Exam 19: Design Considerations for Healthcare

A committee is evaluating several vendors for a health information system, and the members notice that one of the vendors describes some new and amazing features that are in development, along with an upcoming release of a new product that is designed to increase the user friendliness of the system. Unfortunately, the vendor fails to deliver on these features. The committee interprets this as:

Which conversion is occurring when an agency plans to implement a new system throughout the entire agency at the same time?

A new clinical information system is being implemented. Project planners have decided to continue the old system for a time while specific units will be targeted for a specific date to switch over to the new system. Which approach is being used?

A nurse superuser is part of a group testing a new clinical information system. The group is faced with several situations that involve something going wrong with the system. The nurse superuser identifies this as which testing?

When comparing the systems life cycle with the nursing process, which aspect would the nurse identify as part of the systems life cycle? Select all that apply.

The project committee has moved to the planning phase of implementing the new electronic system. Which steps would the committee include during the planning phase? Select all that apply.

An exact duplication of the data on a clinical information system is being stored on a server at a remote location as a precaution. This would be identified as:

A nurse is part of a committee that is working to develop and implement an electronic documentation system. Which step would the committee do first during the initiating phase?

An agency involved in testing a new electronic documentation system is evaluating the systems communication and network functioning. The agency is involved with which action?

A nursing informatics specialist is part of a project management team that was responsible for implementing an agency-wide clinical information system. The system was implemented in January of this year. The team plans to conduct a planned evaluation of the system at which time after implementation?

An agency committee conducts a needs assessment for a health information system and identifies a list of potential vendors to be considered for the project. Which step would the committee do next?

After implementing a health information system, the agency takes steps to prevent loss of data from a power failure by having the system use the backup power supply. This is an example of:

When implementing a health information system, which approach would be used? Select all that apply.

A nurse is participating as a superuser for a system being tested on the medical-surgical units. Which functions would the nurse complete as part of this role? Select all that apply.

A nurse is a part of a committee working on a project for implementing an electronic documentation system in the agency. The committee conducts a thorough needs assessment to ensure the:

A nurse is working as part of a project management team. The team is currently involved in the planning phase. Which activities would occur during this step?

A nurse on a committee is conducting a workflow analysis. Which action would be most helpful when completing this task?

Which step should be done first when implementing a workflow redesign for an electronic documentation system?

A nursing informatics specialist is part of a project management team that is working with a new clinical information system. Currently, the team is working to customize the system to meet the needs of the organization. The team is in which stage of the systems life cycle?

After determining what the project will entail and all the elements involved in the project, members of the project management team notice over time that the requirements are expanding. The team members identify this using which term?