Lesson 6.1

Question 1

What does HITECH stand for?

Answer 1

Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act :2009 the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health
Act (HITECH Act) was signed into law as part of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

Question 2

What is the criteria for meaningful use for EHR? (5)

Answer 2

1. Improving quality, safety, efficiency, and reducing health disparities
2. Engage patients and families in their health
3. Improve care coordination
4. Improve population and public health
5. Ensure adequate privacy and security protection for personal health
   information

Question 3

This is an evidenced based tool to provide clinicians with information to enhance
their decision making that EHR systems are enhanced with

Answer 3

clinical decision support (CDS)

Question 4

This model suggests that the most important aspect of information discovery, retrieval, and delivery is the ability to acquire, process, generate, and disseminate knowledge in ways that help those managing the knowledge reevaluate and rethink the way they understand and use what they know and have learned.

Answer 4

Foundation of knowledge model

Question 5

What should an information-literate individual be able to do? (6)

Answer 5

Determine the extent of information needed
Access the needed information effectively and efficiently
Evaluate information and its sources critically Incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge base
Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose
Understand the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information and access and use information ethically and legally

Question 6

This is an intellectual framework for finding, understanding, evaluating and using information

Answer 6

information literacy

Question 7

Nursing informatics combines all 4 nursing practice areas:

Answer 7

clinical, research, administration and education

Question 8

Databases for allied health, nursing, alt med, and community med

Answer 8

Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) and MEDLINE

Question 9

these are rich and dynamic digital collections affording high quality knowledge support to their users for sharing, developing, and evolving knowledge

Answer 9

knowledge networks

Question 10

What are the 3 types to activities knowledge networks are made up of?

Answer 10

1. collaborative research and information exchange
2. Engaging with stakeholders
3. network management

Question 11

This is the systematic investigation of the target issue or problem, conducted jointly by two or more members of the network or by an individual member with significant consultation with other members

Answer 11

collaborative research and information exchange

Question 12

This is moving the research into policy and action, through improved communications and interaction with those who are in a position to put the research to use.

Answer 12

engaging with stakeholders

Question 13

this is setting up and running the operating structure necessary to build the relationships among the participants in order to strengthen the research, communications and engagement processes of individual members of the network as a whole.

Answer 13

network management