Nursing Informatics Final Exam
Questions And Answers
/. What is the National Health Information Network - Answer-✅means to advance
healthcare information technology
/.Gaols of the NHIN - Answer-✅to develop a nationwide interoperable healthcare
information technology infrastructure and a strategic plan to guide implementation in
both public and private sectors
/.Issues with NHIN - Answer-✅Politics
Fear of Change
Competition
Lack of agreement standards
/.What is HITECH - Answer-✅Health Information Technology for Economis & Clinical
Health Act
-way to encourage hospitals to adopt health record techonology and meaningful use
/.What is the electronic medical record - Answer-✅electronic replacement for paper
chart, focuses on current information
-one provider
-facility's own
/.What is the Electronic Health Record - Answer-✅record of patient's long-term health
information
-summary of contributions to different specialities
/.What does the integration of standardized terminology do - Answer-✅provides uniform
definitions of terms and facilitates interoperability, communcation, and exchanged of
data with a shared meaning
/.What is NANDA - Answer-✅type of standardized terminology
-defines the nursing diagnoses
/.Examples of uniform language - Answer-✅Nursing dianosis
goal
expected outcomes
nursing intervention
/.What is SNOMED CT - Answer-✅Type of standardised terminology
, -Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms
/.What is mapping - Answer-✅terms defined in one standardized terminology are
associed with comparable terms in another standardized terminology
/.What are CPT codes - Answer-✅Data Exchange Standard
-Current Procedural Terminology
-a listing of standard description in 5 characters
/.What are ICD-10 codes - Answer-✅Data Exchange Standard
-International Classification of Diseases
-developed by world health organization
-listing of all known diseases and injuries
/.What is DICOM - Answer-✅Data Exchange Standard
-Digital imaging and communication in Medicine
-standard for transmission of medical images and associated information
/.What is accrediation - Answer-✅a voluntary review process that monitors performance
against predetermined standards
/.What is the Joint Commission - Answer-✅an independent, not-for-profit organization
that evaulates an organization compliance with standards
/.What is the point of the JC - Answer-✅to develop initiatives to improve the quality of
healthcare services
/.What is a sentinel event - Answer-✅any unanticipated event in a healthcare setting
resulting in death or serious injury
-not natural to patients illness
/.What is magnet status - Answer-✅a recognized award given by the American Nurses'
credentialing Center
-measures strength and quality of an organizations nursing
/.Why was the privacy Act of 1974 implemented - Answer-✅to protect the privacy of
individuals identified in information systems and to control the collection, use, and
sharing of information
/.What is HIPPA - Answer-✅Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
-designed to establish minimum national standards for protecting health information
commincated in any manner
/.What are three reasons why the HIPPA privacy rule is needed - Answer-✅marketing,
technology, and genetic advancements
Questions And Answers
/. What is the National Health Information Network - Answer-✅means to advance
healthcare information technology
/.Gaols of the NHIN - Answer-✅to develop a nationwide interoperable healthcare
information technology infrastructure and a strategic plan to guide implementation in
both public and private sectors
/.Issues with NHIN - Answer-✅Politics
Fear of Change
Competition
Lack of agreement standards
/.What is HITECH - Answer-✅Health Information Technology for Economis & Clinical
Health Act
-way to encourage hospitals to adopt health record techonology and meaningful use
/.What is the electronic medical record - Answer-✅electronic replacement for paper
chart, focuses on current information
-one provider
-facility's own
/.What is the Electronic Health Record - Answer-✅record of patient's long-term health
information
-summary of contributions to different specialities
/.What does the integration of standardized terminology do - Answer-✅provides uniform
definitions of terms and facilitates interoperability, communcation, and exchanged of
data with a shared meaning
/.What is NANDA - Answer-✅type of standardized terminology
-defines the nursing diagnoses
/.Examples of uniform language - Answer-✅Nursing dianosis
goal
expected outcomes
nursing intervention
/.What is SNOMED CT - Answer-✅Type of standardised terminology
, -Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms
/.What is mapping - Answer-✅terms defined in one standardized terminology are
associed with comparable terms in another standardized terminology
/.What are CPT codes - Answer-✅Data Exchange Standard
-Current Procedural Terminology
-a listing of standard description in 5 characters
/.What are ICD-10 codes - Answer-✅Data Exchange Standard
-International Classification of Diseases
-developed by world health organization
-listing of all known diseases and injuries
/.What is DICOM - Answer-✅Data Exchange Standard
-Digital imaging and communication in Medicine
-standard for transmission of medical images and associated information
/.What is accrediation - Answer-✅a voluntary review process that monitors performance
against predetermined standards
/.What is the Joint Commission - Answer-✅an independent, not-for-profit organization
that evaulates an organization compliance with standards
/.What is the point of the JC - Answer-✅to develop initiatives to improve the quality of
healthcare services
/.What is a sentinel event - Answer-✅any unanticipated event in a healthcare setting
resulting in death or serious injury
-not natural to patients illness
/.What is magnet status - Answer-✅a recognized award given by the American Nurses'
credentialing Center
-measures strength and quality of an organizations nursing
/.Why was the privacy Act of 1974 implemented - Answer-✅to protect the privacy of
individuals identified in information systems and to control the collection, use, and
sharing of information
/.What is HIPPA - Answer-✅Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
-designed to establish minimum national standards for protecting health information
commincated in any manner
/.What are three reasons why the HIPPA privacy rule is needed - Answer-✅marketing,
technology, and genetic advancements
