Clinical Informatics Exam 1 (100% Errorless Answers)

What is Informatics? correct answers -Use of information technology in healthcare -Focus on information management, not computers -Allows us to compare patient care information using computer technology to improve care Information management is a part of nursing. T/F correct answers TRUE How was information kept historically and how is it kept today? correct answers Historically: recording and keeping information on paper chart Today: well-designed information systems What two roles does is informatics involved in? correct answers Informatics specialist & clinician who must use health information technology What are some strategic plans for health information technology? correct answers -Inform clinical practice with use of electronic health records (EHR) -Interconnect clinicians so that they can exchange health info using advanced & secure electronic communication -Personalize care with consumer-based health records and better information for consumers -Improve public health through advanced biosurveillance methods and streamlining the collection of data for quality measurement and research What is Health Informatics? correct answers Umbrella term: capture, retrieval, storage, presentation sharing, and use of biomedical information, data, and knowledge for providing care, solving problems, and making decisions What is the purpose of Health Informatics? correct answers Improve use of healthcare data, information, and knowledge in supporting patient care, research, and education What is the focus of Health Informatics? correct answers Subject and information, not the tool (computer) What is a subspecialty of Health informatics? correct answers nursing informatics What is Nursing Informatics? correct answers -Definition difficult; initial definitions with technology focus; continually evolving definitions -Subspecialty of nursing recognized by the ANA What is the focus of Nursing informatics? correct answers -Information management related to nursing -Acquisition, manipulation, storage, presentation, and use of information What is the goal of Nursing informatics? correct answers User-friendly data input; information presented that is timely and useful for clinical nurse