Chapter 1
What property must knowledge possess to be viable?
Multisource
What skill relates to information literacy?
Peer Review, Research, Information Recognition
Which of the following represents a level in the EHR competency model?
Personal Effectiveness Competencies, Academic Competencies, Workplace Competencies, Industrial-Sector Technical Competencies
What plays a major role in determining the appropriateness of a health care intervention?
Prior Knowledge
Professionals are knowledge acquirers
Provide convenient and efficient means of capturing and storing knowledge
Data
Raw Facts
Knowledge Viability
Refers to technology based applications that offer easily accessible, accurate, and timely information obtained from a variety of resources and methods and presented in a manner that provides us with the necessary elements to generate new knowledge.
Knowledge
the awareness and understanding of a set of information and ways that information can be made useful to support a specific task or arrive at a decision
informatics competency
the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform specific informatics
Wisdom is developed
through knowledge, experience, insight, and reflection
Professionals are knowledge engineers.
Design, develop, implement, and maintain knowledge
Health informatics is the combination of principles from
Disciplinary science Computer science Information science Cognitive science
How does wisdom differ from knowledge?
Arises from a synthesis of experience, insight and reflection.
What is the meaning of knowledge transparency?
Using knowledge without conscious thought.
Professionals are knowledge workers
Work with information; generate information and knowledge as a product
What below characterizes knowledge as a process?
Continuous
What does the study of health informatics provide to health care professionals?
Creates a core set of computer skills, Generates skills for managing health information systems, Establishes an understanding of how knowledge is generated
What discipline refers to a core skill set using health IT and knowledge generation?
DIKW Paradigm
How do health care professionals transform information into knowledge?
Feedback
Five domains for informatics competencies for all healthcare workers
Health information literacy and skills Health informatics skills using the EHR Privacy and confidentiality of health information Health information/data technical security Basic computer literacy skills
Foundation of Knowledge Model
Helps to explain the ties between disciplinary science, informatics and knowledge
knowledge users
Individuals or groups who benefit from valuable, viable knowledge
What are the AHIMA-AMIA TF domains of informatics competency for health workers?
Information Literacy and computer literacy
Which of the following serve as a basis for health informatics?
Information Science, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Discipline-Specific Science
What describes the process of applying clinical practice guidelines?
Knowledge Application
process creates new knowledge by altering knowledge through the input of others?
Knowledge Generation
Core Elements of Informatics
The data, information, knowledge, wisdom (DIKW) paradigm
Informatics
The science of information management in health care.
Wisdom
appropriate use of knowledge
Information
data that has been interpreted for meaning