Health Information Technology
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Health Information Technology explores the use of digital systems and tools to manage patient data, streamline healthcare delivery, and support clinical decision-making. The course covers electronic health records (EHRs), health information exchanges, data security and privacy, regulatory requirements, and interoperability between healthcare organizations. Students learn about current technologies and standards in health informatics, best practices for implementing IT solutions in healthcare settings, and emerging trends such as telemedicine and data analytics. Emphasis is placed on the effective integration of technology to improve patient care, enhance communication, and increase efficiency within the healthcare system.
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Information Technology for the Health Professions 4th Edition Lillian Burke
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Information
Technologyhardware, Software, and Telecommunications
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Q1) Transmission over networks is governed by sets of technical standards or rules called
Answer: protocols
Q2) ___________ computing refers to "the act of utilizing a network,usually the Internet,to store information that you want to access from multiple network devices." The technology allows the user to access all information via the Internet.
Answer: Cloud
Q3) __________________ are used in business for input/output intensive purposes,such as generating pay checks or processing medical insurance claims.
A)Supercomputers
B)Personal digital assistants (PDAs)
C)Mainframes
D)None of the above
Answer: C
Q4) _______________ devices take data that humans understand and input it into the computer in digital form of ons and offs,ones and zeroes that the computer can process.
Answer: Input
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Chapter 2: Medical Informatics: the
American
Recovery
and Reinvestment Act, Hitech, and the Health Information
Technology Decade
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Q1) ____________________ (HITECH)which is a part of the ARRA encourages the "Meaningful Use of Electronic Medical Records," with 19 billion dollars in incentives through Medicare and Medicaid for doctors and hospitals to adopt them.
Answer: The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act
Q2) ________________ refers to the use of computers to organize information in health care.
A)Computer informatics
B)Medical computing
C)Medical informatics
D)None of the above
Answer: C
Q3) _____________________ refers to the connection of people and diverse computer systems.
A)Interoperability
B)Systemic computerization
C)Intersystemology
D)None of the above
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: An Introduction to the Administrative
Applications of Computers: Practice Management:
Scheduling and Accounting
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Q1) _______________-the delivery of health care over telecommunications lines-includes clinical,special purpose,and administrative applications.
Answer: Telemedicine
Q2) A _______________ is an organized collection of related data;information input in one part of the program can be linked to information in another part of the program.
Answer: database
Q3) In a database,a _____________ holds all related information on an entity,for example,a medical practice.
A)field
B)record
C)file
D)None of the above
Answer: C
Q4) A table is made up of related _______________,each of which holds all the information on one item in a table,for example,one patient.
Answer: records
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Q5) The _______________ field uniquely identifies each record in a table.
Answer: key
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Chapter 4: Telemedicine
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Q1) The stated reasons for introducing telemedicine into the _______________ of at least 27 states and the federal system are cost-containment,security,and enhanced medical care.
Q2) _______________ uses computers and telecommunications equipment to deliver medical care at a distance.
Q3) _______________ involves the delivery of therapy using teleconferencing.
Q4) Automated ______,some with your doctor's face on the monitor,are starting to make house calls;five-foot tall RP-7 can perform remote check-ups.
Q5) _______________ involves the monitoring of vital signs from a distance via telecommunications equipment and the replacement of home nursing visits with videoconferences.It is usually used to manage chronic conditions like congestive heart failure.
Q6) _______________ purpose was to compare high-risk,premature infants receiving traditional care with an experimental group,which in addition to traditional care received a telemedicine link to the hospital while the babies were hospitalized and for six months after.
Q7) Interactive videoconferencing or _______________ allows doctors to consult with each other and with patients in real time,at a distance.
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Chapter 5: Information Technology in Public Health
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Q1) Computers can create what-if scenarios or ________________ of what would happen to an infectious disease if something else happened (e.g. ,if air travel increased/decreased or the temperature rose or fell;if there was an adequate supply of antiviral drugs,if a vaccine existed or did not exist).
A)let us pretend
B)spreadsheets
C)simulations
D)None of the above
Q2) _______________ supports public health practice and research with information technology.
A)Medical informatics
B)Health care informatics
C)Public health informatics
D)None of the above
Q3) One concrete step to slow global warming (climate change)is cutting emissions of _____.
A)NaCl
B)H<sub>2</sub>0
C)C0<sub>2</sub>
D)None of the above
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Chapter 6: Information Technology in Radiology
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Q1) On the borderline between radiology and surgery,stereotactic radiosurgery or _______________ knife surgery is a noninvasive technique that is currently used to treat brain tumors in a one-day session.
A)alpha
B)beta
C)gamma
D)None of the above
Q2) Digital images ________________________.
A)are immediately available on a network
B)do not have to be developed
C)can be transmitted over telephone lines
D)All of the above
Q3) Functional ____________________ measure small metabolic changes in an active part of the brain.It identifies brain activity by changes in blood oxygen.
