Deck 7: Pharmacy Informatics: Technologies for the Medication Use Process Professional Education

Question 1

When did the use of HMIS noticeably begin in pharmacy?

A) 1920s
B) 1940s
C) 1970s
D) 1990s

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following most accelerated the use of HIT in pharmacy?

A) ACA
B) State regulations
C) HITECH Act
D) DEA regulations

Answer 2

C

Question 3

At which point in the medication use process is a nurse most likely to make an error?

A) Prescription
B) Administration
C) Dispensing
D) Monitoring

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Most errors in the medication use process occur:

A) during dispensing.
B) before administration.
C) sometime while monitoring.
D) after prescription.

Question 5

What percentage reduction in medication errors can be expected in a small, rural community hospital when it adds CPOE?

A) 10%
B) 25%
C) 50%
D) 60%

Question 6

What happens to the efficiency of nurse practitioners when CPOE is instituted in the primary care practice in which they work?

A) It declines.
B) It initially rises.
C) It is largely unaffected.
D) It can rise or fall depending on how specialized they are.

Question 7

Which screening is most important when a pharmacist is dispensing antibiotics for a patient with a food allergy?

A) Drug-drug
B) Drug-food
C) Drug-laboratory
D) Drug-disease

Question 8

When, during the medication use process, is CDS the greatest life-saver?

A) Prescription review
B) Just after dispensing
C) Mid-administration
D) During monitoring of blood pressure

Question 9

Which of the following errors would CDS be least likely to catch?

A) Misdosing
B) Drug-drug interaction issues
C) Wrong abbreviation
D) Illegible handwriting

Question 10

Which of the following would be the least likely reason for resistance to the use of eRx?

A) Physician preference
B) Technical interoperability
C) State regulation
D) Workflow issues

Question 11

Why might track-and-trace not fail with a box of opioids even if its barcode has been damaged?

A) RFID in packaging
B) State regulation to destroy damaged packages
C) Hand-to-hand provision
D) Dispensation in a hospital

Question 12

What must a repackager provide for a medicine?

A) RFID
B) Barcode
C) Hand labelling
D) Tracking sheet

Question 13

What do carousels do to the picking of medications?

A) Automate it
B) Slow it
C) Remove nurses from it
D) Give physicians control of it

Question 14

Many pharmacists already practice informatics in their daily work.

Question 15

When a pharmacist places a powder into a bottle and adds sterile distilled water, this is the prescription phase of the medication use process.

Question 16

The step in the medication use process that least involves the pharmacist is the monitoring step.

Question 17

If you want to open a pharmacy that will use eRx, you will need to be EPCS-certified.

Question 18

The person in a pharmacy who deals most directly with insurers is the pharmacy benefit manager.

Question 19

A pharmacy technician should use photographs to document the steps taken in dispensing an IV drug.

Question 20

Software can help in the preparation of TPN admixtures.

Question 21

A medication for a hospitalized patient undergoing chemotherapy may have been picked by a robot.

Question 22

Safety of dispensing has increased due to the use of BCMA before dispensing.

Question 23

Now that computer systems are so integrated in all aspects of medicine, the use of telemedicine by pharmacists will probably decrease in future, allowing for more immediate physical contact with clients.

Question 24

CPOE is currently used by approximately _________% of hospitals.

Question 25

The medication use process begins when a provider writes a(n) _________.

Question 26

What is the definition of the term "pharmacy informatics"?

Question 27

What elements of informatics are included in the medication use process?

Question 28

How do you think a pharmacy information system (PIS) impacts the efficiency of pharmacy workflow?

Question 29

How do you think a PIS impacts the patient experience of care?

Question 30

How do you think a PIS impacts the cost of health care?