Health Information Technology Flashcards

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What are three examples of Health Information Technology?

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  1. Computerized provider order entry
  2. Electronic prescribing
  3. Clinical Decision Support
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What is computerized provider order entry?

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allows electronic creation and sharing of orders for patient care

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What the benefits of computerized provider order entry?

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  1. Eliminates illegible handwriting
  2. Decreases medical errors
  3. Decreases order completion delays
  4. Improves patient care
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What are the weaknesses of computerized provider order entry?

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  1. alert fatigue
  2. Automation bias
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The standards definied by the Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services (CMS) as use of EHR technology to..

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  1. improve quality, safety, and efficiency
  2. engage patients and their families
  3. improve care coordination and population health
  4. Maintain privacy and security of protected health information (PHI)
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What are the Basic Components of CDS?

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  1. Interface Engine
  2. Knowledge Base
  3. Communication Mechanism
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When is clinical decision support needed?

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order verification

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What are examples clinical decision support needed?

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  1. Drug allergy
  2. Dosing guidance
  3. Formulary decision support
  4. Renal dose adjustments
  5. Laboratory testing
  6. Contraindications
  7. Adverse event monitoring
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What are the benefits of Clinical Decision Support?

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  1. decrease adverse drug events
  2. decrease costs
  3. decrease length of stay
  4. improve clinical workflow
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What part of the process should bar code verification, automated dispensing cabinets, and robotics?

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Dispensing

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What is the purpose of automated dispensing?

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  • maintain inventory and audit trails
  • can be located on patient floors or within a central pharmacy location
  • override access for emergencies
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Where do you see Pharmacy Information Management Systems (PIMS)

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community settings

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What is the purpose of PIMS?

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maintains key data files

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Where in the process does point of care barcoding, medication administration records, infusion pumps, and medication event monitoring systems?

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Administer/Administration

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What are the advantages of Medication Administration Record (MAR)?

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  • automatically documents med administrations
  • med changes updated in real time
  • decrease error potential by eliminating handwritten changes
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What are the benefits of an infusion pump?

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  • programing double check
  • soft and hard steps
  • electronic audit trail
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Infusion Pumps

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  • contain drug libraries
  • opportunity for pharmacists to leverage their drug expertise
  • sets min and max dosing limits for bolus doses, rates, and volumes
18
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Where in the process would you implement adverse drug event surveillance, antibiotic/drug surveillance, and apps that allow for patient monitoring

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monitor

19
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What are Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMP)

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  • central databases that house prescribing and dispensing records for controlled substances
  • allows pharmacists to review and act on data found
  • managed at state level
20
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What is mobile health?

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the use of mobile phones and other devices in healthcare

21
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What is digital therapeutics?

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delivery of evidence-based interventions, driven by software programs

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What are devices/sensors/ wearables?

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consumer devices that track health and non-health related metrics

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What is telehealth?

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delivery of health-related services and information over distance with the aid of electronic devices

24
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How is social media represented in digital health?

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web-based applications allow the creation and sharing of user generated content

25
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Explain price transparency

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  • pushed by government to make the prices of healthcare services more transparent to consumer
  • technology has been created to showcase pricing
26
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What is interoperability?

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abillity of different computer systems to exchange information

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What is the goal of interoperability?

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to provide all health practicioners in all locations, including the pharmacy, with access to information about a patient’s care

28
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What is data analytics?

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data generated in health care system’s applications are deposited and stored in a database

29
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What is structured query language (SQL)?

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allows information from a database to be collected by the user

30
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What is machine learning?

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a software that changes its decision dynamically in a programmatic fashion utilizing different statistical methodologies

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What is the first step in the development of machine learning software?

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training data set is used to apply the selected statistical methodologies