Deck 18: Health Information Technology and Policy

Question 1

With the increased use of HIT in health care settings, nurses are asked to participate in the development of national, state, and local policy. How can nurses gain practical experience in policy shaping and development?

A)Internships
B)Continuing education programs
C)Online legal courses
D)Volunteer in a homeless shelter

Answer 1

Internships

Question 2

The Health Information Technology (HIT) Committee was created under the auspices of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The committee is composed of several workgroups designated by the National Coordinator for Health IT. Which of the following are individual working groups are associated with the HIT Committee?

A)Governance
B)Privacy and Security Tiger Team
C)Strategic Plan Privacy and Security Policy
D)National Health Information Network (NHIN)
E)Meaningful Use Certification/Adoption Information Exchange

Answer 2

Governance
Privacy and Security Tiger Team
Strategic Plan Privacy and Security Policy
National Health Information Network (NHIN)
Meaningful Use Certification/Adoption Information Exchange

Question 3

What do the TIGER initiative and nursing have in common?

A)One of the top goals of the TIGER Initiative is to have more nurses play an active role in the development of a national health care information technology infrastructure.
B)One of the top goals of the TIGER Initiative is to have more nurses create standards of approval.
C)One of the top goals of the TIGER Initiative is to move toward medical informatics.
D)One of the top TIGER initiative goals is to add supportive personnel at the bedside.

Answer 3

One of the top goals of the TIGER Initiative is to have more nurses play an active role in the development of a national health care information technology infrastructure.

Question 4

The future of HIT in the health care system is reliant on a number of individuals dedicated to the creation and success of the initiative. Which of the following are some of the key figures in the positive launch of a system?

A)Nurse informaticians
B)Information technologists
C)Physicians
D)Vice presidents
E)Staff nurses

Question 5

Widespread adoption of HIT (Health Information Technology) requires _______________ and policies that make quality improvement and cost reduction essential to providers in order to accomplish their financial and professional goals.

Question 6

TIGER Leadership Collaborative Report has called for transformation of the health care delivery system through the development of a national health information infrastructure that requires nurse leaders "understand, promote, own, and measure the success of health IT." To do so, which of the following strategies cannot be incorporated?

A)Education programs for nurse executives and faculty that stress the value of information technology and empower them to use HIT appropriately
B)The expansion/integration of informatics competencies into nursing leadership development programs
C)Exchange best practice models with physician groups
D)Sharing of best practices using HIT effectively to improve the delivery of nursing care

Question 7

The need for health care reform has been obvious for some time but the implications of the broken U.S. health care delivery system were largely brought to the attention of the public through which famous report?

A)Learning What Works: Infrastructure Required for Comparative Research - Workshop Summary
B)From Public Health: Revitalizing Law and Policies to Meet New Challenges
C)To Err is Human: Building A Safer Health System
D)Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2020

Question 8

Which of the following serve as a guide in the development of the policies and technologies used to support quality reporting and other uses of health data?

A)Budget
B)Regulations
C)Issues
D)Values

Question 9

Nurse executives are asked to play important roles in the shaping of HIT policy. Which of the following apply to ways in which they can be actively involved?

A)Overcome financial and cultural barriers related to HIT
B)Support and provide leadership development on HIT-related topics
C)Incrementally decrease the information technology budget line for support services
D)Contribute to research that substantiates the business case for nursing
E)Improve patient safety through the use of decision-support tools at the point of care

Question 10

According to Peters (2002), which of the following are considered stages of policy development?

A)Recognition of a problem or issue
B)Agenda setting
C)Policy formation
D)Brain storming
E)Budgeting

Question 11

The development of HIT policy advisory boards should reflect the needs of all citizens. To gather data needed to create appropriate policies, special interest groups become part of the assessment and planning process. To that end, which of the following groups support or impact health care policy?

A)Agency for Healthcare Research and Policy
B)Alliance for Health Reform
C)American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
D)American Hospital Association
E)Henry J.Kaiser Family Foundation

Question 12

What are some of the HIT benefits that can be actualized in the health care setting?

A)Decreased point of care contact
B)Increased revenue
C)Personalized health care
D)Increased need to upgrade technology

Question 13

Health information technology can be seen as a tool to aid the health care reform process through which of the following?

A)Limited engagement
B)Sharing information with interested parties
C)Recognition of its potential to improve the safety and efficiency of health care delivery
D)Denying care to individuals who cannot pay

Question 14

Health care technology has multiple benefits and can be instrumental in continuing the health care reform process. Which of the following would be considered a benefit?

A)Immediate electronic access to all records
B)The development of best practice models
C)A larger portion of the operating budget used to purchase and maintain electronic equipment
D)Improves the safety and efficiency of health care delivery
E)Facilitates the sharing of information needed to improve the quality of care

Question 15

Health policy may at times contribute to negative trends. Certain aspects of U.S. health policy have been blamed for creating or contributing to some of the health problems. Which of the following are associated with wayward policies?

A)Lack of clinical and administrative standardization
B)Fragmented care
C)Unequal access to care
D)Turning health problems into marketing opportunities
E)Failure to curtail costs for services

Question 16

Nurses can be leaders in the development and implementation of HITs by which of the following?

A)Guiding the process
B)Attending graduate school
C)Resisting change and innovation
D)Researching best practice models