History and current state of informatics knowledge

Question 1

According to Friedman, which of the following is not informatics?
Select one:

a.
Using information technology to assist clinicians in improving their diagnostic ability

b.
Collaboration of a computer scientist with a clinical researcher to develop new algorithms for processing the data of the latter

c.
Researcher processing large data sets and sharing the results with a colleague

d.
Studying how effectively patients are able to retrieve information from Internet sources

Answer 1

Correct. The processing of large data sets and other general uses of computers are not informatics, according to Friedman.

Question 2

The electronic health record system developed by the US Department of Veteran Affairs that is known in the field as an exemplar is which of the following?

Select one:

a.
HELP

b.
VistA

c.
COSTAR

d.
MYCIN

Answer 2

Correct. The EHR developed by the US Department of Veteran Affairs that is known in the field as an exemplar is VistA.

Question 3

An individual who works mostly with data captured by state and local health authorities is most likely working in which area of biomedical informatics?

Answer 3

Correct. The area of public health informatics is most directly concerned with data captured by state and local health authorities.

Question 4

An individual most concerned with the processing of data from the human genome works in which area of biomedical informatics?

Answer 4

The area of bioinformatics is most directly concerned with genomic data.