Deck 28: Health Policy and Health Informatics

Question 1

The EHR incentive Meaningful Use criteria are adapted from work done by:

A) the National Quality Forum.
B) the National Priorities Partnership.
C) The Joint Commission.
D) the Institute of Medicine.

Answer 1

the National Priorities Partnership.

Question 2

What is the office of the Department of Health and Human Services that is charged with overseeing nationwide efforts to implement and use health IT and electronic exchange of health information?

A) MARCA
B) The Institute of Medicine (IOM)
C) The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC)
D) The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)

Answer 2

The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC)

Question 3

It is important to monitor and track unintended consequences of health IT implementation because:

A) reporting is mandatory.
B) not much is known and we need to learn more.
C) the federal government is interested in this information.
D) this is a prevalent issue.

Answer 3

not much is known and we need to learn more.

Question 4

The Center to Champion Nursing in America envisions a healthcare system where:

A) best practices need to be developed.
B) quality care is increasing in targeted areas.
C) nurses are discernibly expanding and strengthening their capabilities.
D) all Americans have access to high-quality care.

Question 5

To achieve the goals of the HIMSS nursing informatics position statement, all nurses should:

A) have a central role in drafting health IT policy.
B) run for political office or sit on a healthcare board.
C) participate in advocacy and educational efforts directed to policy-makers.
D) develop innovative and disruptive technologies.

Question 6

The Future of Nursing report listed all of the following opportunities to transform nursing practice through technology EXCEPT:

A) implications for time and place of care.
B) expanding opportunities for nurses to share information in collaborative efforts.
C) fast-tracking nurse education to grow the ranks of nurse practitioners.
D) enabling nurses to lead change to advance health.

Question 7

John T. James's recent study, published in 2013, found how many premature deaths associated with preventable harm to patients in the United States every year?

A) 88,000
B) 400,000
C) 17,000
D) Nearly 100,000

Question 8

Which recommendations did the IOM make to address health IT safety concerns and make patient care safer? (Select all that apply.)

A) HHS should fund a new Health IT Safety Council.
B) HHS should establish a mechanism for vendors and patients to report health IT-related deaths, serious injuries, or unsafe conditions.
C) Health IT should be moved from private, for-profit organizations into a nationalized central agency with strict oversight.
D) Every patient should download and use the federal government's MyHealthIT mobile app to document healthcare safety concerns.
E) ONC should work with the private sector to make comparative user experiences publicly available.

Question 9

The IOM report, HIT and Patient Safety: Building Safer Systems for Better Care, documented that safe use of health IT relies on: (Select all that apply.)

A) the interplay of people, process, and technology.
B) vendors, users, and government.
C) clinicians and patients.
D) commercial interests.
E) luck.

Question 10

Well-defined health IT policies are necessary to ensure that: (Select all that apply.)

A) confidentiality of protected health information is safeguarded.
B) the DHHS receives its monthly report in a timely manner.
C) data capture is being automated.
D) clinical decision support is adopted.
E) the retail value of confidential information can be maintained.