D220 Informatics QUESTIONS & DETAILED
CORRECT ANSWERS
1. American Recovery and
**Authorized INCENTIVE PAYMENTS to specific types of
Rein- vestment Act
hospi- tals & healthcare professionals for adopting &
(ARRA)
using interop- erable Health Information Technology
and EHR's.
The purposes of this act include the following: (1) To
pre- serve/create jobs and promote economic
recovery. (2) To assist those most impacted by the
recession. (3) To pro- vide investments needed to
increase economic efficiency by
spurring technological advances in science and health.
(4) To invest in transportation, environmental
protection, and other infrastructure that will provide
long-term economic benefits.
(5) To stabilize state and local government budgets, in
2. AHQR (Agency for order to minimize and avoid reductions in essential
Healthcare Research and services and counterproductive state and local tax
Quality) increases.
Produced evidence making healthcare safer, improve
quality, accessibility and affordability
3. Asynchoronous Applications No contact with patient for data collection. EX: Remote p
monitoring, Using health technologies to share health
metrics and data w/ providers. STORE & FORWARD
APPS (ex: photos)
4. Administrative can include registration and scheduling; tracking
Information System through admission, transfer and discharge; patient
acuity and statt scheduling; financial or accounting
systems; risk manage- ment; payroll and human
resources; quality assurance; and contract
management functions.
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5. Affordable Care Act law passed in 2010 to expand access to insurance, addre
cost reduction and affordability, improve the quality of
health- care, and introduce the Patient's Bill of Rights,
increasing the number of insured persons.
6. Alarm Fatique
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,D220 Informatics QUESTIONS & DETAILED
CORRECT ANSWERS
Becoming desensitized to patient care alarms and missing
or delaying their response to the alarm.
7. ANA (American Nurses Professional organization for all RNs. Concerned with licen-
Associ- ation) sure, collective bargaining and education
8. Analytics A term describing the extensive use of data,
statistical and quantitative analysis, explanatory and
predictive models, and fact-based management to
drive decisions and actions.
9. Audit trail a report that traces who has accessed electronic
information, when information was accessed, and
whether any information was changed
10. Authentication A method for confirming users' identities
11. Authorization The process of giving someone permission to do
or have something
12. Barcode Scanning Technology Scans drug and patients wristband to verify
medication order,
inventory control, + pt identification, correct med admin
13. Big Data a collection of large, complex data sets, including
structured and unstructured data, which cannot be
analyzed without the use of information technology
14. Bioinformatics application of mathematics and computer science to
store, retrieve, and analyze biological data
15. Biometrics the identification of a user based on a physical
characteristic, such as a fingerprint, iris, face, voice,
or handwriting
16. Business Continuity Plan
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A plan for how an organization will recover and restore par-
tially or completely interrupted critical function(s) within
a predetermined time after a disaster or extended
disruption
17. Business Intelligence Information collected from multiple sources such
suppliers,
customers, competitors, partners, and industries that
analyzes patterns, trends, and relationships for
strategic decision mak- ing
18. Change Control Board (CCB) A committee that evaluates the worthiness of
proposed
change and either approves or rejects the proposed change
19. Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) The senior manager (usually a registered nurse wi
ad-
vanced education and extensive experience) responsible for
administering patient care services
20. Clinical Care "Two interrelated taxonomies, the CCC of Nursing
Classification (CCC) Diagnoses and Outcomes and the CCC of Nursing
Interventions and Ac- tions, that provide a standardized
framework for documenting patient care in hospitals,
home health agencies, ambulatory care clinics, and
21. CPOE (Computerized other healthcare settings"
Physi- cian Order Entry)
An order entry and decision support system that allows
direct entry of orders and immediately shared w/
others
22. Change Management The process, tools and techniques that help people imple
ment changes to achieve a desired outcome.
(Supports the adoption of a medication
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CORRECT ANSWERS
1. American Recovery and
**Authorized INCENTIVE PAYMENTS to specific types of
Rein- vestment Act
hospi- tals & healthcare professionals for adopting &
(ARRA)
using interop- erable Health Information Technology
and EHR's.
The purposes of this act include the following: (1) To
pre- serve/create jobs and promote economic
recovery. (2) To assist those most impacted by the
recession. (3) To pro- vide investments needed to
increase economic efficiency by
spurring technological advances in science and health.
(4) To invest in transportation, environmental
protection, and other infrastructure that will provide
long-term economic benefits.
(5) To stabilize state and local government budgets, in
2. AHQR (Agency for order to minimize and avoid reductions in essential
Healthcare Research and services and counterproductive state and local tax
Quality) increases.
Produced evidence making healthcare safer, improve
quality, accessibility and affordability
3. Asynchoronous Applications No contact with patient for data collection. EX: Remote p
monitoring, Using health technologies to share health
metrics and data w/ providers. STORE & FORWARD
APPS (ex: photos)
4. Administrative can include registration and scheduling; tracking
Information System through admission, transfer and discharge; patient
acuity and statt scheduling; financial or accounting
systems; risk manage- ment; payroll and human
resources; quality assurance; and contract
management functions.
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,D220 Informatics QUESTIONS & DETAILED
CORRECT ANSWERS
5. Affordable Care Act law passed in 2010 to expand access to insurance, addre
cost reduction and affordability, improve the quality of
health- care, and introduce the Patient's Bill of Rights,
increasing the number of insured persons.
6. Alarm Fatique
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,D220 Informatics QUESTIONS & DETAILED
CORRECT ANSWERS
Becoming desensitized to patient care alarms and missing
or delaying their response to the alarm.
7. ANA (American Nurses Professional organization for all RNs. Concerned with licen-
Associ- ation) sure, collective bargaining and education
8. Analytics A term describing the extensive use of data,
statistical and quantitative analysis, explanatory and
predictive models, and fact-based management to
drive decisions and actions.
9. Audit trail a report that traces who has accessed electronic
information, when information was accessed, and
whether any information was changed
10. Authentication A method for confirming users' identities
11. Authorization The process of giving someone permission to do
or have something
12. Barcode Scanning Technology Scans drug and patients wristband to verify
medication order,
inventory control, + pt identification, correct med admin
13. Big Data a collection of large, complex data sets, including
structured and unstructured data, which cannot be
analyzed without the use of information technology
14. Bioinformatics application of mathematics and computer science to
store, retrieve, and analyze biological data
15. Biometrics the identification of a user based on a physical
characteristic, such as a fingerprint, iris, face, voice,
or handwriting
16. Business Continuity Plan
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CORRECT ANSWERS
A plan for how an organization will recover and restore par-
tially or completely interrupted critical function(s) within
a predetermined time after a disaster or extended
disruption
17. Business Intelligence Information collected from multiple sources such
suppliers,
customers, competitors, partners, and industries that
analyzes patterns, trends, and relationships for
strategic decision mak- ing
18. Change Control Board (CCB) A committee that evaluates the worthiness of
proposed
change and either approves or rejects the proposed change
19. Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) The senior manager (usually a registered nurse wi
ad-
vanced education and extensive experience) responsible for
administering patient care services
20. Clinical Care "Two interrelated taxonomies, the CCC of Nursing
Classification (CCC) Diagnoses and Outcomes and the CCC of Nursing
Interventions and Ac- tions, that provide a standardized
framework for documenting patient care in hospitals,
home health agencies, ambulatory care clinics, and
21. CPOE (Computerized other healthcare settings"
Physi- cian Order Entry)
An order entry and decision support system that allows
direct entry of orders and immediately shared w/
others
22. Change Management The process, tools and techniques that help people imple
ment changes to achieve a desired outcome.
(Supports the adoption of a medication
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