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WorksheetsIT and Community Health
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which of the following is/are the definition of e-Health? Select all that apply.
process of accessing, recovering, or obtaining health information and records electronically through digital systems or online platforms.
it is defined as the cost-effective and secure use of information and communications technologies in support of health and health-related fields.
illustrates the technical progress to expand health care locally, countrywide, and universal by using information and communication technology.
using the power of IT and e-commerce to improve public health services.
What are the main core areas of e-Health according to the WHO? Select all that apply.
Help the nurse in optimizing efforts towards maintaining an open line of communication.
to safeguard patient records, ensuring the security, confidentiality, and privacy of all patient information.
use of e-commerce and e-business practices in health system management.
delivering health information to both health professionals and consumers.
Under which EHR system is the healthcare organization responsible for maintaining its own servers, data security, and backups?
Cloud-Based
On-Premises
Hybrid
Outsourced
In a cloud-based EHR system, where is the data stored?
On the physician’s personal computer
On the hospital’s local server
On remote servers managed by a third-party provider
On USB drives in the facility
Refers to the process of accessing, recovering, or obtaining health information and records electronically through digital systems or online platforms.
Retrieval
Obtaining
Recovering
Storage
Advances in electronic technologies have improved access to health information. Which of the following best illustrates this development?
Conducting manual research in printed medical journals
Using electronic databases and the Internet to find medical information quickly
Relying solely on textbooks for updated medical knowledge
Waiting for monthly printed journals to arrive in the mail
TRUE or FALSE: Photocopying per records is possible, but it is hardly feasible for large numbers of geographically dispersed medical records.
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE or FALSE: Patient names are always included when companies sell information to pharmaceutical companies.
FALSE
TRUE
When the data are processed and analyze, they become
(a)
A characteristic of data having no discrepancies.
Accuracy
B. Currency
Consistency or Reliability
Accessibility
To promote public health, improve total patient care, and better decision-making while ensuring the patient's right to privacy, the nurse would acknowledge the implementation of?
PhilHealth eClaims Systems
RxBox
Philippine Health Information Exchange
Kalusugan Pangkalahatan
The DOH and DOST's partnership led to the creation of RxBox to provide better access to life-saving health care services in GIDA. Which of the following are included in the box? Select all that apply.
Pulse Oximeter
Tocometer
EEG
BP monitor
ECG
Under Universal Health Care (Kalusugan Pangkalahatan), the use of ICT primarily aims to:
Promote efficiency by integrating information systems across all levels of health services.
Maintain efficiency by limiting health data only to tertiary hospitals.
Achieve efficiency through manual record consolidation at regional health units.
Support efficiency by storing patient data separately in each health facility.
Which statement best reflects the distinction between Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Telemedicine?
EMR and Telemedicine both provide direct patient treatment online.
EMR focuses on storing patient information digitally, while Telemedicine delivers health services remotely.
EMR provides virtual consultations, while Telemedicine stores patient data.
EMR and Telemedicine both deal with data access but neither involves remote healthcare delivery.
This role provides health education to individuals and families through ICT tools, may also participate in making e-learning videos on specific diseases.
Client Advocate
Telepresenter
Researcher
Educator
Community health nurses monitor the trends of diseases through the EMR, allowing for targeted interventions for health promotion, disease prevention, curative services, or rehabilitation.
Change Agent
Telepresenter
Data Records and Manager
Client Advocate
As the community health nurse in Sta. Cruz, you led a tele-education program for hypertensive adults using a government-issued app. After an update, several participants complain that the app sends messages such as "Take your second tablet now", even to those not prescribed medication. Some residents panic, thinking that the DOH changed their treatment plan. Local officials demand that you suspend the program immediately, while your Regional Health Director instructs you to present success data from the app within 48 hours for national evaluation. What is the most appropriate thing to do?
Suspend the app promptly to stop misinformation, then submit a written explanation that system error caused the confusion.
Continue the app discretely, collect the necessary data, and correct the misunderstanding during the evaluation
Convene an emergency online dialogue with community leaders and participants to clarify the app's function, its AI-generated reminders, and obtain renewed consent before data collection.
Edit the app's reminder texts yourself to sound neutral, then resume normal operations without public discussion to avoid panic
You are a CHN assigned to Siniloan, Laguna during a dengue outbreak. The municipal health officer recently launched a cloud-based eHealth surveillance platform. You noticed that several residents' personal data-including their addresses and laboratory results have become visible on a shared dashboard used by both the municipal health team and a private analytics contractor. When you raised your concern, your supervisor insists that it is fine because "the system has DOH approval", while the contractor claims all information will be "anonymized later during analysis." Meanwhile, the PHO demands your report within the next 2 hours to update their dengue risk map. What is the most appropriate thing that you must do?
Proceed with uploading your data promptly as the exposure is temporary and authorized by higher offices.
Compile and send the required data but remove all patient identifiers before transmission, while formally reporting the data exposure
Delay your report until a new written data-sharing agreement is issued, even if this halts dengue monitoring.
Manually encrypt the records, then email the encrypted file directly to the Provincial Health Office to protect confidentiality.
For information to be valuable, the data must have the following characteristics except:
Accurate
Reliable
Sensible
Current
In the event that a patient needs to be referred to a remote, medical specialist through telemedicine, the nurse may function as a ?
(a)
