LSUS HCAD 750 MODULE 4 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Term used to describe the gap between those who have and those who do not have
access to online information - answers :digital divide
Term used to reflect age disparities in computer connectivity - answers :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 -
answers :health literacy
Developed to address the growing need for managing health information and to
promote technology as a means of improving health information exchange - answers
: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 - answers :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 - answers :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) - answers :promoting health literacy
The two most common symbols that power users look for - answers :honcode and trust-
e
Nearly 75% of online searchers do not check the date or source of information they are
accessing on the web - answers :the pew internet survey
Website that has a tutorial for learning how to evaluate health information and an
electronic guide to web surfing - answers :medline plus
- audio and video podcasts may become more commonplace in health education
- voice recognition software
- multiple language access to health information - answers :future directions in
education
Prescriptions of focused, evidence based information given to a patient at the right time
to manage a health problem - answers :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) - answers :telehealth
-demographics
- healthcare worker shortages
-chronic conditions
- new educated consumers
-excessive costs - answers :driving forces for telehealth
The use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic
communications to improve patients' health status - answers :telemedicine
-homebound
-limited transportation access
-rural or remote populations
-reduce hospital length of stay
-managing patients in a major disaster - answers :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 - answers :tools of home telehealth
A record developed by healthcare professionals in the process of providing patient care
- answers :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 - answers :secondary data source
Data in the health record that relates to a particular patient identified by name - answers
: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 - answers
:aggregate data
Users of secondary data located within the healthcare facility
(medical staff, administrative, and management staff) - answers :internal users
Users of patient data located outside the facility
Term used to describe the gap between those who have and those who do not have
access to online information - answers :digital divide
Term used to reflect age disparities in computer connectivity - answers :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 -
answers :health literacy
Developed to address the growing need for managing health information and to
promote technology as a means of improving health information exchange - answers
: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 - answers :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 - answers :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) - answers :promoting health literacy
The two most common symbols that power users look for - answers :honcode and trust-
e
Nearly 75% of online searchers do not check the date or source of information they are
accessing on the web - answers :the pew internet survey
Website that has a tutorial for learning how to evaluate health information and an
electronic guide to web surfing - answers :medline plus
- audio and video podcasts may become more commonplace in health education
- voice recognition software
- multiple language access to health information - answers :future directions in
education
Prescriptions of focused, evidence based information given to a patient at the right time
to manage a health problem - answers :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) - answers :telehealth
-demographics
- healthcare worker shortages
-chronic conditions
- new educated consumers
-excessive costs - answers :driving forces for telehealth
The use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic
communications to improve patients' health status - answers :telemedicine
-homebound
-limited transportation access
-rural or remote populations
-reduce hospital length of stay
-managing patients in a major disaster - answers :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 - answers :tools of home telehealth
A record developed by healthcare professionals in the process of providing patient care
- answers :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 - answers :secondary data source
Data in the health record that relates to a particular patient identified by name - answers
: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 - answers
:aggregate data
Users of secondary data located within the healthcare facility
(medical staff, administrative, and management staff) - answers :internal users
Users of patient data located outside the facility
