objective 8.1-8.2

Question 1

 Physiological monitoring
 Diagnostic testing
 Dispensing and
administration of
intravenous fluid and
medication
 Therapeutic treatments

Answer 1

biomedical technology

Question 2

 Romanow (2002)
report
 Access; discovery;
connectivity;
language; and
permission
 Database

Answer 2

information technology

Question 3

 Manual or computerized
 Computerized patient data
adoption
 Complex
 Permeating all health care
environments
 Point-of-care-handheld computers

Answer 3

pt information systems

Question 4

 Extension of wireless technology that enables hands-
free communication
 Speech recognition
 Consider speech recognition in an emergency
situation. Do you think it would work to record
progression of events?

Answer 4

communication technology

Question 5

Use of technology and information systems to
support improvements in patient care and health
care administration

Answer 5

informatics

Question 6

 Technologies that provide patients with
electronic access to all or part of their health
record, along with other functions, such as
booking appointments or communicating with a
health professional
 Can have open notes for patients to read/
contribute to

Answer 6

pt portals

Question 7

 Secure computerized patient records
 Provide health professionals with an electronic way of
documenting clinical care and obtaining relevant health
information to support clinical decision making.
 Data can include: patient demographics, health history, progress
and procedure notes, health problems, medication and allergy
lists (including immunization status), laboratory test results,
radiology images and reports, and advanced directives.

Answer 7

electronic health records

Question 8

what are common features of EHR system

Answer 8

 Nursing documentation
 Computerized provider order entry (CPOE)
 Electronic medication administration record
 Barcode medication administration
 Care planning
 Clinical decision support systems

Question 9

Computer application that helps
health care providers make
clinical decisions to enhance
patient care

Answer 9

clinical decision support

Question 10

interactive computer programs
designed to assist health care
providers with decision-making
tasks by mimicking the
inductive and deductive
reasoning of a human expert

Answer 10

clinical decision support systems

Question 11

what are effects of clinical information systems

Answer 11

Are organized and legible
Reduce errors
Highlight abnormal findings
Provide clinical alerts
Help avoid errors

Question 12

is the
broadest measure of
the health of the
Canadian economy

Answer 12

gross domestic product

Question 13

what causes health care costs to escalate

Answer 13

 Price of services delivered
 Utilization
 Inflation in price of drugs and supplies
 Increased labour costs
 Attitudes and behaviours of health care consumers
 Health care financing
 Changing population demographics

Question 14

Government insurance plans pay for insured services

Answer 14

public admin

Question 15

Necessary physician and hospital services are
covered

Answer 15

comprehensiveness

Question 16

All insured citizens are covered

Answer 16

universality

Question 17

Provisions exist so citizens travelling or moving between
provinces and territories remain covered

Answer 17

portability

Question 18

Citizens have reasonable access to services, including no
barriers associated with ability to pay.

Answer 18

accessibility

Question 19

 Detailed financial plan for carrying out the
activities that an organization wants to
accomplish for a certain period
 Revenues and expenditures
 Ongoing planning
 Strategic plans

Answer 19

budgets

Question 20

 Financial plan for the day-to-day
activities of the organization
 May look at workload volume, how
many staff members will be
needed to provide care, revenue
budget

Answer 20

operating budgets

Question 21

Reflects expenses related to the purchase of major capital
items, such as equipment and physical plant.

Answer 21

capital budget