Deck 12: The Evolving Epatient

Question 1

An ePatient is best described as one who:

A) seeks health information from various sources and uses the information for decision making with health providers.
B) manages health decisions, uses the internet, and uses biosensors.
C) collaborates with the health provider, has a chronic illness, and writes blogs.
D) makes all decisions, prepares for doctor visits, and gathers data points.

Answer 1

seeks health information from various sources and uses the information for decision making with health providers.

Question 2

Which of these best describes participatory medicine?

A) Integrated care model
B) Authoritative care model
C) Community care model
D) Cooperative care model

Answer 2

Cooperative care model

Question 3

A quantified selfer is best described as one who:

A) graphs data.
B) tracks personal metrics.
C) records lab values.
D) uses a sleep diary.

Answer 3

tracks personal metrics.

Question 4

The emergence of social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram marked the turn toward:

A) Health 2.0.
B) Health 3.0.
C) Web 3.0.
D) Medicine 2.0.

Question 5

The maxim "Doctors know best":

A) is one of the tenets of participatory medicine.
B) is a hallmark of integrated care.
C) is the tagline for Health 2.0 websites such as WebMD.
D) is the paradigm for a paternalistic care model.

Question 6

The culture of the patient-clinician partnership always includes:

A) requirements found in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
B) guided discovery.
C) involvement of technology specialists and social media activists.
D) ePatients and clinicians working in collaboration toward shared goals.

Question 7

One trend that is influencing healthcare reform is:

A) disruptive technology.
B) Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems.
C) Veterans Health Information System and Technology Architecture Implementation.
D) Everett Rogers's theory of diffusion of innovation.

Question 8

The goal of __________________ has been to increase the transparency of medical documentation, by touting the benefits of such transparency.

A) HIPAA
B) the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
C) the Society for Participatory Medicine
D) the OpenNotes Project

Question 9

What defines the "Google generation"?

A) A person who was born after about 1989
B) A person who desires immediate access to information and is internet savvy
C) A person who uses simplified search engines rather than site-specific searches
D) A person who is an ePatient

Question 10

What defines Health 2.0? (Select all that apply.)

A) Updated versions of old health information
B) Marketing health products based on the patient's internet preferences
C) Health-related mobile applications
D) Mobile health-monitoring devices
E) Web-based content
F) Social networks