Quiz 4
The instructor is beginning an instructor-lead training (ILT) session on the upcoming clinical information system. What should the instructor say prior to having the participants access the practice clients?
"Information used to create this database cannot be linked to any actual patients."
The implementation team is aware that backloading of some pre-existing data must be completed for the system to create accurate medication administration records and billing charges. How is this best accomplished?
A pharmacist selects needed data from client medication administration records and inputs the data immediately prior to going live.
• The leadership team is deciding which clinical decision support system to implement in a large healthcare organization. Which should the team consider?
A system used by nurses to provide alerts for drug allergy, drug-drug interaction, and drug-laboratory interactions
The instructor is interested in learning the best approaches to use when training staff on a clinical information system. Which organization should the instructor contact?
Association for Talent Development (ATD
• The therapist prepares an educational program that explains how a classification system is used to categorize the details of the clinical encounter. Which statement should the therapist delete from the content about a classification system?
Captures the level of detail necessary to document specific items at the point of care
The board of directors is appointing a colleague to head the implementation of a new health information system. Which employee would be the most appropriate leader? • •
Chief nursing information officer (CINO) appointed two years ago
The division of nursing wants a nursing classification system within the healthcare-information system that documents the six steps of the nursing process across the care continuum. Which system should the informatics nurse recommend?
Clinical Care Classification (CCC) System
A healthcare organization is investing in an upgrade for the EHR that includes pay-for-performance initiatives, care coordination, patient-safety monitoring, and public-health surveillance. Which type of data is being used with this system? Correct Answer: Correct
Coded
The therapist is examining structured and controlled languages that have been developed according to terminology development guidelines. What is the therapist studying?
Correct Standardized terminologies
The speech therapist is preparing a presentation to support planning for an upgraded clinical information system. Which should the therapist use as an example of strategic planning in an acute care facility?
Correct Upon acquiring a new facility, team members are selected to identify goals and strategies to develop policies fitting the newly revised mission statement.
The leadership team of a large healthcare organization is designing a new strategic plan for an electronic health record system. Which has been most instrumental in mandating strategic planning to achieve organization and population healthcare goals?
Correct Answer: Correct Healthcare reform
The informatics nurse is reviewing how ethnographic studies have been incorporated within healthcare settings to glean data at the point of care. On which statement about ethnography should the nurse focus?
Correct Answer: Correct In ethnography, researchers describe the person-of-interest's point of view focusing on experience and interactions in social settings rather than the actions themselves.
The instructor is considering blended learning when training on the new clinical information system. Which should the instructor keep in mind about this teaching strategy
Correct Blended learning maximizes learning and minimizes cost
A healthcare organization is investing in an upgrade for the EHR that includes pay-for-performance initiatives, care coordination, patient-safety monitoring, and public-health surveillance. Which type of data is being used with this system?
Correct Coded
A large healthcare organization is interested in learning how another major system in another state handles an ongoing resource utilization issue. Which type of data network should the organization access to learn this information?
Correct Health information network
The informatics nurse is working with the information technology department to decide if patient personal health information can be shared through a patient portal over the Internet. What are these technology professionals determining?
Correct Information network
The implementation team is reviewing the roles and responsibilities after the system is implemented. Which department is responsible for ongoing maintenance of technical issues?
Correct Information services department
The project planning committee for an outpatient center is planning to conduct a needs assessment prior to implementing wireless technology to enhance their computer system. Which source should the committee identify as most valuable to assess?
Correct Interviews with administrators and representative employees from all of the outpatient services
The informatics nurse is helping the leadership team select a health information system. Which system should the nurse identify that supports the use and documentation of nursing processes and activities and provides tools for managing the delivery of nursing care?
Correct Nursing information system
The occupational therapist is requested to help the same staff members access and complete documentation on the new computer system. Which should be considered as a reason for the ongoing problems?
Correct Usability
A group of staff nurses working on the hospice unit have notoriously been opposed to technology use. They assert technology is not essential for the care of people who are actively dying and have decided not to participate in the training process. What can be done by committee members to decrease resistance in this setting?
Data can be collected and stored electronically to develop evidence-based practice models that would be useful in alleviating the suffering of the dying
The informatics specialist suggests a clinical information system with computerized provider order entry (CPOE). Which is an advantage of having a CPOE?
Each department is notified simultaneously as orders are processed through the system
The physical therapist is reviewing health information systems. Which clinical system function allows the therapist to provide more efficient patient care?
Order entry
• Scanning the environment is part of the planning process. Which should the informatics nurse consider as part of the external environment?
Published reports
The therapist is examining structured and controlled languages that have been developed according to terminology development guidelines. What is the therapist studying
Standardized terminologies
The speech therapist is explaining smart technology to a group of staff nurses. Which statement suggests that the use of mobile devices in the healthcare setting can enhance patient care?
The elimination of paper copies of lab reports
The informatics nurse is asked why health information exchanges (HIE) are required since they can be costly to maintain. Which should the nurse explain as an advantage of these exchanges
They are tools that provide background information to support healthcare decisions
The physical therapist is seeking information about human—computer interaction (HCI) frameworks that are based on work-centered research and distributed cognition. On which framework should the therapist focus?
UFuRT (User, Function, Representation, and Task analysis) framework
The project planning committee for an outpatient center is planning to conduct a needs assessment prior to implementing wireless technology to enhance their computer system. Which source should the committee identify as most valuable to assess
interviews with administrators and representative employees from all of the outpatient services
• The informatics specialist is reviewing potential clinical information systems. Which is the best example of a monitoring system •
• A temperature probe is connected to the pulmonary artery catheter to continuously monitor core temperature.
