INFORMATICS LEC QUIZ 1 Flashcards
A broad term defined as the application of
computer, and information management and
processing of data, information, and knowledge.
Informatics
Technologies associated with
pharmacy informatics
- Automated inventory and procurement systems
- Intelligent-fusion devices
- Compounding devices
- Automated dispensing devices and robots
- Web-based knowledge systems
- Bar-coding
- CDS
- Electronic communication
- Radio-frequency identification
- Pharmacy information systems
- CPOE
- Electronic prescribing
- E-health record
Topics associated with Pharmacy
Informatics
- Information security and confidentiality
- Educational applications
- Operations
- Clinical application
- Systems integration
- Opportunities and training
Role of IT
- Implementation of CPOE
- E-documentation of administration
- Integration with pharmacy systems
- Dispensing devices
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009
help contain health care costs
Simply discrete and objective facts about subject
or an event
DATA
Data that has relevance and purpose
* Has meaning because it is contextualized,
categorized, calculated, corrected, or condensed
INFORMATION
- Broader, deeper, and richer than data and
information
KNOWLEDGE
Advantages of Electronic Information?
- Availability of information from almost
everywhere - Reduced space requirements for storing
information - Greater ability to maintain up-to-date
information - Improved efficiency of information retrieval
Information Retrieval/Knowledge
Sources
- E-databases and search engines
- Medicine, Int’l Pharmaceutical Abstracts
- E-journals
- E-drug information resources (Micromedex,
Multum, etc.) - E-textbooks
- The Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database
Important Quality for Health-Related
Websites
- Transparency and honesty
- Transparency of provider of site, purpose, and
objective of site - Target audience is clearly defined
- Authority
- Clear statement of sources for all information
and date of publication - Privacy and data protection policies
- Clear and regular updating of information with
date clearly displayed - Accountability for information
- Process for user feedback and appropriate
oversight responsibility - Editorial policy has clear statement on process
used for selection of content - Guidelines on accessibility, searchability,
readability
Practice Application of Informatics OPERATIONAL:
allow patient information
to flow directly into the pharmacy system, easy
retrieval of patient laboratory results, and
external devices such as IV compounders,
automatic dispensing cabinets and robots.
software interfaces
Practice Application of Informatics CLINICAL
- Improving a pharmacist’s access to information
about the patient - Documentation of clinical practice
- Utilizes software interfaces that allow
pharmacists to document their work directly
int5o handheld devices
Practice Application of Informatics
ADMINISTRATIVE
- Managers have the information tools that allow
them to better assign resources - Allowed managers to move pharmacists into
clinical roles and increase the overall safety of
the medication-use-system
what is BCMA?
Bedside Barcode Medication Administration
