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Biomedical and health informatics (BMHI) or Health Informatics - correct answers the discipline focused on the use of information, aided by technology, to improve individual health, healthcare, public health, and research in biomedicine and health Origin of the definition of informatics is attributed to either. . . - correct answers Karl Steinuch of Germany in 1957 or Phillipe Dreyfus of France in 1962 The term medical informatics was first used in. . . - correct answers1974 Bioinformatics - correct answers the application of informatics in cellular and molecular biology, often with a focus on genomics Imaging informatics - correct answers informatics with a focus on imaging, including the use of systems to store and retrieve images across all types if informatics Clinical informatics - correct answers informatics applied in healthcare settings Consumer health informatics - correct answers the field devoted to the informatics from a consumer view, often with a focus on mobile health Clinical research informatics - correct answers the use of informatics to facilitate clinical research with increasing emphasis on translational research Translational research - correct answers research aimed to accelerate research findings into clinical practice Public Health Informatics - correct answers the application of informatics in areas of public health, including surveillance, reporting, and health promotion Information technology (IT) - correct answers refers to computers and related technology Computer Science - correct answers an academic discipline that focuses on the scientific aspects of computing and IT Management information systems - correct answers another field underlying IT is usually taught in business schools Health information technology (HIT or Health IT) - correct answers refers to the health-related application of IT Health information management (HIM) - correct answers the discipline historically focused on management of medical records with 3 main levels of practice HIM's 3 levels of practice are. . . - correct answers Registered Health Information (RHIA), Registered Health Information Technologist (RHIT), and Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) Digital Health - correct answers broad term for digital, IT-related, aspects of health and healthcare information and communications technology (ICT) - correct answers the same as IT with emphasis on telecommunications eHealth - correct answers use of ICT for health mHealth - correct answers involved the use of mobile devices for health telemedicine - correct answers the provision of healthcare when participants separated by time and/or distance telehealth - correct answers pursuit of health when separated by time and/or distance Health Systems Science (HSS) - correct answers a new science for medicine, different from basic and clinical science Evidence-based practice (EBP) - correct answers application of EBM in patient care Comparative effectiveness research (CER) - correct answers research that compares one or more diagnostic or treatment options to evaluate effectiveness, safety or outcomes Information retrieval - correct answers field devoted to searching knowledge-based information Electronic health record (EHR) - correct answers the patient's health record in digital form Personal Health Record (PHR) - correct answers the personally controlled health record Health information exchange (HIE) - correct answers the exchange of health information across traditional business and other boundaries Three elements incorporated in Ledley and Lusted 1959 paper. . . - correct answers symbolic logic, probabilities, and value theory Expert Systems - correct answers computer programs designed to mimic human expertise The Human Genome Project started in; ended in. . . - correct answers1988; 2003 First Institute of Medicine (IOM) on an informatics topic was. . . - correct answers the Computer-Based Patient Record published in 1991 The Health Information Technology for Clinical and Economic Health (HITECH) Act was created in. . . - correct answers2008 Moore's law - correct answers Prediction made by Gordon Moore in 1965 that the number of components on an integrated circuit would double roughly every 2 years Computer-based patient record (CPR) - correct answers earlier terms for the EHR Data - correct answers Raw material collected and stared Information - correct answers gives meaning and organization of data Knowledge - correct answers provides understanding and applicability to new situations Wisdom - correct answers knowing how to apply knowledge Clinical Data - correct answers the collection of observations about a patient What are the 4 elements of clinical data? - correct answers The patient (name), the attribute (vitals, etc.), value of the attribute (#), and the time of observation Structured Data (discrete data) - correct answers elements usually are organized into some sort of regularized form. Structured data is often found in. . . - correct answers History and physicals, progress notes, reports, and discharge summaries History and Physical - correct answers initial assessment by a clinician Progress notes - correct answers update of progress by primary, consulting, and ancillary providers Problem-oriented medical record - correct answers type of record where all entriest are grouped under specific problems (SOAP) SOAP stands for. . . - correct answers subjective, objective, assessment, plan What percent of physician practices reported screening for food insecurity, housing instability, utility needs, transportation needs, and interpersonal violence? Hospitals? - correct answers16%, 24% time-oriented - correct answers organized chronologically Department-oriented - correct answers organized into sections (notes, lab reports) problem-oriented - correct answers organized by a focus on specific pt problems physician-oriented - correct answers consisted of observations made mainly by the physician about the pt IOM's summary of the problems with paper medical records in 1990s include. . . - correct answers It can only be used by a single person at one time, often disorganized, may be incomplete, easily lost, harder to share with other providers, provides a lack of security Benefits of EHR - correct answers Multiple users can access it at the same time Ability for multiple views of that data Better communication Possible re-uses of clinical data Data can be used for applying data science and analytics, measuring and improving the quality of care, population and public health users, facilitating clinical research Data Warehouses - correct answers databases that aggregate information and make it easier to query and generate reports; import data from EHR and other sources such as financial and administrative data Practice management system - correct answers systems handle the non-clinical functions of medical practice such as scheduling, billing, and eligibility verification Registry - correct answers a type of data source with a more limited collection focusing on one or a small number of diseases and all data pertinent to that disease What system is a state-of-the-art EHR that has transformed healthcare in the US Veteran's Health Administration? - correct answers The Veteran's Health information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) Synchronously (front end) - correct answers used by clinician. Asynchonously (back end) - correct answers process dictations for later editing Scribes - correct answers individuals who enter data for physicians The notion of what might become the PHR was envisioned in. . . - correct answers1973 Benefits of PHR in different perspectives - correct answers Consumers, patients, and caregivers: supports healthcare and wellness Healthcare providers: potential to improve the care that is delivered Payers: there is the potential for improved customer service Employers: potential for improved employee productivity Society: potential for strengthening health promotion and disease prevention tethered PHR - correct answers an extension of the healthcare provider's EHR

