HLST 3341: MIDTERM REVIEW
(LECTURE 1) with correct answers 100%
2026
keyterms:
data:
information:
knowledge:
wisdom: - Correct Answers data: numbers without meaning
information: interpreted data
knowledge: creating a single concept from various information
wisdom: utilizing knowledge to solve problems
knowledge work concept - Correct Answers - work adaptation to changing environment
- exponential growth
- I.T evidence practices "access to information"
- health care professionals detect patterns
define informatics - Correct Answers art + science, transforming data to knowledge
reasoning for informatics - Correct Answers patient safety
cost
time
subsets of informatics:
- imaging informatics
-nursing
, - pharmacy
- public health - Correct Answers answers:
- imaging: process of acquired images before distribution
- nursing: evidence/patient based centred care (patient notes, medical devices) + medical smart
carts, focus on collaboration (access to patient health history)
- pharmacy: medications + data connected to patient's care, not considered to be fully
informatic (federal system's privatization) + "pulipharmacy" over dosage
- Public health: tracks disease outbreaks (manages illness, analyzes immunization data) relation
to COVID 19
keyterms:
- health information management (him)
- health informatics (hi)
- information literacy - Correct Answers answers:
- health information management: focus on summarizes patient data
- health informatics: broader concept
- information literacy: recognize when information is needed (find, evaluate, use information
efficiently), different from computer literacy = explains how to utilize information (awareness of
information between health professionals + patients)
key initiatives:
- canada health infoway (chi)
- canadian institute for health information (cihi)
- canadian organization for advancement of computers in canada (coach)
- canadian health information management (chima) - Correct Answers answers:
- (chi): development of standards (trend setters), aids funding practices + evolves 'hcp' ideas
- (cihi): provides essential information for health systems, gives reports regarding health care,
provides comparable data + actionable data + information
(LECTURE 1) with correct answers 100%
2026
keyterms:
data:
information:
knowledge:
wisdom: - Correct Answers data: numbers without meaning
information: interpreted data
knowledge: creating a single concept from various information
wisdom: utilizing knowledge to solve problems
knowledge work concept - Correct Answers - work adaptation to changing environment
- exponential growth
- I.T evidence practices "access to information"
- health care professionals detect patterns
define informatics - Correct Answers art + science, transforming data to knowledge
reasoning for informatics - Correct Answers patient safety
cost
time
subsets of informatics:
- imaging informatics
-nursing
, - pharmacy
- public health - Correct Answers answers:
- imaging: process of acquired images before distribution
- nursing: evidence/patient based centred care (patient notes, medical devices) + medical smart
carts, focus on collaboration (access to patient health history)
- pharmacy: medications + data connected to patient's care, not considered to be fully
informatic (federal system's privatization) + "pulipharmacy" over dosage
- Public health: tracks disease outbreaks (manages illness, analyzes immunization data) relation
to COVID 19
keyterms:
- health information management (him)
- health informatics (hi)
- information literacy - Correct Answers answers:
- health information management: focus on summarizes patient data
- health informatics: broader concept
- information literacy: recognize when information is needed (find, evaluate, use information
efficiently), different from computer literacy = explains how to utilize information (awareness of
information between health professionals + patients)
key initiatives:
- canada health infoway (chi)
- canadian institute for health information (cihi)
- canadian organization for advancement of computers in canada (coach)
- canadian health information management (chima) - Correct Answers answers:
- (chi): development of standards (trend setters), aids funding practices + evolves 'hcp' ideas
- (cihi): provides essential information for health systems, gives reports regarding health care,
provides comparable data + actionable data + information
