Week 2 Review Healthcare Informatics Winter 2021

Week 1 Review Healthcare Informatics Winter 2021

Multiple Choice

Healthcare Informatics is an umbrella term that includes many sub-specialties

• True

• False

Benefits of Informatics

_{* Improve patient outcomes - patient afety}

_{* Create usable data}

_{* Prevent errors}

_{* Improve work flow efficiency}

_{* Provide better (not necessarily faster) documentation}

_{* Improve communication}

_{*Secure storage, and easy retrieval of healthcare data}

Multiple Select

Low health literacy can result in (select all that apply):

• Increased medication errors at home

• Higher hospitalization rates

• Fewer preventative care visits

• Lower likelihood of getting flu shots

Health literacy is a greater predictor of health than age, income, employment status, level of education, or race.

Never make assumptions that patients understand instructions just because they are not asking questions.

Multiple Choice

Are electronic healthcare systems an example of an OPEN or CLOSED system?

• Open

• Closed

Systems Theory: Closed System

The iPhone is one example of a closed system.

The software is proprietary and does not play well with others.

Data transfer from an iOS device to an Android device is challenging to say the least.

Only apps downloaded from the Apple Store work on an iPhone

Multiple Choice

According to the Institute of Medicine how many years does it take for research results to be applied in clinical practice?

• 5

• 10

• 17

• 25

How long does it take….?

• According to the IOM it takes approximately 17 years for research to be translated into practice.

• Unfortunately, research also indicates it takes even longer to ‘de-adopt’ unnecessary practices all ready in practice.

• Less than 20% of physician practice is based on solid research

• (Hanney et al., 2015; Morriset al., 2011).

Multiple Choice

Knowing when and how to use knowledge is referred to as:

• Emotional Intelligence

• Cognitive knowledge

• Wisdom

• Being really smart

Multiple Choice

What is Interoperability?

• Billing tools

• Cybersecurity safeguards

• Sharing and interpretation of data across systems

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the greatest predictor of someone's health?

• Net Income

• Health Literacy

• Marital Status

• Primary Care Physician