Technology in Healthcare Study Guide Questions
Course Introduction
This course explores the transformative role of technology in modern healthcare systems, focusing on the latest advancements and their applications in improving patient outcomes, streamlining clinical processes, and enhancing overall organizational efficiency. Students will examine topics such as electronic health records, telemedicine, wearable health devices, artificial intelligence in diagnostics, data privacy, and the ethical considerations surrounding digital health innovations. Through case studies and practical analysis, learners will gain a comprehensive understanding of how technology is reshaping patient care, medical research, and health administration, as well as the challenges and opportunities presented by ongoing technological evolution in the healthcare sector.
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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) The embedded computer is a single-purpose computer on a _______________ of silicon.
Answer: chip
Q2) __________________ 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
Q3) _______________ refers to the programs-the step-by-step instructions that tell the hardware what to do.
Answer: Software
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
Q5) _______________ is changeable,temporary,volatile memory.
Answer: RAM
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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) _____________________ refers to the connection of people and diverse computer systems.
A)Interoperability
B)Systemic computerization
C)Intersystemology
D)None of the above
Answer: A
Q2) The U.S.Government is attempting to make the EHR and e-prescribing universal by
Answer: 2014
Q3) To be effective in improving care,EHRs have to be fully interoperable (have to be able to communicate with each other)nationally.A first step toward national interoperability would be regional interoperability.Regional cooperation is being fostered through the establishment of ___________________ (RHIOsin which data could be shared within a region.
Answer: regional health information organizations
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Q4) The emphasis in _______________ is on the use of technology to organize information in health care.
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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 _______________ uses of computers include anything that has to do with direct patient care,such as diagnosis,monitoring,and treatment.
Answer: clinical
Q2) Each record is made up of related ______________.One holds one piece of information.
A)fields
B)records
C)files
D)keys
Answer: A
Q3) The ______________ field uniquely identifies each record in a table.
A)super
B)record
C)file
D)key
Answer: D
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Q4) 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
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Chapter 4: Telemedicine
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Q1) ___________________ technology involves sharing information in a time- and place-independent way over the Internet.
A)Store and send
B)Send and store
C)Store-and-forward
D)Interactive videoconferencing
Q2) A _______________ weighs 135 pounds,is only five inches high,and includes a respirator,heart machine,intravenous drugs,and monitors that transmit all the data they gather immediately to the hospital.
Q3) Medical personnel are required to be licensed by the _______________ in which they practice.
Q4) ______________ uses computers and telecommunications equipment to deliver medical care at a distance.
A)Medical informatics
B)Telemedicine
C)Computer informatics
D)None of the above
Q5) _______________ technology can link devices such as a pacemaker and a cell phone.
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Chapter 5: Information Technology in Public Health
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Q1) Between 2011 and 2015,an international program to combat AIDS aims to advance global progress in achieving country set targets for universal access to HIV prevention,treatment,care and support and to halt and reverse the spread of HIV.".It is called ________________.
A)UNAIDS
B)LIFESAVE
C)UNSAVE
D)None of the above
Q2) ______________________________ is a microbiology information system developed at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Massachusetts.It is used to monitor antibacterial resistance.
Q3) ___________________ is already having a devastating effect on the earth and is affecting agricultural production in some places.
Q4) _____________________________________ is a staph infection resistant to many antibiotics.It appeared in Europe in the 1960s,which coincides with the first widespread use of antibiotics.A recent study "confirm[s] that the evolution of resistant strains and their spread are primarily driven by antibiotic use." (Use the abbreviation in your answer)
Q5) WHO stands for ______________________________.
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Chapter 6: Information Technology in Radiology
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Q1) A traditional _________________ uses high-energy electromagnetic waves to produce a two-dimensional picture on film.
Q2) Between 2000 and 2010,linear accelerators that attack cancer cells have continued to be developed.Each allows doctors to use more radiation._______________"shapes and varies the intensity of radiation beams."
Q3) ___________ are used to image brain tumors and in helping to diagnose disorders of the nervous system such as multiple sclerosis (MS).
A)X-rays
B)PET scans
C)Ultrasounds
D)MRIs
Q4) Stereotactic radiosurgery (gamma knife surgery)is a noninvasive technique that is currently used to treat _______________ tumors.
