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◉ Where do informatics nurses typically work? Answer: Hospitals,
clinics, software development companies, as Nurse Analysts or
Nurse Consultants.
◉ Who is considered the pioneer of nursing informatics? Answer:
Florence Nightingale, known for developing the Nightingale Rose
Chart.
◉ What are the three categories of knowledge in the nursing
informatics timeline? Answer: Computer hardware and software,
Data organization and integration, Artificial intelligence.
◉ What is the Data to Wisdom model? Answer: A model used to
transform data into innovations that enhance safe, quality health
care.
, ◉ What are the four steps in the Data to Wisdom model? Answer:
Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom.
◉ What is the primary goal of HIPAA? Answer: To ensure people can
take their insurance with them when changing jobs and to guarantee
the security and privacy of health information.
◉ What are some security and ethical issues in health informatics?
Answer: Unauthorized access, information ownership, consent, and
threats from natural disasters or intentional acts.
◉ What does HIPAA 2.0 refer to? Answer: The Health Information
Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, which
mandated the use of informatics in health care.
◉ What is the purpose of outcome data and quality metrics?
Answer: To assess data quality in health care and ensure it meets
quality goals such as safety, effectiveness, and patient-centeredness.
◉ What is the significance of the MACRA legislation? Answer: It
transitioned Medicare and Medicaid to a Merit-based Incentive
Payment System (MIPS) and established the Quality Payment
Program (QPP).