Test Bank for Health Informatics 2nd Edition
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Test Bank for Health Informatics 2nd Edition
1. Preventable adverse events: The number of preventable adverse events leading to
serious harm fell in the approximate range of 440,000 to 880,000 cases per year.
2. Health informatics: A discipline, or field of study, in the same sense that 'medicine,'
'sociology,' and 'pharmacy' are fields of study; it is also a profession practiced by
thousands of informaticians in varied roles within the healthcare industry.
3. U.S. Army's telehealth network: The biggest use is for behavioral telehealth,
followed by cardiology and dermatology.
4. Interoperable healthcare system: An interoperable healthcare system that
provides clear, concise patient data and information among institutions is lacking in
many facilities, and its presence would greatly facilitate things such as patient transfers.
5. Automation in healthcare: Studies have shown that nurses waste 'an hour a shift'
finding equipment.
6. Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC): One of the oldest—and still widely
used—methods for building and implementing software applications in the IT arena.
7. Electronic Health Records (EHR): The percentage of hospitals using an EHR
jumped from 59% to 75% from 2013 to 2014.
8. EHR implementation: By 2014, 63% of physicians in the United States had
implemented some form of EHR, with another 20% in the process of implementing
one.
9. Healthcare delivery systems challenges: Common challenges include cost and the
need to cut costs and demonstrate value, dynamic forces like workforce shortages
and increased consumerism, and increasing government regulation to protect patient
health, safety, and privacy.
10. Patient safety in U.S. hospitals: Dr. James found some 440,000 cases of lethal harm
each year and estimated that the incidence of serious (but not lethal) harm was 10 to
20 times that figure.
11. Behavioral telehealth: The top use of the U.S. Army's telehealth network.
12. Cardiology: The second biggest use of the U.S. Army's telehealth network.
13. Dermatology: The third biggest use of the U.S. Army's telehealth network.
14. Communication during patient transfers: The quality of discharge communication
during transfers of geriatric patients from hospital to nursing home is generally high.
15. Nursing time management: Only 70% of a nurse's day is actually spent at patients'
bedsides.
16. Robotic technology in healthcare: Patients report being comforted by the presence
of robotic technology in their rooms.
17. Healthcare informaticians: They are responsible for building interoperable systems
that will facilitate communication between and among healthcare facilities.
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h2xh .
18 Incidence of EHR usage: The text gives data for physicians using EHR in 2013,
stating that by that year 63% had implemented some form of EHR.
19. Healthcare technology adoption: Adoption of new HIT advances is a challenge in
itself.
20. Aging population: An aging population will require more healthcare than before.
21. Dynamic forces in healthcare: Includes workforce shortages and increased
consumerism.
22. Government regulation in healthcare: Increasing government regulation to protect
patient health, safety, and privacy is a common challenge.
23. Quality of discharge communication: Generally high during transfers of geriatric
patients from hospital to nursing home.
24. Nurses' extraneous duties: A 2011 study found that nurses use an hour per shift of
their time simply hunting down equipment.
25. Telemedicine in otolaryngology: While telemedicine is making inroads in
otolaryngology, it is not among the top three uses for the U.S. Army.
26. Stages of EHR: Stage 2 is the minimum level of EHR required in order to be
counted as using EHR.
27. Open System: An open system has a semipermeable boundary and therefore will
filter both inputs and outputs when interacting with the environment.
28. Closed System: A closed system does not have a boundary and therefore will not
interact with the environment.
29. Reverberation: Change within any part of a system will be reflected across the total
system through a process termed reverberation.
30. Butterfly Effect: The butterfly effect describes a situation in which a minor change
in input can have a major effect on output.
31. Shannon and Weaver Model: The amount of information is measured by the extent
the message decreases entropy.
32. Data: The number 190 is an example of data.
33. Wisdom: Wisdom is defined as the appropriate use of knowledge in managing or
solving human problems.
34. Learned Behaviors: Learned behaviors can be cognitive (intellectual skills),
affective (values and attitudes), or psychomotor (the integration of cognitive and
motor skills).
35. Innovators: Innovators will test out a new technology; however, they are too far
ahead of the social group to be seen as leaders by other members of the social
system.
