C468 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND THE APPLICATION

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C468 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND THE APPLICATION

OF TECHNOLOGY WGU EXAM QUESTIONS

Actual Qs and Ans - Expert-Verified Explanation -Guaranteed passing score -73 Questions and Answers

-Format: Multiple-choice / Flashcard

Question 1: Informatics System Considerations

Answer:

Technical Specifications - Downtime for Maintenance Response Time - Time it takes system to process request Architecture - Structure of system, open comm. each other Connectivity - Interface the system in multiple ways Testing - In different place than being used Compatibility - With other systems

Question 2: EHR

Answer:

The EHR is a longitudinal electronic patient record of all health care encounters...carries with the patient (longitudinal)

Question 3: HIS Examples

Answer:

Laboratory system, pharmacy system, registration system

Question 4: EDI Electronic Data Interchange

Answer:

Permits multiple systems to acquire and share data

Question 5: Informatics Innovator

Answer:

Process of making enhancements or improvements..creative

Question 6: ADT System (Admission, discharge, transfer)

Answer:

A registration system is also commonly refereed to as

Question 7: EMR Adoption Stages

Answer:

0-Organization

• All 3 key ancillary departments (lab, pharm, radiology) installed

• CDR - Clinical Data Repository provides physician access for reviewing orders and results. Possibly

HIE Capable.

• Nursing/Clinical Documentation - EMAR, first level of clinical decision support is implemented.

• CPOE implementation

• Closed loop med administration w/ bar codes is implemented, 5 rights of med. administration
• Full physician documentation, full radiology and PACS
• No more paper charts

Question 8: Information systems

Answer:

Using the EHR to document care of a patient with a fractured femur is an example of using the EHR in which way

Question 9: MIPPA (Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act)

Answer:

Financial Incentive for e-prescribing physicians

Question 10: HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health)

Answer:

Strengthened HIPPA security and privacy protection, provides financial incentive for user of EHR

Question 11: Nursing informatics

Answer:

Nursing informatics as a specialty does have its own National certification exam The use of technology and information to help support all aspects of nursing practice

Question 12: Simulation Technology Improving patient outcomes.

Answer:

Allowing them hands-on practice and immediate feedback of the skill being learned

Question 13: Barrier to patient centered care

Answer:

Is waiting until the end of the shift to chart patient assessments a barrier to patient centered care...Yes, chart in real time.Computer position can be a barrier if it is placed between the provider and the patient...pay attention to your patient.

Question 14: Clinical Information Systems Examples of Effectiveness

Answer:

The information retrieved can be used to foster research, improves nursing documentation compliance, It can improve clinician workflow

Question 15: HIPPA Privacy Act

Answer:

• Patients have ownership rights to their records

• Patients can amend own records if information is incorrect

Question 16: Telehealth (Store and Forward Technology)

Answer:

Means of transferring data or images from one location to another, most often used for pathology reports and radiology images

Question 17: Interfacing Types

Answer:

• Point to Point - Enables 2 systems to communicate, expensive, has to have customized program

• Interface Engine - Interfacing across several different systems.

Question 18: Telehealth (Ethical and Legal Implications)

Answer:

Need for extensive documentation to avoid malpractice, providers need to be licensed in every state they practice Telehealth

Question 19: Project scope

Answer:

Term that defines the size and details of a collaborative effort

Question 20: Project Implementation Team Responsibilities

Answer:

Execution of system changes, active involvement in user participation, knowledge of current workflows

Question 21: Physical/Logical Means of Protecting Information

Answer:

Physical - surveillance cameras, restricted areas, hard copy records being shredded Logical - firewall protection, biometrics, authentication, automatic sign off on computers

Question 22: Examples of administrative information systems

Answer:

Scheduling system, financial system, admission, discharge and transfer (ADT) system

Question 23: Standardized Terminology Supports

Answer:

Data Mining (the practice of examining large databases in order to generate new information)

Question 24: Information

Answer:

Term used to describe data that has been interpreted