Q5) _______________ are used to image brain tumors and in helping to diagnose disorders of the nervous system.
Q6) _______________ MRIs measure brain activity by changes in blood oxygen.
Q7) ____________works with matter on an almost molecular or cellular scale.
Q8) _______________ surgery does NOT involve cutting,but the use of sound waves.
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Chapter 7: Information Technology in Surgerythe Cutting Edge
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Q1) In the ____________________,images from all sources will be integrated and available to surgeons and other personnel displayed on one central screen.
A)new operating room
B)computer operating room
C)operating room of the future
D)None of the above
Q2) One form of minimally invasive robotic surgery is called ________ surgery.It does NOT require incisions.It is also called natural orifice surgery.
Q3) _______________ is surgery performed through small incisions.
Q4) ______________ 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
Q5) Distance (or _______________)surgery performed by robotic devices controlled by surgeons at another site has been successfully performed.
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Chapter 8: Information Technology in Pharmacy
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Q1) Some medications can currently be delivered on an implanted _______________ that is surgically implanted in a patient and releases the drug or drugs.
A)barcode
B)chip
C)Both A and B
D)None of the above
Q2) _______________ involves using a computer,a network connection,and a drug-dispensing unit to allow patients to obtain drugs outside of a traditional pharmacy setting.
Q3) The _______________,sponsored in the United States by the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Energy,began in 1990 and involved hundreds of scientists all over the world.It was an effort to understand the hereditary instructions that make each of us unique.
Q4) The application of information technology to biology is called ______________.It seeks to organize biological data into databases.
A)IT informatics
B)drug informatics
C)database informatics
D)bioinformatics
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Chapter 9: Information Technology in Dentistry
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Q1) The earliest application of information technology in the dentist's office,as in so many other offices,was _______________,related to bookkeeping and accounting.
Q2) 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
Q3) _______________ is currently used to diagnose cavities.An electric current is passed through a tooth,and the tooth's resistance is measured.
Q4) _______________ involves the application of a material to the tooth that can be shaped and polished.
Q5) _______________ x-rays have some advantages.They take less time and expose the patient to from 60 to 90 percent less radiation.
Q6) _______________ can be used to replace missing teeth.
Q7) _______________ is concerned with diagnosing and treating diseases of the gums and other structures supporting the teeth.
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Chapter 10: Informational Resources: Computer-Assisted
Instruction, Expert Systems, Health Information Online
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Q1) A/An _______________ is being developed.It will include authoring tools that engineers can use to build anatomical models that will allow students to experience how real anatomical structures feel,appear,and sound.
Q2) _________________ is a completely wireless patient simulator.It was designed around a human-like skeleton.Its arms,neck,spine,and hips move.Its skin looks and feels human.It can sweat,breathe,drool,cry,and bleed..
Q3) __________________ is a network linking 30,000 seriously ill children in 100 hospitals and many homes in North America.
A)KIDSNET
B)CHILDRENonline
C)HOSPITALNet
D)Starbright World
Q4) __________________________ is a collection of 40 databases maintained by the National Library of Medicine.Some of the databases in the collection are MEDLINE and SDILINE.
A)MEDCOM
B)MEDLARS insert register mark
C)MED40
D)MEDONLINE
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Chapter 11: Information Technology in Rehabilitative
Therapies: Computerized Medical Devices, Assistive Technology, and Prosthetic Devices
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Q1) Glasses developed in Finland in 2010 that "recognize" people are called ___________ glasses.
A)automatic
B)focusing
C)smart
D)intelligent
Q2) ______________is a field that helps treat disorders of the central nervous system including chronic pain.
A)Natural modulation
B)Neuromodulation
C)Neuropain
D)None of the above
Q3) 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
Q4) A/ An _______________ is a doctor who treats eye diseases. Page 14
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Chapter
12: Security and Privacy in an Electronic Age
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Q1) Electronic blocks (called __________________)can be used to limit access to networks.
Q2) ________________ includes attempts to protect computer systems and the privacy of computerized data.
A)Security
B)SafeComputer
C)Both A and B
D)None of the above
Q3) ____________ theft involves someone using someone's private information to assume his or her identity.
A)Personal
B)Identity
C)Car
D)None of the above
Q4) A ______________ is a program that attaches itself to another program and replicates itself.
A)disease
B)cold
C)spyglass
D)virus
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