WGU Nursing Informatics

Mutlidisciplinary Team Terminology - Answer - (SNOMED-CT) Systematized Nomenclature of Human and Veterinary Medicine Clinical Terms- clinical terms covering nurisng, medicine, & allied health Standardized Terminology Supports - Answer - Data Mining PHR - Private Health Record - Answer - Lifetime health record, supplied by ind., healthcare providers, pharmacies, therapist, lab test, - Controlled by the consumer, E-Sign - Answer - Same legal status as a hand written signature MIPPA - Medicare Improvement for Patients & Providers Act provides - Answer - financial incentive for e-prescribing to providers HIPPA provides - Answer - legal protection for personal health info, set standards for elect. data interchange of claims data, named specific code sets for use in Medicare related transactions, & Privacy ARRA provides - Answer - provide funds for adoption of technology & provides the right for every individual to receive and electronic copy of EHR HITECH provides - Answer - strengthened HIPPA security & privacy protection, & provides financial incentive for the user of EHR EMR -electronic medical record provides - Answer - Legal record often restricted to a Single episode of care , building block of EHR, EHR- Electronic Health Record is - Answer - Longitudinal record that includes client data, demographics, clinician notes, medications, diagnostics. - Major driver for US Adoption are "Meaningful Use" financial incentives from HITECH part of ARRA Affordable Care Act provides - Answer - guarantee access to healthcare, encourage PCP, Data is - Answer - collection of #, characters, or facts (body weight- 128lb), little meaning alone Information is - Answer - Collection of data examined for patterns or structure that can be interpreted. ex notes prior BP and informs doc