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HOSA: HI

Biomedical and health informatics (BMHI) or Health Informatics - correct answers the discipline focused
on the use of information, aided by technology, to improve individual health, healthcare, public health,
and research in biomedicine and health



Origin of the definition of informatics is attributed to either. . . - correct answers Karl Steinuch of
Germany in 1957 or Phillipe Dreyfus of France in 1962



The term medical informatics was first used in. . . - correct answers1974



Bioinformatics - correct answers the application of informatics in cellular and molecular biology, often
with a focus on genomics



Imaging informatics - correct answers informatics with a focus on imaging, including the use of systems
to store and retrieve images across all types if informatics



Clinical informatics - correct answers informatics applied in healthcare settings



Consumer health informatics - correct answers the field devoted to the informatics from a consumer
view, often with a focus on mobile health



Clinical research informatics - correct answers the use of informatics to facilitate clinical research with
increasing emphasis on translational research



Translational research - correct answers research aimed to accelerate research findings into clinical
practice



Public Health Informatics - correct answers the application of informatics in areas of public health,
including surveillance, reporting, and health promotion

,Information technology (IT) - correct answers refers to computers and related technology



Computer Science - correct answers an academic discipline that focuses on the scientific aspects of
computing and IT



Management information systems - correct answers another field underlying IT is usually taught in
business schools



Health information technology (HIT or Health IT) - correct answers refers to the health-related
application of IT



Health information management (HIM) - correct answers the discipline historically focused on
management of medical records with 3 main levels of practice



HIM's 3 levels of practice are. . . - correct answers Registered Health Information (RHIA), Registered
Health Information Technologist (RHIT), and Certified Coding Specialist (CCS)



Digital Health - correct answers broad term for digital, IT-related, aspects of health and healthcare



information and communications technology (ICT) - correct answers the same as IT with emphasis on
telecommunications



eHealth - correct answers use of ICT for health



mHealth - correct answers involved the use of mobile devices for health



telemedicine - correct answers the provision of healthcare when participants separated by time and/or
distance



telehealth - correct answers pursuit of health when separated by time and/or distance

,Health Systems Science (HSS) - correct answers a new science for medicine, different from basic and
clinical science



Evidence-based practice (EBP) - correct answers application of EBM in patient care



Comparative effectiveness research (CER) - correct answers research that compares one or more
diagnostic or treatment options to evaluate effectiveness, safety or outcomes



Information retrieval - correct answers field devoted to searching knowledge-based information



Electronic health record (EHR) - correct answers the patient's health record in digital form



Personal Health Record (PHR) - correct answers the personally controlled health record



Health information exchange (HIE) - correct answers the exchange of health information across
traditional business and other boundaries



Three elements incorporated in Ledley and Lusted 1959 paper. . . - correct answers symbolic logic,
probabilities, and value theory



Expert Systems - correct answers computer programs designed to mimic human expertise



The Human Genome Project started in; ended in. . . - correct answers1988; 2003



First Institute of Medicine (IOM) on an informatics topic was. . . - correct answers the Computer-Based
Patient Record published in 1991



The Health Information Technology for Clinical and Economic Health (HITECH) Act was created in. . . -
correct answers2008

, Moore's law - correct answers Prediction made by Gordon Moore in 1965 that the number of
components on an integrated circuit would double roughly every 2 years



Computer-based patient record (CPR) - correct answers earlier terms for the EHR



Data - correct answers Raw material collected and stared



Information - correct answers gives meaning and organization of data



Knowledge - correct answers provides understanding and applicability to new situations



Wisdom - correct answers knowing how to apply knowledge



Clinical Data - correct answers the collection of observations about a patient



What are the 4 elements of clinical data? - correct answers The patient (name), the attribute (vitals,
etc.), value of the attribute (#), and the time of observation



Structured Data (discrete data) - correct answers elements usually are organized into some sort of
regularized form.



Structured data is often found in. . . - correct answers History and physicals, progress notes, reports, and
discharge summaries



History and Physical - correct answers initial assessment by a clinician



Progress notes - correct answers update of progress by primary, consulting, and ancillary providers



Problem-oriented medical record - correct answers type of record where all entriest are grouped under
specific problems (SOAP)

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