Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Medical Informatics > Final-December > Flashcards

Final-December Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
1
Q

4 fundamentals of Medical Informatics

A

Knowledge management, communication, management of clinical information, and decision support

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

some things used for knowledge management?

A

medical journals, medical reference books, consumer health info

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

somethings used for communication?

A

telemedicine, email patients, shared calendars, social media

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Clinical info management?

A

electronic medical records, billing/coding systems, ordering systems

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

decision making?

A

point of care databases and drug interaction tools

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Fitterling’s favorite database?

A

clinical key

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

what 3 things does medical informatics promote?

A

standardized patient care, quality control (measured outcomes), and evidence based practice

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

what are the ways medical informatics promotes standardized patient car?

A

reduces errors, clinical guidelines at physician’s fingertips

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

what are the ways medical informatics promotes quality control?

A

regulatory control/laws, privacy concerns

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

what fields does medical informatics cover?

A

information science, computer science and health care

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

what is medical informatics?

A

analysis, use and dissemination of medical data and info thru the app of computers to various aspects of health care and medicine

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

what does medical informatics include?

A

terminology, semantics, info mapping, info capture, indexing, retrieval, interpretation, and dissemination

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

dz info, differential dx, drug info, alternative med info, common calculations, lab values, evidence based recommendations, pt education… What are these?

A

type of information

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Stedman’s, Medline Plus, Jablonski’s, and Merck Pronunciation are examples of?

A

Medical dictionaries

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

What resources can be used to look up dz etiology, treatment, diagnosis, and prognosis?

A

access Medicine, uptodate, first consult (clinical key), clinical key practice guidelines search, treatment guidelines (medical letter)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

differential diagnoses can be looked up using?

A

first consult (clinical key), visual dx, clinician’s pocket reference, ferri’s clinical advisor, uptodate

17
Q

what’s the alternative medicine database?

A

natural standard

18
Q

resources for drug info?

A

clinical pharmacology, John’s Hopkins ABX Guide, The medical letter, uptodate Lexi Comp, Clinical Keys Drugs Search

19
Q

What are the resources for Osteopathic medical info?

A

LWW Health Library Osteopathic Collection, OSTMED.DR*

20
Q

Common calculations resources?

A

access medicine calculators, uptodate calculators

21
Q

what resources can be used to research evidence based recommendations?

A

evidence based medicine reviews database (OVID), First consult (clinical key), UpToDate, Natural Standard

22
Q

what are resources for patient education?

A

clinical key patient education search, access medicine, access pediatrics, access surgery

23
Q

In PudMed searching, searching a keyword search matches terms to?

A

MeSH terms

24
Q

You can search Journal Title and combine it with what other things?

A

authors name and/or subject terms

25
Q

truncations in pubmed searches are what?

A

where you replace 0-many characters at the end of the word (ex.: bacter*= bacteria, bacterium, bacteriophage, etc.)

26
Q

what is something important to note about truncation?

A

turns off automatic term mapping

27
Q

how are combining words for search terms processed?

A

in left to right order

28
Q

A good way to find articles on same/similar subjects?

A

click related citations

29
Q

filters do what?

A

limit search result

30
Q

something important to note about filters?

A

remain in effect until unchecked; filters other than language or date will exclude records in process

31
Q 
abbreviations:
affiliation
author
journal title abbreviation
MeSH terms
subset
language
A 
ad
au
ta
mh
sb
la
32
Q

what can you put by MeSH searches to mark them as major? minor?

A

majr; mh

33
Q

what does searching using MeSH headings exclude?

A

records in process (not indexed with MeSH yet)

34
Q

how do you turn off automatic explosion?

A

[mh:noexp]

Medical Informatics (1 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions