Nursing and Health Information Agencies

Question 1

Recognized as an umbrella term that covers an array of information and communications technology applications such as telehealth, health informatics, electronic health records etc.

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eHealth

Question 2

Assists health care professionals in establishing electronic health records.

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eHealth

Question 3

responsible for delivering a comprehensive, patient-focused secure and private electronic health record (EHR) system by building new IT systems and connecting existing ones that allow clinicians to get accurate patient information quickly and efficiently.

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eHealth Ontario

Question 4

Actively engages new information technology (IT) to improve both quality and access to health care for the people of Ontario.

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eHealth Ontario

Question 5

Enables doctors and clinicians to talk to one another and share patient information electronically.

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eHealth Ontario

Question 6

E lectronic health records (EHRs) for their patients that contain all their medical information, including X-rays, test results, ultrasounds and other important data.

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eHealth

Question 7

Health care providers can quickly access and share diagnostic tests patient allergies and medications using this.

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eHealth

Question 8

EHR

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Electronic health record

Question 9

Developed by eHealth Ontario, the ___ is the framework for building interoperable electronic health care records for Ontarians.

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Ontario’s eHealth blueprint

Question 10

It defines the business, information, and systems components that enable the provincial EHR.

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Ontario’s eHealth blueprint

Question 11

Compliant with rigorous privacy and security requirements as required by law.

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Ontario’s eHealth blueprint

Question 12

Due to ___, patient data will no longer be trapped within individual systems.

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Ontario’s eHealth bueprint

Question 13

Canadas System for ePrescriptions

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Prescribe IT

Question 14

Safety, access and improved care for patients in Canada Ontario produced by eHealth Ontario (2020) to examine the purpose of EHRs in managing a patient’s medications:

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Prescribe IT

Question 15

Helps make medication dispensing safer, more efficient, and more practical.

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Prescribe IT

Question 16

A national e-prescription service.

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Prescribe IT

Question 17

Even helps eliminate forged prescriptions because pharmacists know that the prescriptions are originating from a doctor’s office.

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Prescribe IT

Question 18

Decreases medication errors at fatalities.

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Prescribe IT

Question 19

The process of generating, authorizing and transmitting prescriptions from doctors and other prescribers to pharmacists and other dispensers. It eliminates hand-written prescriptions by physicians and facilitates the electronic delivery of prescriptions to pharmacies.

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ePrescribing

Question 20

An integral part of eHealth Ontario’s Medication Management strategy. It supports patient safety and reduces fraud and medication errors through the elimination of paper prescriptions and improved access to prescription and dispensing information. ePrescribing will also support reductions in adverse drug events and unnecessary hospitalization.

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ePrescribing

Question 21

The secure electronic transmission of a prescription from a prescriber to a patient/s pharmacy.

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ePrescribing

Question 22

Reduces medication errors, wait times, and fraud.

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ePrescribing

Question 23

Enhances safety and medication cost management.

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ePrescribing

Question 24

ePrescribing will improve ___ of care and health outcomes.

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continuity

Question 25

Canada Infoway is developing a secure, patient-directed electronic end-to-end e-prescribing solution called ___ (Canada’s electronic prescription service).

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Prescribe IT

Question 26

A secure, web-based portal that provides authorized physicians and clinicians with real-time access to their patients’ electronic medical information from all acute care hospitals, LHIN Home & Community Care Services, and regional cancer programs in southwest Ontario (and various provincial data repositories).

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Clinical Connect

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Offers 24/7 access to patient’s essential health information, reduces duplication of tests and procedures, saves time, discomfort and cost; improves coordination of care between healthcare providers, and improves patient safety and quality of their care.

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Clinical Connect

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It is accessible on desktop & mobile devices, can be launched from various health information systems, supports provincial Single Sign On standard, settings can be
customized by users, and all accesses to data are subject to audit.