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_fnh2xh
Test Bank for Health Informatics 2nd Edition
1. Preventable adverse events: The number of preventable adverse events leading to
serious harm fell in the approximate range of 440,000 to 880,000 cases per year.
2. Health informatics: A discipline, or field of study, in the same sense that 'medicine,'
'sociology,' and 'pharmacy' are fields of study; it is also a profession practiced by
thousands of informaticians in varied roles within the healthcare industry.
3. U.S. Army's telehealth network: The biggest use is for behavioral telehealth,
followed by cardiology and dermatology.
4. Interoperable healthcare system: An interoperable healthcare system that
provides clear, concise patient data and information among institutions is lacking in
many facilities, and its presence would greatly facilitate things such as patient transfers.
5. Automation in healthcare: Studies have shown that nurses waste 'an hour a shift'
finding equipment.
6. Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC): One of the oldest—and still widely
used—methods for building and implementing software applications in the IT arena.
7. Electronic Health Records (EHR): The percentage of hospitals using an EHR
jumped from 59% to 75% from 2013 to 2014.
8. EHR implementation: By 2014, 63% of physicians in the United States had
implemented some form of EHR, with another 20% in the process of implementing
one.
9. Healthcare delivery systems challenges: Common challenges include cost and the
need to cut costs and demonstrate value, dynamic forces like workforce shortages
and increased consumerism, and increasing government regulation to protect patient
health, safety, and privacy.
10. Patient safety in U.S. hospitals: Dr. James found some 440,000 cases of lethal harm
each year and estimated that the incidence of serious (but not lethal) harm was 10 to
20 times that figure.
11. Behavioral telehealth: The top use of the U.S. Army's telehealth network.
12. Cardiology: The second biggest use of the U.S. Army's telehealth network.
13. Dermatology: The third biggest use of the U.S. Army's telehealth network.
14. Communication during patient transfers: The quality of discharge communication
during transfers of geriatric patients from hospital to nursing home is generally high.
15. Nursing time management: Only 70% of a nurse's day is actually spent at patients'
bedsides.
16. Robotic technology in healthcare: Patients report being comforted by the presence
of robotic technology in their rooms.
17. Healthcare informaticians: They are responsible for building interoperable systems
that will facilitate communication between and among healthcare facilities.
1/5
, Test Bank for Health Informatics 2nd Edition
Study online at
https://quizlet.com/_fn
h2xh .
18 Incidence of EHR usage: The text gives data for physicians using EHR in 2013,
stating that by that year 63% had implemented some form of EHR.
19. Healthcare technology adoption: Adoption of new HIT advances is a challenge in
itself.
20. Aging population: An aging population will require more healthcare than before.
21. Dynamic forces in healthcare: Includes workforce shortages and increased
consumerism.
22. Government regulation in healthcare: Increasing government regulation to protect
patient health, safety, and privacy is a common challenge.
23. Quality of discharge communication: Generally high during transfers of geriatric
patients from hospital to nursing home.
24. Nurses' extraneous duties: A 2011 study found that nurses use an hour per shift of
their time simply hunting down equipment.
25. Telemedicine in otolaryngology: While telemedicine is making inroads in
otolaryngology, it is not among the top three uses for the U.S. Army.
26. Stages of EHR: Stage 2 is the minimum level of EHR required in order to be
counted as using EHR.
27. Open System: An open system has a semipermeable boundary and therefore will
filter both inputs and outputs when interacting with the environment.
28. Closed System: A closed system does not have a boundary and therefore will not
interact with the environment.
29. Reverberation: Change within any part of a system will be reflected across the total
system through a process termed reverberation.
30. Butterfly Effect: The butterfly effect describes a situation in which a minor change
in input can have a major effect on output.
31. Shannon and Weaver Model: The amount of information is measured by the extent
the message decreases entropy.
32. Data: The number 190 is an example of data.
33. Wisdom: Wisdom is defined as the appropriate use of knowledge in managing or
solving human problems.
34. Learned Behaviors: Learned behaviors can be cognitive (intellectual skills),
affective (values and attitudes), or psychomotor (the integration of cognitive and
motor skills).
35. Innovators: Innovators will test out a new technology; however, they are too far
ahead of the social group to be seen as leaders by other members of the social
system.
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