NR 360 Informatics Quiz 2
Information Systems In
Healthcare (Chamberlain
University)
, • Reasons why healthcare resists technology
- Cost, legality, time, fear, usefulness,
complexity, lack of
knowledge
• Quality measures using technology in patient care
- Reduce medical errors
- Enhance Drug safety
- Approve lines of communication
- Nursing + medical documentation
• Factors that increase efficiency in healthcare with technology
- Safety
- Reporting better
- Keeping track of information
- Improve communication
• Human-technology interface- what is it? Identify
examples.
- Human technology interface = how a human
interacts
with technology; the way information is
entered into technology + how info is
pulled from that technology (how
technology is used)
- Ex: Keyboards, touchscreens, and mice are some types of
input devices that add to the human technology
interface. Monitors, printers, or display lights are ways
that we receive information from that technology.
- Ex: defibrillator, a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)
pump, any number of
physiologic monitoring systems, electronic
thermometers, telephones and pagers, EMR, IV
pump, voice to text translations
-
• Purpose of information systems
- 5 major groups of healthcare info system groups are case management systems,
communication systems, business systems, order entry systems, and patient
care support systems.
- collect, process and distribute patient-
centered data to aid in managing and
providing care
- create a comprehensive record of the patients medical
history and support organizational processes
• Purpose of Case management information systems
- Case management information systems =
identify resources, patterns, and variances in care to
prevent costly complications related to chronic
conditions and to enhance the overall outcomes for
patients with chronic illness.
- scan past episodes of treatment and search for trends
among the records.
Information Systems In
Healthcare (Chamberlain
University)
, • Reasons why healthcare resists technology
- Cost, legality, time, fear, usefulness,
complexity, lack of
knowledge
• Quality measures using technology in patient care
- Reduce medical errors
- Enhance Drug safety
- Approve lines of communication
- Nursing + medical documentation
• Factors that increase efficiency in healthcare with technology
- Safety
- Reporting better
- Keeping track of information
- Improve communication
• Human-technology interface- what is it? Identify
examples.
- Human technology interface = how a human
interacts
with technology; the way information is
entered into technology + how info is
pulled from that technology (how
technology is used)
- Ex: Keyboards, touchscreens, and mice are some types of
input devices that add to the human technology
interface. Monitors, printers, or display lights are ways
that we receive information from that technology.
- Ex: defibrillator, a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)
pump, any number of
physiologic monitoring systems, electronic
thermometers, telephones and pagers, EMR, IV
pump, voice to text translations
-
• Purpose of information systems
- 5 major groups of healthcare info system groups are case management systems,
communication systems, business systems, order entry systems, and patient
care support systems.
- collect, process and distribute patient-
centered data to aid in managing and
providing care
- create a comprehensive record of the patients medical
history and support organizational processes
• Purpose of Case management information systems
- Case management information systems =
identify resources, patterns, and variances in care to
prevent costly complications related to chronic
conditions and to enhance the overall outcomes for
patients with chronic illness.
- scan past episodes of treatment and search for trends
among the records.
