hcad 750 module 4

hcad 750 module 4 term used to describe the gap between those who have and those who do not have access to online information - CORRECT ANSWER digital divide term used to reflect age disparities in computer connectivity - CORRECT ANSWER grey gap the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions - CORRECT ANSWER health literacy developed to address the growing need for managing health information and to promote technology as a means of improving health information exchange - CORRECT ANSWER eHealth Initiative 1. have patient education stored electronically so that changed can be made as needed 2. sponsor health promotion education classes to market their facility - CORRECT ANSWER HCO Approach to Engagement 1. promote education via waiting room 2. secure patient portals 3. provide opportunities for peer-to-peer support for similar diagnoses 4. increasing social media use - CORRECT ANSWER HCO Approach to Education - embrace the internet as a source of health information for patient education - patients are increasingly turning to the internet for "instant" information - support the development of nutrition education programs as interactive computer games (edutainment) - CORRECT ANSWER promoting health literacy the two most common symbols that power users look for - CORRECT ANSWER HONcode and Trust-e nearly 75% of online searchers do not check the date or source of information they are accessing on the web - CORRECT ANSWER The Pew Internet Survey website that has a tutorial for learning how to evaluate health information and an electronic guide to web surfing - CORRECT ANSWER Medline Plus - audio and video podcasts may become more commonplace in health education - voice recognition software - multiple language access to health information - CORRECT ANSWER Future directions in education prescriptions of focused, evidence based information given to a patient at the right time to manage a health problem - CORRECT ANSWER information prescriptions wide range of health services that are delivered by telecommunications-ready tools, such as telephone, videophone, and computer (does not always involve clinical servies) - CORRECT ANSWER telehealth -demographics - healthcare worker shortages -chronic conditions - new educated consumers -excessive costs - CORRECT ANSWER driving forces for telehealth the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications to improve patients' health status - CORRECT ANSWER telemedicine -homebound -limited transportation access -rural or remote populations -reduce hospital length of stay -managing patients in a major disaster - CORRECT ANSWER telehealth patient populations 1. central stations/web servers 2. peripheral biometric devices 3. telephones 3. video cameras 4. personal emergency response systems 5. sensor and activity monitoring systems 6. medication management devices - CORRECT ANSWER tools of home telehealth a record developed by healthcare professionals in the process of providing patient care - CORRECT ANSWER primary data source - data derived from the primary patient record, such as an index or a database - provide information that is not easily available by looking at individual health records - generally aggregate data and can be used as needed without risking confidentiality breach - CORRECT ANSWER secondary data source data in the health record that relates to a particular patient identified by name - CORRECT ANSWER patient-identifiable data Data extracted from individual health records and combined to form de-identified information about groups of patients that can be compared and analyzed - CORRECT ANSWER aggregate data users of secondary data located within the healthcare facility (medical staff, administrative, and management staff) - CORRECT ANSWER internal users users of patient data located outside the facility (state data banks and federal agencies) - CORRECT ANSWER external users report from a database that enables health records to be located by diagnosis, procedure, or physician. - CORRECT ANSWER index contains patient-identifiable data such as name, address, date of birth, dates of hospitalization or encounters, name of attending physician, and health record number. - avoids issuance of duplicate record numbers - enable the facility to quickly retrieve health information for specific patients - CORRECT ANSWER master patient index A listing in diagnosis code number order of patients discharged from the facility during a particular time period. - CORRECT ANSWER disease index listing arranged in numerical order by the patients procedure codes - the surgeon may be listed in addition to, or instead of, the attending physician - CORRECT ANSWER operation index - listing of cases in order by physician name or identification number - enables users to retrieve information about a particular physician including the number of cases seen during a particular time period - CORRECT ANSWER physician index a collection of a limited set of information about a patient, often disease specific - CORRECT ANSWER registry method of determining criteria for cases that should be included in a registry - CORRECT ANSWER case definition meth