Nursing Informatics_onlinequiz2

For information technology to become widespread, individual providers must adopt it.

• True

• False

This refers to continuous longitudinal record of patient care.

Optical scanning is used to electronically capture information encoded on a product.

A medication ordering and fulfillment system.

Captures and integrates diagnostic images, stores, and disseminates it to points of care.

Linking of data into another through electronic communication.

According to studies, bar coding is the most proven technology to prevent medication error.

• True

• False

Electronic Medical Record is an electronic file cabinet for patient data from various sources.

• True

• False

One that supports both administrative and clinical application of information technology.

It is used in the inventory management of hospital supplies.

It is usually use for tracking patient all throughout the hospital.

The cost of investing in information seems to be the most significant barrier in adoption of technology.

• True

• False

It provide health care provider with real-time diagnostic and treatment reccomendation.

It technologically distributes medication doses.

Physician offices and nursing homes are more advanced users of information technology than pharmacies.

• True

• False

Computerized Provider Order Entry can improve quality of health care by reducing medication prescription accuracy.

• True

• False

The health care system generally uses the most information technology than other industries.

• True

• False

Billing, accounting, and scheduling belong to information technology infrastucture category.

• True

• False

The greatest diffusion of information technology in hospitals can be best observed in clinical areas.

• True

• False