T3: Informatics

Question 1

What are medical informatics?

Answer 1

the field of information science concerned with the analysis, use and dissemination of medical data and information through the application of computers to various aspects of health care and medicine

Question 2

What is clinical informatics?

Answer 2

Pharmacy informatics represents informatics applied specifically to pharmacy and is a type of clinical informatics.

Question 3

Where did informatics?

Answer 3

the Institute of Medicine (IOM)

Question 4

What is the requirement to utilize informatics?

Answer 4

emphasizes the importance of health care providers’ ability to use timely, relevant, and authoritative information that is critical to providing quality patient care

Question 5

Categories of information managed in electronic environments

Answer 5

1. Patient records
2. Medication usage information
3. Insurance information
4. Laboratory tests/results
5. Medication administration histories

Question 6

What is pharmacy infomractics?

Answer 6

The use and integration of data, information, knowledge, technology, and automation in the medication use process for the purpose of improving health outcomes

Question 7

What does pharmacy informatics focus on?

Answer 7

the use of information (including data and knowledge) and technology (including automation) to specifically address the medication use process

Question 8

What is the goal of pharm informatics?

Answer 8

to enable the attainment of optimal patient outcomes through the use of HIT to manage medication-related information

Question 9

What is the medication use process?

Answer 9

a system comprising a group of interconnected parts that work together to achieve safe and effective medication therapy, ultimately leading to positive patient outcomes

Question 10

What are business intelligence and analytics?

Answer 10

Tools that can be used to convert raw data into valuable information to improve overall performance

Question 11

List the benefits associated with interoperability

Question 12

List the characteristics of a closed-loop medication management system.

Question 13

What are components of medication use process?

Answer 13

1. Monitor
2. Prescribe
3. Transcribe
4. Dispense
5. Administer

Question 14

What are the key concepts of administration?

Answer 14

right patient, right medication, right route, right dose, and right time

Question 15

What are the roles of pharmacy infrmraticians?

Answer 15

1.Participation in all aspects of informatics that support the medication use process.
2. Leadership that focuses on informatics to enable safe medication use.
3. Education at the local and national levels to prepare pharmacists for informatics in practice.
4. Research into various technical, workflow, outcomes, and related considerations.

Question 16

What are clinical decision support systems?

Answer 16

use patient-specific information and knowledge-based information to identify potentially critical situations or errors in care.

Question 17

What are used to generate medication orders?

Answer 17

1. CPOE
2. E-scripts

Question 18

What are pharmacy info management systems?

Answer 18

administrative and clinical systems that support the pharmacist’s daily medication management activities

Question 19

What is benefits of interoperability?

Answer 19

1. Allow communication between computers in different settings
2. Financial implications
3. Prescription drug utilization -> important part of current US healthcare system
4. The ability to utilize clinical or administrative data generated in various healthcare settings creates problems

Question 20

List the characteristics of a closed loop medication management system?

Answer 20

1. Electronic patient health record
2. Provider order entry process
3. CDS systems that evaluate orders at entry & when orders are changed based on the patient’s condition
4. Preparation & distribution automation that uses automatic identification & other information technology to verify that medications in response to specific orders were appropriately selected and prepared
5. Computer-based, patient bedside verification of medications at administration

Question 21

What is PIMS

Answer 21

backbone of the medication use process technology
Features:
1. Verification of prescribed orders
2. Structured ordering
3. Online drug information support

Question 22

What are the benefits of preparation and dispensing systems?

Answer 22

Improve patient care, customer service, and utilization of available resources

Question 23

What is barcode medication administration?

Answer 23

1. Technology that performs safety checks for the process that is highly prone for errors
2. Based on the “Five Rights” principle
3. Nurse scans ID badge, scans barcode on medication package, then scans barcode on patient wristband

Question 24

What is eMAR?

Answer 24

1. Provides real-time, accurate medication information for the healthcare team
2. Tool for medication documentation, therapeutic assessment & treatment, monitoring, quality & compliance measurements

Question 25

What are medication infusion devices?

Answer 25

1. Provides precise delivery of medication
2. Potentially prevent severe or fatal medication errors, when integrated with CDS tools