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WGU D220 Questions and Answers Already Passed Continuity of Care Record (CCD) ✔✔Technical informatics standards that provides a snapshot of person current health to a provider who does not have... access to person's health record. CDSS (Clinical Decision Support System) ✔✔Designed to help the healthcare providers to make knowledge-based clinical decisions. e.g. allergy alert, drug-to-drug interactions. information ✔✔the data that has been interpreted. Data ✔✔is the collections of facts, numbers and characters that are gathered according to some perceived need for analysis. Wisdom ✔✔using knowledge and experience to manage and solve problems. alarm fatigue ✔✔Occurs when nurses become desensitized to patient care alarms and then miss or delay response to an alarm Health Information Technology (HIT) ✔✔Information systems and other information technology used to record, monitor, and deliver patient care as well as perform managerial and organizational functions Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (TIGER) ✔✔formed in 2004 to advance nurses competencies related to informatics. Ergonomics ✔✔The scientific study of work and space including details that impacts productivity and health. Informatics ✔✔is the science and art of turning data into information. Electronic Health Record (EHR) ✔✔EHR is a digital version of a patient paper chart. EHR is a real-time patient-centered record that makes information available instantly and securely to authorized users. HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability ACT) ✔✔Also known as the Kennedy Kassebaum Bill, it is the first legislation to protect automatic client records and to mandate all electronic transactions include only HIPAA compliant codes. Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) ✔✔produced evidence-making healthcare safer, improving quality, accessibility, and accountability. Data Integrity ✔✔Ability to collect, store and retrieve correct, complete and current data so that data are available to authorized users when needed. Integration ✔✔the process by which 2 different information system are able to exchange data in a way that it is seamless to end user. Standard Terminologies ✔✔Structured, controlled language developed according to terminologies guideline and approved by authoritative body. Phising ✔✔deceptive method used to steal sensitive information via the internet. Computerized provider order entry (CPOE) ✔✔a process by which a health care provider directly enters orders for patient care into the hospital information system User Interface ✔✔allows human and computer to cooperatively perform task and specific goals. Electronic Medical Record (EMR) ✔✔legal record created in a hospital or ambulatory setting of a single episode or visit that is the source of data for the electronic health record. Medical Informatics ✔✔Skills in both medical and computer science come together in an effort to improve health and patient outcomes. Information System ✔✔A computer system that uses hardware and software to process data information in order to solve problems. Telehealth ✔✔the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support long-distance clinical healthcare, health-related education, public health, and health administration Clinical Information System (CIS) ✔✔Focus upon the acquisition, review and use of patient data. Functions may include - order entry, result reporting, scheduling, documentation. Pictures archiving and communication system (PACS) ✔✔facilitates storage transmission and sharing of medical images - x rays, MRI, CT, US. Administrative Information System (AIS) ✔✔support the process of client care by managing nonclinical, client-related information, financial and demographic information and provide reporting capabilities. This includes client management, financial, payroll and human resources, and quality assurance systems. Benchmarking ✔✔the process of comparing an organization's practices and technology with those of other companies. Meaningful Use ✔✔use of HIT legislated by ARRA of 2009 to collect specific data with the intent to improve care and populations health, engage patients and ensure privacy and security with financial incentive from medicare and medicaid to providers. Goal of MU is to engage patients, exchange data in an accurate way, improve patient care in a cost effective way, improve Healthcare overall.s personal health record (PHR) ✔✔Lifelong tool for managing health information such as disease conditions, allergies, medications, past surgeries, and other relevant information. Information Literacy ✔✔Is a ability to recognize when information is needed as well as the skills to find, evaluate and use needed information effectively. Health Literacy ✔✔the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions. Some informatics Challenges ✔✔Some informatics challenges are privacy issues, cognitive disabilities, low health literacy. Many remain wary of privacy issues around their personal health record. Individual over age of 65 may find the use of technology difficult. Individual with low health literacy may be intimidated by unfamiliar terminology and prefer to interact directly with their health care provider. DIKW Framework ✔✔DIKW framework explains that data lead to information, information to knowledge, knowledge to wisdom. This framework is particularly relevant when designing CDS tools to advance nursing practice to top of licensure for improved nurse decision making. This framework is pyramidal. Data have little or no meaning in isolation. Knowledge is information that is processes and organized so that relations and interactions are identified, Wisdom is an appropriate use of knowledge to manage and solve human problems. Artificial Intelligence ✔✔is a kind of health information driven technology wherein intelligent systems and technology use underlying trends or patterns to inform decision-making. Data Scrubbing ✔✔is the process by which incorrect, incomplete, duplicate or improperly formatted items are removed using special software designed for this purpose. ✔✔MEdical records data source is used to track events and transaction between patient and HCP. Vital records data source provide information on fixed data elements at the state and national level. Surveillance is a data source used when spe [Show More]

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