CAHIMS Review Guide 2nd Edition - Chapter 3 - Clinical Informatics
Questions and Correct Answers
1. What is health informatics? ANSWER an umbrella term incorporating a vast array of
information science activities in the healthcare industry
2. According to the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), what is
clinical informatics? ANSWER clinical informatics involves transforming healthcare "by analyzing,
designing, imple- menting, and evaluating information and communication systems that enhance individual and
population health outcomes, improve patient care, and strengthen the clinician-patient relationship."
3. What are some acceptable definitions of Health Informatics? ANSWER "the
science of how to use data, information and knowledge to improve human health and the delivery of health
care services" - AMIA
"the integration of healthcare sciences, computer science, information science, and cognitive science to assist in the
management of healthcare information" - HIMSS
Global Health Informatics is "a growing multidisciplinary field that combines research methods and applications of
technology to improve [global] healthcare systems and outcomes." - Yuri Quintana, PhD, Harvard University
4. What are some acceptable definitions of Clinical Informatics? ANSWER Clinical
Informatics is
the "field that sits at the interface between data and information technology and medicine or health care." - William
Hersh, MD, professor and chair in the Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology at the Oregon Health
& Science University's School of Medicine
Clinical Informatics is "the application of informatics and information technology to deliver health care services... Clinical
informatics is concerned with information use in health care by clinicians."
5. What are four examples of key clinical informatics activities according to
AMIA? ANSWER assess information and knowledge needs of health care professionals and
patients characterize, evaluate, and refine clinical processes
develop, implement, and refine clinical decision support systems
lead or participate in the procurement, customization, development, implementation, management, evaluation, and
continuous improvement of clinical information systems such as electronic health records and order-entry systems.
6. How does the American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA) define nurs-
, CAHIMS Review Guide 2nd Edition - Chapter 3 - Clinical Informatics
Questions and Correct Answers
ing informatics? ANSWER explicitly addressing improvements for "the health of populations, communities,
families and individuals by optimizing information management and communication"
, CAHIMS Review Guide 2nd Edition - Chapter 3 - Clinical Informatics
Questions and Correct Answers
7. What is the holistic definition of Nursing Informatics by the American Nurses
Association? ANSWER "the specialty that integrates nursing science with multiple information and analytical
sciences to identify, define, manage and communicate data, information, knowledge and wisdom in nursing
practice."
8. What is a Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS)? ANSWER "A computer-based
program that analyzes data within EHRs to provide prompts and reminders to assist health care providers in
implementing evi- dence-based clinical guidelines at the point of care."
9. What are 7 areas of focus of clinical informatics? ANSWER Clinical decision support
Patient portals
Artificial intelligence
Electronic health record systems
Workflow analysis and optimization
Health IT training
Social determinants of health
10. Who are clinical informaticists? ANSWER They act as translators in the interprofessional team as
profession- als who "speak" both informatics and healthcare.
Clinical informatics, a subset of informatics within the healthcare domain, is increasingly impactful to the healthcare
world.
11. What are three examples of the expansive scope of clinical informatics?
ANSWER clinical
decision support, which guides clinicians
artificial intelligence and machine learning, which are on the rise
social determinants of health and patient-driven care
12. What are some titles a clinical informaticist may hold? ANSWER •Clinical
Informaticist
• Nursing Informaticist
• Informatics Program Director
• Clinical Systems Analyst
• Chief Nursing Informatics Oflcer
• Clinical Informatics Specialist
, CAHIMS Review Guide 2nd Edition - Chapter 3 - Clinical Informatics
Questions and Correct Answers
13. What are four activities which nurse informaticists might perform? ANSWER
•Train other nurses in new health IT processes and procedures
Questions and Correct Answers
1. What is health informatics? ANSWER an umbrella term incorporating a vast array of
information science activities in the healthcare industry
2. According to the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), what is
clinical informatics? ANSWER clinical informatics involves transforming healthcare "by analyzing,
designing, imple- menting, and evaluating information and communication systems that enhance individual and
population health outcomes, improve patient care, and strengthen the clinician-patient relationship."
3. What are some acceptable definitions of Health Informatics? ANSWER "the
science of how to use data, information and knowledge to improve human health and the delivery of health
care services" - AMIA
"the integration of healthcare sciences, computer science, information science, and cognitive science to assist in the
management of healthcare information" - HIMSS
Global Health Informatics is "a growing multidisciplinary field that combines research methods and applications of
technology to improve [global] healthcare systems and outcomes." - Yuri Quintana, PhD, Harvard University
4. What are some acceptable definitions of Clinical Informatics? ANSWER Clinical
Informatics is
the "field that sits at the interface between data and information technology and medicine or health care." - William
Hersh, MD, professor and chair in the Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology at the Oregon Health
& Science University's School of Medicine
Clinical Informatics is "the application of informatics and information technology to deliver health care services... Clinical
informatics is concerned with information use in health care by clinicians."
5. What are four examples of key clinical informatics activities according to
AMIA? ANSWER assess information and knowledge needs of health care professionals and
patients characterize, evaluate, and refine clinical processes
develop, implement, and refine clinical decision support systems
lead or participate in the procurement, customization, development, implementation, management, evaluation, and
continuous improvement of clinical information systems such as electronic health records and order-entry systems.
6. How does the American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA) define nurs-
, CAHIMS Review Guide 2nd Edition - Chapter 3 - Clinical Informatics
Questions and Correct Answers
ing informatics? ANSWER explicitly addressing improvements for "the health of populations, communities,
families and individuals by optimizing information management and communication"
, CAHIMS Review Guide 2nd Edition - Chapter 3 - Clinical Informatics
Questions and Correct Answers
7. What is the holistic definition of Nursing Informatics by the American Nurses
Association? ANSWER "the specialty that integrates nursing science with multiple information and analytical
sciences to identify, define, manage and communicate data, information, knowledge and wisdom in nursing
practice."
8. What is a Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS)? ANSWER "A computer-based
program that analyzes data within EHRs to provide prompts and reminders to assist health care providers in
implementing evi- dence-based clinical guidelines at the point of care."
9. What are 7 areas of focus of clinical informatics? ANSWER Clinical decision support
Patient portals
Artificial intelligence
Electronic health record systems
Workflow analysis and optimization
Health IT training
Social determinants of health
10. Who are clinical informaticists? ANSWER They act as translators in the interprofessional team as
profession- als who "speak" both informatics and healthcare.
Clinical informatics, a subset of informatics within the healthcare domain, is increasingly impactful to the healthcare
world.
11. What are three examples of the expansive scope of clinical informatics?
ANSWER clinical
decision support, which guides clinicians
artificial intelligence and machine learning, which are on the rise
social determinants of health and patient-driven care
12. What are some titles a clinical informaticist may hold? ANSWER •Clinical
Informaticist
• Nursing Informaticist
• Informatics Program Director
• Clinical Systems Analyst
• Chief Nursing Informatics Oflcer
• Clinical Informatics Specialist
, CAHIMS Review Guide 2nd Edition - Chapter 3 - Clinical Informatics
Questions and Correct Answers
13. What are four activities which nurse informaticists might perform? ANSWER
•Train other nurses in new health IT processes and procedures
