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,Table of Contents
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Chapter 01 An Introduction to Health Informatics
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Chapter 02 Theoretical Frameworks
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Chapter 03 Health Systems and Information Flow
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Chapter 04 Informatics-Related Standards and Standard Setting
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Chapter 05 Evaluation of Health Information Systems—Purposes, Theories, and Methods
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Chapter 06 Technical Infrastructure
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Chapter 07 The Electronic Health Record and Precision Care
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Chapter 08 Administrative Applications in Healthcare
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Chapter 09 Community Health Systems
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Chapter 10 Public Health Informatics
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Chapter 11 Evidence-Based Informatics
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Chapter 12 Clinical Decision Support
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Chapter 13 The Evolving ePatient
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Chapter 14 Digital Health-Managing Health and Wellness
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Chapter 15 Personal Health Records
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Chapter 16 Social Media Tools for Health Informatics
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Chapter 17 Project Management Principles
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Chapter 18 Strategic Planning and Information System Selection
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Chapter 19 Contract Negotiations and Software Licensing
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Chapter 20 Implementing and Upgrading an Information System
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Chapter 21 Downtime and Disaster Recovery for Health Information Systems
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Chapter 22 Improving the User Experience for Health Information Technology
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Chapter 23 Data Science and Analytics in Healthcare
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Chapter 24 Safety and Quality Initiatives in Health Informatics
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Chapter 25 Informatics in the Curriculum
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Chapter 26 Distance Education—A New Frontier
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Chapter 27 Legal Issues, Federal Regulations, and Accreditation
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Chapter 28 Privacy and Security
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Chapter 29 MACRA and Interoperability
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Chapter 30 Health Policy and Health Informatics
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Chapter 31 Health Information Technology Governance
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Chapter 32 Global Health Informatics
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Chapter 33 Informatics and the Future of Healthcare
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PlusBay.Plus
, Test Bank - Health Informatics: An Interprofessional Approach, 3rd Edition (Hardy, 2024)
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Chapter 01: An Introduction to Health Informatics
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Hardy: Health Informatics: An Interprofessional Approach, 3rd Edition
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hospital to nursing home is generally high.
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facilitate a high-quality transition of a patient into their facility.
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ANS: A
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interoperable healthcare system that allows patient data to be transferred quickly, clearly, and
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concisely among facilities.
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, Test Bank - Health Informatics: An Interprofessional Approach, 3rd Edition (Hardy, 2024)
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyze dp dp
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember dp dp
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public health approaches to care in healthcare.
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a. Meaning
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ANS: B
With continuing progression in the use of technology and healthcare, clinicians can predict and
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improvement healthcare outcomes.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand dp dp
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a. Components
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ANS: A
Informaticians utilize healthcare knowledge, visualization, and outcome prediction to access raw
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information and turn it into meaningful use data.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand dp dp
7. Achievable competencies developed by the IOM that should be achieved by clinicians to
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ANS: C
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PlusBay.Plus
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Health Informatics: An Interprofessional Approach
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Lynda R. Hardy
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3rd Edition
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PlusBay.Plus
,Table of Contents
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Chapter 01 An Introduction to Health Informatics
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Chapter 02 Theoretical Frameworks
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Chapter 03 Health Systems and Information Flow
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Chapter 04 Informatics-Related Standards and Standard Setting
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Chapter 05 Evaluation of Health Information Systems—Purposes, Theories, and Methods
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Chapter 06 Technical Infrastructure
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Chapter 07 The Electronic Health Record and Precision Care
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Chapter 08 Administrative Applications in Healthcare
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Chapter 09 Community Health Systems
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Chapter 10 Public Health Informatics
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Chapter 11 Evidence-Based Informatics
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Chapter 12 Clinical Decision Support
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Chapter 13 The Evolving ePatient
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Chapter 14 Digital Health-Managing Health and Wellness
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Chapter 15 Personal Health Records
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Chapter 16 Social Media Tools for Health Informatics
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Chapter 17 Project Management Principles
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Chapter 18 Strategic Planning and Information System Selection
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Chapter 19 Contract Negotiations and Software Licensing
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Chapter 20 Implementing and Upgrading an Information System
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Chapter 21 Downtime and Disaster Recovery for Health Information Systems
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Chapter 22 Improving the User Experience for Health Information Technology
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Chapter 23 Data Science and Analytics in Healthcare
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Chapter 24 Safety and Quality Initiatives in Health Informatics
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Chapter 25 Informatics in the Curriculum
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Chapter 26 Distance Education—A New Frontier
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Chapter 27 Legal Issues, Federal Regulations, and Accreditation
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Chapter 28 Privacy and Security
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Chapter 29 MACRA and Interoperability
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Chapter 30 Health Policy and Health Informatics
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Chapter 31 Health Information Technology Governance
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Chapter 32 Global Health Informatics
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Chapter 33 Informatics and the Future of Healthcare
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PlusBay.Plus
, Test Bank - Health Informatics: An Interprofessional Approach, 3rd Edition (Hardy, 2024)
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Chapter 01: An Introduction to Health Informatics
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Hardy: Health Informatics: An Interprofessional Approach, 3rd Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE dp
1. Dr. James, in studying patient safety in U.S. hospitals, found that the number of preventable
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adverse events leading to serious harm fell in the approximate range of
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cases per year. dp dp
a. 4.4 million; 8.8 million dp dp dp
b. 440,000; 880,000 dp
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d. 40,000; 100,000 dp
ANS: B
Dr. James found some 440,000 cases of lethal harm each year and estimated that the incidence of
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serious (but not lethal) harm was 10 to 20 times that figure.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyze dp dp
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"sociology," and "pharmacy" are fields of study. It is also a profession, practiced by thousands of
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informaticians in a number of varied roles within the healthcare industry.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember dp dp
3. What is the main idea of the subsection titled "Why Informatics Is Needed in Healthcare: An
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Example"?
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a. An interoperable healthcare system that provides clear, concise patient data and
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information among institutions is lacking in many facilities, and its presence would
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greatly facilitate things such as patient transfers.
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b. The quality of discharge communication during transfers of geriatric patients from
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hospital to nursing home is generally high.
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c. Skilled nursing facilities aren't trained enough to identify the information they need to
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facilitate a high-quality transition of a patient into their facility.
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d. Healthcare informaticians alone are responsible for building interoperable systems dp dp dp dp dp dp dp dp
that will facilitate communication between and among healthcare facilities.
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ANS: A
This subsection takes the specific case of the transfer of geriatric patients from a hospital
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setting to a long-term skilled nursing facility (SNF) and uses it to illustrate the great need for an
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interoperable healthcare system that allows patient data to be transferred quickly, clearly, and
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concisely among facilities.
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1|Page
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PlusBay.Plus
, Test Bank - Health Informatics: An Interprofessional Approach, 3rd Edition (Hardy, 2024)
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyze dp dp
4. The dp is one of the oldest-and still widely used-methods for building and dp dp dp dp dp dp dp dp dp dp
implementing software applications in IT arena.
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a. TUG
b. clinical decision support system dp dp dp
c. HIPAA
d. SLC
ANS: D
Though it's been through a number of iterations and adjustments, the software development life
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cycle remains the tested and tried-and-true method for studying, building, implementing, and
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maintaining a health information system.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember dp dp
5. Informatics allows clinicians to see real time data and allows user to
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public health approaches to care in healthcare.
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a. Meaning
b. Manage
c. Materialize
d. Mapping
ANS: B
With continuing progression in the use of technology and healthcare, clinicians can predict and
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improvement healthcare outcomes.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand dp dp
6. Health informaticians must be able to conceptual organize a variety of
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better understand data analysis.
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a. Components
b. Concepts
c. Ideas
d. Algorithms
ANS: A
Informaticians utilize healthcare knowledge, visualization, and outcome prediction to access raw
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information and turn it into meaningful use data.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand dp dp
7. Achievable competencies developed by the IOM that should be achieved by clinicians to
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deliver patient-centered care include:
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a. Collaboration, reduction of errors, patient centered, data collection dp dp dp dp dp dp dp
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ANS: C
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