HEALTH INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
What is the primary goal of Nursing Informatics?
The daily maintenance of multiple clinical information systems at distant locations.
The creation of an efficient information handling system that can store and retrieve
clinical data.
To make patient data easier to access.
To make the latest technologies available to hospitals and other patient care
environments. - Correct Answers -The creation of an efficient information handling
system that can store and retrieve clinical data.
Informatics Nurse Specialists are nurses with specialized, advanced knowledge of
information methods for enhancing the quality and delivery of health care through the
use of digital information. Their roles include all of the following EXCEPT:
The collection and analysis of data.
Planning the design of information systems.
Ensuring that information is protected by securing computers and computer
components.
Training nurses and administrators in the use of information systems - Correct Answers
-Ensuring that information is protected by securing computers and computer
components.
Which nursing action demonstrates the category of utility in the informatics competency
classification system?
Computer and software use.
Maintenance of privacy.
Critical thinking and evidence-based practice.
Application of accountability and quality assurance. - Correct Answers -Critical thinking
and evidence-based practice.
The application of information processing involving both computer hardware and
software that deals with the storage, retrieval, sharing, and use of health care data,
information, and knowledge for communication and decision making. - Correct Answers
-Health Information Technology
What does CIS stand for? - Correct Answers -Clinical information systems (CIS)
Examples of CIS tools include: - Correct Answers -Electronic health records
, Decision support programs
Handheld devices.
The Multiple Patient Data is Available in the ___________________. - Correct Answers
-medical record.
serves as the major communication tool between staff members and is a single data
access point for everyone involved in the patient's care. - Correct Answers -The medical
record
is a clinical data archive - Correct Answers -The medical record
are established by each health care organization's policies and procedures. - Correct
Answers -Data Standards and Terminology
Use of ________________________________ provides consistency, improves
communication among nurses and with other health care providers, increases the
visibility of nursing interventions, improves patient care, enhances data collection to
evaluate nursing care outcomes, and supports adherence to care standards. - Correct
Answers -standardized language
Accurate _______________ is necessary for hospitals to be reimbursed according to
diagnostic related groups (DRGs). - Correct Answers -documentation
is a system used to classify hospital admissions. - Correct Answers -Diagnostic-related
groups
Each Diagnostic-related group is reimbursed at a specific rate, and payment is often
based on the _____________________ supporting the hospital stay. - Correct Answers
-documentation
include establishment of national policies and standards and have been developed to
outline how technology is applied and used - Correct Answers -Policies and Procedures
allows the Role of Nursing and Health Information Technology to work in tandem and be
well designed by effective multi-disciplinary teams. - Correct Answers -Informatics
Workforce
The _____________ approach involves having all members of the health care team
sharing the same patient information. - Correct Answers -multidisciplinary
____________________Skills is a key component to the successful implementation of
health information technology and include issues such as: productivity, teamwork, group
dynamics, project management, organizational factors, human interface design,
humanmachine interaction and much more. - Correct Answers -Organizational
TECHNOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
What is the primary goal of Nursing Informatics?
The daily maintenance of multiple clinical information systems at distant locations.
The creation of an efficient information handling system that can store and retrieve
clinical data.
To make patient data easier to access.
To make the latest technologies available to hospitals and other patient care
environments. - Correct Answers -The creation of an efficient information handling
system that can store and retrieve clinical data.
Informatics Nurse Specialists are nurses with specialized, advanced knowledge of
information methods for enhancing the quality and delivery of health care through the
use of digital information. Their roles include all of the following EXCEPT:
The collection and analysis of data.
Planning the design of information systems.
Ensuring that information is protected by securing computers and computer
components.
Training nurses and administrators in the use of information systems - Correct Answers
-Ensuring that information is protected by securing computers and computer
components.
Which nursing action demonstrates the category of utility in the informatics competency
classification system?
Computer and software use.
Maintenance of privacy.
Critical thinking and evidence-based practice.
Application of accountability and quality assurance. - Correct Answers -Critical thinking
and evidence-based practice.
The application of information processing involving both computer hardware and
software that deals with the storage, retrieval, sharing, and use of health care data,
information, and knowledge for communication and decision making. - Correct Answers
-Health Information Technology
What does CIS stand for? - Correct Answers -Clinical information systems (CIS)
Examples of CIS tools include: - Correct Answers -Electronic health records
, Decision support programs
Handheld devices.
The Multiple Patient Data is Available in the ___________________. - Correct Answers
-medical record.
serves as the major communication tool between staff members and is a single data
access point for everyone involved in the patient's care. - Correct Answers -The medical
record
is a clinical data archive - Correct Answers -The medical record
are established by each health care organization's policies and procedures. - Correct
Answers -Data Standards and Terminology
Use of ________________________________ provides consistency, improves
communication among nurses and with other health care providers, increases the
visibility of nursing interventions, improves patient care, enhances data collection to
evaluate nursing care outcomes, and supports adherence to care standards. - Correct
Answers -standardized language
Accurate _______________ is necessary for hospitals to be reimbursed according to
diagnostic related groups (DRGs). - Correct Answers -documentation
is a system used to classify hospital admissions. - Correct Answers -Diagnostic-related
groups
Each Diagnostic-related group is reimbursed at a specific rate, and payment is often
based on the _____________________ supporting the hospital stay. - Correct Answers
-documentation
include establishment of national policies and standards and have been developed to
outline how technology is applied and used - Correct Answers -Policies and Procedures
allows the Role of Nursing and Health Information Technology to work in tandem and be
well designed by effective multi-disciplinary teams. - Correct Answers -Informatics
Workforce
The _____________ approach involves having all members of the health care team
sharing the same patient information. - Correct Answers -multidisciplinary
____________________Skills is a key component to the successful implementation of
health information technology and include issues such as: productivity, teamwork, group
dynamics, project management, organizational factors, human interface design,
humanmachine interaction and much more. - Correct Answers -Organizational
