Deck 14: Health Information Technology and Digital Communication

Question 1

Advances in health information technology:

A) Provide easy access to huge volumes of rapidly evolving information
B) Offer the possibility of safe, more informed, and streamlined care
C) Present challenges in terms of implementation, standardization, utilization, and patient safety
D) All of the above

Answer 1

All of the above

Question 2

Potential benefits of an electronic medical record (EMR) include all of the following EXCEPT:

A) Better tracking of patient information over time
B) Elimination of potential for delayed treatment
C) Easy identification of a patient's need for health screening
D) Ability to identify trends such as increase or decrease in weight

Answer 2

Elimination of potential for delayed treatment

Question 3

Examples of successful nurse communication during the implementation phase of a new electronic medical record (EMR) include all of the following EXCEPT:

A) "I'm having trouble logging in. Can you help me?"
B) "If you scroll down, you'll see an option to add a narrative note."
C) "I wish we could go back to the old paper system. I hate this new EMR."
D) "I filled out a feedback form to let someone know there is a glitch entering patient allergy data. Be careful in the meantime."

Answer 3

"I wish we could go back to the old paper system. I hate this new EMR."

Question 4

The following communication strategies and behaviors are likely to contribute to successful implementation of any health information technology EXCEPT:

A) Stakeholders are engaged
B) Opportunities exist for quick and meaningful feedback loops between users and developers
C) Staff are collaborating to solve problems
D) Conflict is avoided

Question 5

Thede suggests the results in implementing advances in health information technology have been mixed because:

A) Pioneers did not realize how important changing the culture would be to the success of technology.
B) There has been a failure to implement informatics principles.
C) A move from a silo mentality to a multidisciplinary perspective is needed.
D) All of the above

Question 6

Nurse resistance to new technology may show up as any of the following EXCEPT:

A) Refusing to contribute helpful ideas
B) Not doing everything possible to ensure success
C) Being a resource for troubleshooting problems
D) Exploiting negative consequences that might arise

Question 7

Keeping a patient's identification barcode on a stethoscope for easy access is an example of:

A) Nurse initiative
B) A workaround
C) Nurse feedback
D) A great way to save time

Question 8

Which of the following guidelines will help nurses navigate privacy and ethical issues regarding use of digital communication?

A) Remember that anything shared on social media is not private.
B) Information about a patient can be shared with colleagues even if they are not caring for the patient.
C) Maintaining a professional demeanor when not at work is unnecessary.
D) None of the above

Question 9

Before sending any electronic message, which of the following steps should be done?

A) Read the post or message slowly and edit if needed.
B) Make sure that you are not challenging the person you are writing to.
C) Imagine that the message was received instead of sent.
D) Both A and C

Question 10

According to Boonstra and Broekhuis, main categories of barriers to implementing an electronic medical record (EMR) include (select all that apply):

A) Technical
B) Time
C) Visibility
D) Psychological
E) Biological
F) Decorative
G) Organizational
H)Social

Question 11

Examples of digital communication being used in healthcare include (select all that apply):

A) Telenursing
B) Handwritten prescriptions
C) Twitter
D) Texting
E)E-mail
F)Blogging
G)Face-to-face conversations

Question 12

Being assertive and listening are fundamentally related to any success or failure of any health information technology system.

Question 13

As long as nurses are careful not to mention any names, they can share information about positive patient outcomes on Facebook.

Question 14

Individual and collective voices of nurses at all levels should have major influence on the development of technology associated with patient care.

Question 15

Utilizing the basic principles of assertiveness and listening will help to drive rapid advances in health information technology and digital communication to meet the goal of patient-safe, cost-effective, and timely care.