Exam 11: Information Technology and Pharmacotherapeutics

Information technology can be a time-saving device in a busy practice if it is used wisely. One way to make it a help rather than a hindrance is to:

Incorporating information technology (IT) into a patient encounter takes skill and tact. During the encounter, the provider can make the patient more comfortable with the IT the provider is using by:

One barrier to use of the Internet for both prescribing and for patient teaching is:

Being competent in the use of information technology in clinical practice is expected in professional nurses. Advanced practice competence includes the ability to:

The advantage of using information technology for patient education includes:

Data in the electronic health record that the provider reviews prior to a patient encounter varies with the clinic setting. In an urgent care clinic, the provider should review:

Information technology (IT) can also be used to interact with a patient between encounters. Which of the following statements about such interactions is true?

Discharge summaries using information technology have several advantages. They can:

Prescribers have been shown to override a medication alert about a patient's allergies when:

Which of the following is a primary benefit of the use of computerized provider order entry for patient medications?

Decision support systems often provide medication alerts that tell the prescriber:

The use of information technology for quality improvement in pharmacotherapeutics includes:

You are going to prescribe a drug and the electronic health record (EHR) alerts you that there is a potential drug-drug interaction. The alert is generated by:

A number of barriers and concerns exist before the goals of a safe and efficient information technology (IT) system can be realized. Which of the following is NOT a barrier to adoption and use of IT in prescribing drugs?

EHRs:

Information technology can also be used for patient teaching during the encounter and after it. The provider can help patients and their families become savvy consumers of health-care information by:

Factors that facilitate keeping patient information confidential in an electronic health record (EHR) system include: