CI Principles Flashcards
What is biomedical informatics?
Biomedical informatics (BMI) = the interdisciplinary field that studies the effective use of biomedical data for scientific inquiry, problem solving, and decision making, to improve human health.”
What are the key goals of clinical informatics?
Improving healthcare outcomes, enhancing patient safety, and increasing efficiency.
What challenges does clinical informatics face?
Interoperability issues, data security concerns, and resistance to change.
What is the role of a clinical informatician?
A clinical informatician is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing health information systems to improve healthcare delivery.
What are the benefits of using clinical informatics in healthcare?
Improved patient outcomes, reduced medical errors, and enhanced communication among healthcare providers.
What are the ethical considerations in clinical informatics?
Protecting patient privacy, ensuring data security, and promoting transparency in healthcare practices.
What are some emerging trends in clinical informatics?
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and precision medicine.
What is the role of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in promoting clinical informatics?
The HITECH Act incentivizes the adoption of electronic health records and other health information technology to improve healthcare delivery.
How does clinical informatics contribute to population health management?
By analyzing data on patient populations to identify trends, improve preventative care, and reduce healthcare disparities.
What is the primary organizational goal of health information technology governance?
Investments in health IT generate business value
Another goal is risk management.
This may involve compliance with regulatory requirements.
DRAFT
Which of the folllowing is NOT considered clinical informatics?
Clinical informatics is the application of informatics and information technology to deliver healthcare services.
Which of the following was an early EHR?
A. COSTAR
B. Epic
C. Allscripts
D. Cerner
Answer: COSTAR
Which of the following established the 3 core principles of Respect for Persons, Beneficence, and Justice?
A. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
B. Belmont Report
C. European Convention on Human Rights
D. Hippocratic Oath
Answer: B
The Belmont Report on Ethical Principles and Guidelines for Protection of Human Subjects of Research outlines Respect for Person, Beneficence, and Justice in 1979. It was incorporated into the US Common Rule in 1991 and is “common” to many IRBs, etc.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 12 states that no one should be subjected to interference with privacy, family, home, or correspondence.
Hippocratic Oath states that “whatever I see or hear in the lives of my patients, … I will keep secret…”
European Convention on Human Rights - ?
Which of the following is described as accelerating research results from laboratory to clinical environment to community along T1/T2/T3 axis?
A. Population health research
B. Comparative effectiveness research
C. Patient-oriented research
D. Translational research
E. Clinical efficacy research
D. Translational research encompasses the full continuum.
T1 includes “bench-bedside,” patient-oriented research, and clinical efficacy research. “What treatment works?” Ex. Clinical trials
T2 includes outcomes research, comparative effectiveness research, and health services research. Could potentially include epidemiologic and behavioral research? “Who benefits from treatment?”
T3 involves research on implementation, quality, cost. “How to reliably deliver treatment?” Could potentially include QI.
