ✔✔computer software used to analyze data; used in
healthcare to meet regulatory requirements, performance assessment and quality
improvement, accreditation, and research
what is encryption? - ✔✔a method used to change information into a code, usually for
security
what are minimum data sets? - ✔✔describes the minimum categories of data with
uniform definitions and categories; concerns a specific aspect or dimension of the
healthcare system that meets the basic needs of multiple data users
what are nursing minimum data sets? - ✔✔-split into 3 categories
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and Answers 100% Pass
what is informatics? - ✔✔the study of how information technology can be used and
applied to prevent or reduce errors and improve care and outcomes
according to the IOM every healthcare professional should meet the following
competencies? - ✔✔-employ word processing, presentation, and data analysis software
-search, retrieve, manage, and make decisions using electronic data from internal
information databases and external online databases and the internet
-communicate using email, instant messaging, email lists, and file transfers
-enhance education and access to reliable health information for patients
-understand security protections such as access control, data security, and data
encryption, and directly address ethical and legal issues related to IT in practice
what are some benefits of health information technology (HIT)? - ✔✔-increase
clinicians' awareness of potential medication errors and adverse interactions
-improvement of the availably and timeliness of information to support treatment
decisions, care coordination, and care planning
-make it easier for clinicians to report safety issues and hazards
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, -give patients the opportunity to more efficiently provide input on data accuracy than
what paper records would allow
what is HITECH? - ✔✔-the increased use of electronic records that was initially driven
and still is driven by important federal legislation
-federal government got involved with health technology
what is interoperability? - ✔✔the ability of a system to exchange electronic health
information with and use electronic health information from other systems without
special effort on the part of the user
what is clinical data repository? - ✔✔physical or logical compendium of patient data
pertaining to health; an information warehouse used to store data longitudinally, in
multiple forms
what are clinical information systems? - ✔✔an information system that supports the
acquisition, storage, manipulation, and distribution of clinical information throughout
an HCO, with a focus on electronic communication, using HIT applied at the point of
clinical care
what is data analysis software? - ✔✔computer software used to analyze data; used in
healthcare to meet regulatory requirements, performance assessment and quality
improvement, accreditation, and research
what is encryption? - ✔✔a method used to change information into a code, usually for
security
what are minimum data sets? - ✔✔describes the minimum categories of data with
uniform definitions and categories; concerns a specific aspect or dimension of the
healthcare system that meets the basic needs of multiple data users
what are nursing minimum data sets? - ✔✔-split into 3 categories
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