A)x-rays
B)PET scans
C)ultrasounds
D)MRIs
Q4) _______________ MRIs measure brain activity by changes in blood oxygen.
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Chapter 7: Information Technology in Surgerythe Cutting Edge
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Q1) _______________ is a robot developed to perform stereotactic neurosurgical procedures.
Q2) With _______________ technology,the computer can create an environment that seems real,but is NOT.
Q3) ______________ or telepresence surgery performed by robotic devices controlled by surgeons at another site has been successfully performed.
A)Distance
B)Virtual
C)Augmented
D)None of the above
Q4) _________________ disease has been treated with minimally invasive techniques for many years.
Q5) _________________ using light energy can be used in surgery to cut,vaporize tumors,and seal small blood vessels.
A)Lasers
B)Lights
C)Knives
D)None of the above
Q6) _______________ is surgery performed through small incisions.
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Chapter 8: Information Technology in Pharmacy
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Q1) _______________ are cells that can develop into different kinds of cells.
Q2) Centralized computerized pharmacies identify medications by their _______________.
A)color
B)shape
C)density
D)barcode
Q3) ___________________ (PDUFA)requires drug companies to pay fees to support the drug review process.
A)Prescription Drug User Fees Act
B)Prescription Drug and Food Act
C)Prescription Drug Understanding and Food Act
D)None of the above
Q4) Automated hospital pharmacy presupposes the use of _______________ to identify drugs.
Q5) Computers have helped develop drugs for _______________,Alzheimer disease,and hypertension.
Q6) __________________ concerns identifying the most accurate list of a patient's medications.
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Q7) The application of information technology to biology is called _______________.
Chapter 9: Information Technology in Dentistry
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Q1) _______________ can be used to replace missing teeth.
Q2) _______________ combines computer technology with dentistry to create a basis for research,education,and the solution of real-world problems in oral health care using computer applications.
Q3) The _______________ will be standardized,easy to search,and easy to read.It will integrate practice management tasks (administrative applications)with clinical information.
Q4) The electronic dental chart is standardized,easy to search,and easy to read.It will include ____________________.
A)administrative applications
B)the patient's conditions
C)treatments
D)All of the above
Q5) In dentistry as in other fields,expert systems or ___________________________ (CDSS)can help.
A)clinical decision-support systems
B)clinical dentistry support systems
C)computerized dentistry support systems
D)None of the above
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Chapter 10: Informational Resources: Computer-Assisted
Instruction, Expert Systems, Health Information Online
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Q1) A/An _______________ is an attempt to make a computer an expert in one narrow field.
Q2) _______________________ are programmable mannequins on which students can practice medical procedures.
A)Human patient simulators
B)Virtual human beings
C)Virtual mannequins
D)Human mannequins
Q3) _________________ is a life-size patient simulator for cardiologists.The simulation includes monitors that mimic displays in angiographic suites and multimedia characters.
Q4) _______________ contains only the latest month's additions to MEDLINE.
Q5) The ______________ Project is a computerized library of human anatomy at the National Library of Medicine.
A)Visible Human
B)Visible Anatomy
C)Human Anatomy
D)None of the above
Q6) The _____________________ refers to the gap between information haves and have-nots. Page 12
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Chapter 11: Information Technology in Rehabilitative
Therapies: Computerized Medical Devices, Assistive Technology, and Prosthetic Devices
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Q1) _____________ is a bionic device that helps paraplegics walk.It is wearable and artificially intelligent.
A)eLegs exoskeleton
B)Skelelegs
C)Parawalk
D)None of the above
Q2) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York used a technique called ________ ___________________ to look at at the body's response to an implant at the cellular level.
A)microcell
B)neuropacing
C)microdialysis
D)None of the above
Q3) Computerized devices are used in optometry to ___________.
A)detect glaucoma
B)make cataract surgery more precise
C)detect retinal tears
D)All of the above
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Q4) _______________ allow people to control the mouse with their mouths.
Q5) __________is a therapeutic robot developed in Japan.
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Chapter
12: Security and Privacy in an Electronic Age
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Q1) Under the __________ part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,the privacy protections of HIPAA are strengthened and expanded significantly to,for example,businesses who work with your health care provider.
A)HITECH Act
B)Americans with Disabilities Act
C)Health Insurance Act
D)None of the above
Q2) _______________ is the scrambling of data so that it does NOT make sense.
Q3) _______________ are small files that a Web site may put on your hard drive when you visit.
Q4) The penalties for damaging computer systems have been severely increased by the USA PATRIOT Act and the ______________ Act.
Q5) Electronic blocks (called __________________)can be used to limit access to networks.
Q6) The _______________ is composed of 470 insurance companies.Its database contains the health information on 15 million people.
Q7) The _______________ Act expands and centralizes the data gathering allowed under the USA PATRIOT Act.
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