term used to describe the gap between those who have and those who do not have access to online information - CORRECT ANSWER digital divide
term used
... [Show More] to reflect age disparities in computer connectivity - CORRECT ANSWER grey gap
the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions - CORRECT ANSWER health literacy
developed to address the growing need for managing health information and to promote technology as a means of improving health information exchange - CORRECT ANSWER eHealth Initiative
1. have patient education stored electronically so that changed can be made as needed
2. sponsor health promotion education classes to market their facility - CORRECT ANSWER HCO Approach to Engagement
1. promote education via waiting room
2. secure patient portals
3. provide opportunities for peer-to-peer support for similar diagnoses
4. increasing social media use - CORRECT ANSWER HCO Approach to Education
- embrace the internet as a source of health information for patient education
- patients are increasingly turning to the internet for "instant" information
- support the development of nutrition education programs as interactive computer games (edutainment) - CORRECT ANSWER promoting health literacy
the two most common symbols that power users look for - CORRECT ANSWER HONcode and Trust-e
nearly 75% of online searchers do not check the date or source of information they are accessing on the web - CORRECT ANSWER The Pew Internet Survey
website that has a tutorial for learning how to evaluate health information and an electronic guide to web surfing - CORRECT ANSWER Medline Plus
- audio and video podcasts may become more commonplace in health education
- voice recognition software
- multiple language access to health information - CORRECT ANSWER Future directions in education
prescriptions of focused, evidence based information given to a patient at the right time to manage a health problem - CORRECT ANSWER information prescriptions
wide range of health services that are delivered by telecommunications-ready tools, such as telephone, videophone, and computer
(does not always involve clinical servies) - CORRECT ANSWER telehealth
-demographics
- healthcare worker shortages
-chronic conditions
- new educated consumers
-excessive costs - CORRECT ANSWER driving forces for telehealth
the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications to improve patients' health status - CORRECT ANSWER telemedicine
-homebound
-limited transportation access
-rural or remote populations
-reduce hospital length of stay
-managing patients in a major disaster - CORRECT ANSWER telehealth patient populations
1. central stations/web servers
2. peripheral biometric devices
3. telephones
3. video cameras
4. personal emergency response systems
5. sensor and activity monitoring systems
6. medication management devices - CORRECT ANSWER tools of home telehealth
a record developed by healthcare professionals in the process of providing patient care - CORRECT ANSWER primary data source
- data derived from the primary patient record, such as an index or a database
- provide information that is not easily available by looking at individual health records
- generally aggregate data and can be used as needed without risking confidentiality breach - CORRECT ANSWER secondary data source
data in the health record that relates to a particular patient identified by name - CORRECT ANSWER patient-identifiable data
Data extracted from individual health records and combined to form de-identified information about groups of patients that can be compared and analyzed - CORRECT ANSWER aggregate data
users of secondary data located within the healthcare facility
(medical staff, administrative, and management staff) - CORRECT ANSWER internal users
users of patient data located outside the facility
(state data banks and federal agencies) - CORRECT ANSWER external users
report from a database that enables health records to be located by diagnosis, procedure, or physician. - CORRECT ANSWER index
contains patient-identifiable data such as name, address, date of birth, dates of hospitalization or encounters, name of attending physician, and health record number.
- avoids issuance of duplicate record numbers
- enable the facility to quickly retrieve health information for specific patients - CORRECT ANSWER master patient index
A listing in diagnosis code number order of patients discharged from the facility during a particular time period. - CORRECT ANSWER disease index
listing arranged in numerical order by the patients procedure codes
- the surgeon may be listed in addition to, or instead of, the attending physician - CORRECT ANSWER operation index
- listing of cases in order by physician name or identification number
- enables users to retrieve information about a particular physician including the number of cases seen during a particular time period - CORRECT ANSWER physician index
a collection of a limited set of information about a patient, often disease specific - CORRECT ANSWER registry
method of determining criteria for cases that should be included in a registry - CORRECT ANSWER case definition
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