Answer 28

Clinical Connect

Question 29

Data from provincial repositories is viewable in ___ by users at authorized Participant Organization

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Clinical Connect

Question 30

Encompasses:

 Allergies: allergy information; allergies are also flagged in the Patient Header
 Blood Bank: results that can be filtered by test or product
 Cardiology: cardiology-related reports and images (from HHS & London & Area hospitals; other SW Ontario
hospitals’ cardiology-related data is currently available in Transcription and/or Radiology modules)
 Health Records: scanned historical health records from Hamilton Health Sciences and Niagara Health
 Home & Community Care: data from CHRIS, including Coordinated Care Plans, notes, client demographics,
personal & medical contacts, service list, placement list, characteristics, LTCH choices & bookings, community
support and other resources, diagnoses, primary care group, risks, safety issues, allergies
 Lab/Microbiology/Pathology & Genetics Modules:
 Hospital and Ontario Laboratories Information System (OLIS) lab reports
 Lab Module features graphing & trending capabilities; expanded or list views; results can be filtered by
Hematology, Coagulation and Chemistry
 Microbiology Module includes Virology results (Hepatitis, Rubella, CMV & all needle stick Serology tests)
 Pharmacy:
 Hospital Meds: in-patient hospital pharmacy orders for selected visits/encounters
 Home Meds Drugs & Services: meds/pharmacy services from Digital Health Drug Repository (DHDR), including data from Narcotics Monitoring System (NMS). Provides Drug Utilization Review (DUR) Alerts.
 Primary Care: sub-set of data from EMRs of four Primary Care offices (as part of Proof of Concept project), integrated via Primary Care Clinical Data Repository
 Radiology:
 Radiology reports and images from hospitals and select Independent Health Facilities, including from Diagnostic Imaging Common Service
 Transcription: typically includes discharge summaries, consultation reports, OR and progress notes from hospitals, including from Acute & Community Clinical Data Repository

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Clinical Connect

Question 31

Encompasses:

 Census Lists: speed patient searches, available by inpatient/outpatient locations (Station/Ward/ED)
 New Results: flag new and abnormal results from the last 24, 48 or 72 hours
 Patient Dashboard: creates customized “landing page” according to most-used modules based on workflow
 Patient Search: conducted by HCN, Name, MRN with multiple sorting options available
 Patient Visits Timeline: provides interactive historical and future scheduled outpatient visits
 Worklist: available to all users to create their own patient lists to streamline accessing data

Answer 31

Clinical Connect

Question 32

An independent not-for-profit corporation created in 2001, and funded by the Government of Canada (Health Canada).

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Canada Health Infoway (Infoway)

Question 33

Works with diverse communities to help develop and adopt information technology to improve health care in Canada. This is intended to improve access to health care services for Canadians, enhance their quality of care, and make the health care system more efficient.

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Canada Health Infoway (Infoway)

Question 34

Responsible for promoting the development and use of electronic health records (EHR) across Canada. Once implemented, these electronic health record technologies will provide health-care professionals with ready access to accurate and complete patient information to improve health care availability, quality and productivity. As well, these systems will eventually provide Canadians with access to their health information electronically to help them manage their own health.

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Canada Health Infoway (Infoway)

Question 35

Working with groups of experts, nurses, physicians and pharmacists ___ helps accelerate the development, adoption, and effective use of health technology across Canada.

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Infoway

Question 36

Specifically, ___ has created opportunities for nurses to be involved in the leadership and development of electronic health solutions for Canada.

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Infoway

Question 37

The priority of ___ is to improve patient care using new technologies.

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Infoway

Question 38

As Canadian healthcare is generally governed at the ___ level, Infoway is not able to enforce compliance and consistent use of EHR across each province when it relates to the Infoway pan-Canadian strategy to use electronic health records (EHR).

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Provincial

Question 39

___ also connects with clinical educators and students and invests in initiatives to enable them to embrace a culture of change and to transform how they educate/learn and provide care in a technology-enabled health care environment.

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Infoway

Question 40

___ and the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) have developed entry-to-practice competencies for nurses, ensuring that new graduates have the skills and resources to practice in a technology-rich environment.

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Infoway

Question 41

Works with governments, health care organizations, clinicians and patients to make health care more digital in order to facilitate faster, more seamless and secure information sharing.

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Infoway

Question 42

An independent, not-for-profit organization funded by the federal government.

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Infoway

Question 43

Works with their partners to make health care more digital by ensuring that everyone is able to access health information and services online.

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Infoway