Clinical Informatics Exam 1
Comprehensive Questions
(Frequently Tested) with
Verified Answers Graded A+
What is Informatics? - Answer: -Use of information technology in healthcare
-Focus on information management, not computers
-Allows us to compare patient care information using computer technology to improve care
Information management is a part of nursing. T/F - Answer: TRUE
How was information kept historically and how is it kept today? - Answer: Historically: recording
and keeping information on paper chart
Today: well-designed information systems
What two roles does is informatics involved in? - Answer: Informatics specialist & clinician who
must use health information technology
What are some strategic plans for health information technology? - Answer: -Inform clinical
practice with use of electronic health records (EHR)
-Interconnect clinicians so that they can exchange health info using advanced & secure
electronic communication
-Personalize care with consumer-based health records and better information for consumers
,-Improve public health through advanced biosurveillance methods and streamlining the
collection of data for quality measurement and research
What is Health Informatics? - Answer: Umbrella term: capture, retrieval, storage, presentation
sharing, and use of biomedical information, data, and knowledge for providing care, solving
problems, and making decisions
What is the purpose of Health Informatics? - Answer: Improve use of healthcare data,
information, and knowledge in supporting patient care, research, and education
What is the focus of Health Informatics? - Answer: Subject and information, not the tool
(computer)
What is a subspecialty of Health informatics? - Answer: nursing informatics
What is Nursing Informatics? - Answer: -Definition difficult; initial definitions with technology
focus; continually evolving definitions
-Subspecialty of nursing recognized by the ANA
What is the focus of Nursing informatics? - Answer: -Information management related to
nursing
-Acquisition, manipulation, storage, presentation, and use of information
What is the goal of Nursing informatics? - Answer: User-friendly data input; information
presented that is timely and useful for clinical nurse
What is the current practice of Nursing informatics? - Answer: Capturing data at the point of
care (point in time we are providing care to patients) and presenting it to facilitate care of an
individual patient
, What is secondary data and an example of it? - Answer: -analysis of data for purposes other
than the purpose of the original collection
-example: aggregated data
What is aggregated data? - Answer: -An example of secondary data
-data from more than one source and grouped for comparison
What are beginner informatics competencies? - Answer: Should have basic information
management and computer technology skills
What are experienced informatics competencies? - Answer: Should be highly skilled in using
information management and computer technology to support area of practice (able to make
judgments based on trends and patterns in data elements)
What is computer literacy? - Answer: Ability to perform various tasks with a computer
What is computer fluency? - Answer: Individual has an adequate foundation in computer
concepts to enable the ability to learn new computer skills and programs independently
What is information literacy? - Answer: -The ability to know when information is needed, and
how to locate, evaluate, and effectively use it
-Requires critical thinking and problem solving in addition to computer skills
-Part of the foundation for evidence-based practice
What are the driving forces behind information technology? (the why) - Answer: -National
forces and Nursing forces
-Things that pushed us into using healthcare technology and focus on healthcare technology to
make patient care better and safer
Comprehensive Questions
(Frequently Tested) with
Verified Answers Graded A+
What is Informatics? - Answer: -Use of information technology in healthcare
-Focus on information management, not computers
-Allows us to compare patient care information using computer technology to improve care
Information management is a part of nursing. T/F - Answer: TRUE
How was information kept historically and how is it kept today? - Answer: Historically: recording
and keeping information on paper chart
Today: well-designed information systems
What two roles does is informatics involved in? - Answer: Informatics specialist & clinician who
must use health information technology
What are some strategic plans for health information technology? - Answer: -Inform clinical
practice with use of electronic health records (EHR)
-Interconnect clinicians so that they can exchange health info using advanced & secure
electronic communication
-Personalize care with consumer-based health records and better information for consumers
,-Improve public health through advanced biosurveillance methods and streamlining the
collection of data for quality measurement and research
What is Health Informatics? - Answer: Umbrella term: capture, retrieval, storage, presentation
sharing, and use of biomedical information, data, and knowledge for providing care, solving
problems, and making decisions
What is the purpose of Health Informatics? - Answer: Improve use of healthcare data,
information, and knowledge in supporting patient care, research, and education
What is the focus of Health Informatics? - Answer: Subject and information, not the tool
(computer)
What is a subspecialty of Health informatics? - Answer: nursing informatics
What is Nursing Informatics? - Answer: -Definition difficult; initial definitions with technology
focus; continually evolving definitions
-Subspecialty of nursing recognized by the ANA
What is the focus of Nursing informatics? - Answer: -Information management related to
nursing
-Acquisition, manipulation, storage, presentation, and use of information
What is the goal of Nursing informatics? - Answer: User-friendly data input; information
presented that is timely and useful for clinical nurse
What is the current practice of Nursing informatics? - Answer: Capturing data at the point of
care (point in time we are providing care to patients) and presenting it to facilitate care of an
individual patient
, What is secondary data and an example of it? - Answer: -analysis of data for purposes other
than the purpose of the original collection
-example: aggregated data
What is aggregated data? - Answer: -An example of secondary data
-data from more than one source and grouped for comparison
What are beginner informatics competencies? - Answer: Should have basic information
management and computer technology skills
What are experienced informatics competencies? - Answer: Should be highly skilled in using
information management and computer technology to support area of practice (able to make
judgments based on trends and patterns in data elements)
What is computer literacy? - Answer: Ability to perform various tasks with a computer
What is computer fluency? - Answer: Individual has an adequate foundation in computer
concepts to enable the ability to learn new computer skills and programs independently
What is information literacy? - Answer: -The ability to know when information is needed, and
how to locate, evaluate, and effectively use it
-Requires critical thinking and problem solving in addition to computer skills
-Part of the foundation for evidence-based practice
What are the driving forces behind information technology? (the why) - Answer: -National
forces and Nursing forces
-Things that pushed us into using healthcare technology and focus on healthcare technology to
make patient care better and safer
