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