Deck 24: Consumer Education and Informatics

Question 1

To evaluate the accuracy and credibility of a website, which of the following skills should a consumer possess?

A)Visual literacy
B)Reading skills
C)Computer literacy
D)Cultural literacy
E)Information literacy

Answer 1

Visual literacy
Reading skills
Computer literacy
Information literacy

Question 2

The informatics specialist is in a unique position to promote the integration of consumer informatics into the mainstream of health care delivery. Which of the following statements is true about the nurse informatics clinical specialist?

A)The nurse informatics clinical specialist can be part of the life cycle process.
B)The nurse informatics clinical specialist can eliminate the need for a help desk.
C)The nurse informatics clinical specialist can spearhead all changes to the information system.
D)The nurse informatics clinical specialist's role is to collect outcomes data.

Answer 2

The nurse informatics clinical specialist can be part of the life cycle process.

Question 3

The term home telemedicine encompasses a number of different tools that can be utilized by consumers to self-monitor and self-manage health conditions. Which of the following information technology tools can be used by the consumer at home?

A)Technology that can take vital signs
B)Blood glucose technology
C)Web-based video conferencing
D)Online patient educational sessions
E)Chemotherapy infusion

Answer 3

Technology that can take vital signs
Blood glucose technology
Web-based video conferencing
Online patient educational sessions
Chemotherapy infusion

Question 4

The health care delivery system is rapidly changing especially with the incorporation of technology. There is an increased emphasis on this partnership through consumer health care services that link information technologies and which of the following entities?

A)Business structures
B)Patients' paper records
C)Pharmaceutical representatives
D)Billing departments

Question 5

Which of the following statements is correct about consumer informatics?

A)More than one-half of all American adults use online resources to locate personal health information.
B)The most trusted websites are not associated with the federal government.
C)Knowledge of technology is not essential in finding quality information.
D)Standards are unnecessary and unattainable in consumer informatics.

Question 6

Technology tools have the capability to assist in the creation of consumer-centric health care information. Which of the following describe how health care information can be specifically customized or tailored for each individual patient?

A)Data are collected from individual consumers regarding their health care characteristics and behaviors and a health profile is created.
B)Health care information containing the best-evidence practices must be available in an electronically retrievable format.
C)Information technology allows the patients records to be viewed by anyone with a username and password.
D)A process is established for easily sending the message (practitioner) and receiving the message (consumer) in a way that is clear to each individual.
E)A set of decision-making rules created from the information collected from the consumer is used to craft tailored messages to fit the consumer's specific needs.

Question 7

Which of the following are consumer health informatics applications?

A)Personal health records
B)Home telehealth monitoring
C)System software
D)Home telehealth monitoring.
E)Smart phone

Question 8

E-patients access and use health-related information in an attempt to do which of the following?

A)"Search and rescue"-consumers seek information related to symptoms of a newly diagnosed disease or disorder.
B)Understand the severity of their illness
C)Join with other online consumers to research their shared concerns
D)Interact with volunteer online health professionals
E)Engage in electronic conversations with their local clinicians

Question 9

Consumers have access to a wide-range of resources that have the potential for informing their health care decisions and thus promoting a greater responsibility for which of the following?

A)Understanding how electronic health records work
B)Developing a cryptic password
C)Upgrading personal software
D)Self-care

Question 10

Which of the following statements is correct about the evolving way that health advice and care is sought?

A)The World Wide Web has not had an impact on primary care.
B)The World Wide Web has revolutionized the way patients seek health care advice.
C)The World Wide Web will soon replace physicians.
D)To be competitive, all health care providers must upload websites.

Question 11

There is an increased amount of health care information on the Internet. Not all of the websites are accurate or have updated information. Therefore, the health care consumer must do which of the following?

A)Discuss health care information found on the Internet with friends and neighbors.
B)Consider anything published online to be accurate.
C)Understand that any website published within the last five years to be up to date.
D)Evaluate the website's credibility through a careful analysis of the content's accuracy.

Question 12

Which of the following terms is defined as a subspecialty of medical informatics which studies from a patient/consumer perspective the use of electronic information and communication to improve medical outcomes and the health care decision-making process?

A)Consumer health information
B)Customer health information
C)Customer health informatics
D)Consumer health informatics

Question 13

How can the nationwide "digital divide" be closed by health care professionals?

A)Provide online health care resources that are equally distributed.
B)Provide the technology needed to access the Internet.
C)Provide additional resources in regions that do not have access to technology.
D)Provide increased access to free health care clinics with computer terminals.

Question 14

With the growth of consumer informatics, concerns have emerged that have alarmed health care professionals. Which of the following is one of the issues associated with health information related websites?

A)Health care professionals are concerned with the abundance of websites.
B)Health care professionals are alarmed by the number of inaccurate websites.
C)Health care professionals are concerned with the increase in websites uploaded by nonprofit societies.
D)Health care professionals are not concerned with websites related to illness advice.

Question 15

Ferguson (2002) describes levels in which online health care consumers or e-patients access and use health-related information. Which of the following are considered a level of access?

A)Search for information on Internet
B)Seek guidance from online patient-helper
C)Use the paid services of online medical advisors and consultants
D)Receive one-way electronic messages from their clinicians
E)E-mail family and friends seeking information, advice, and support.

Question 16

Social media networks, such as Facebook, offer the individual an online platform for support and data gathering. Facebook continues to grow in popularity, yet there are a number of concerns. Which of the following offer reason to be thoughtful before using social media networks?

A)Questionable scientific content
B)Minimization of anxiety
C)Sharing confidential issues with a network of "friends"
D)Research ethics issues when social networking sites are used to recruit research participants
E)Health care providers can 'friend' their patients

Question 17

________________________________ is a subspecialty of medical informatics which studies from a patient/consumer perspective the use of electronic information and communication to improve medical outcomes and the health care decision-making process.

Question 18

There are an increasing number of health care consumers who initially seek health related information on the Internet. The term used to describe this individual is _____________________ .

Question 19

Technology has changed health care. Which of the following best depicts how technology has impacted the consumer?

A)The consumer is savvier about health and health care.
B)Technological advances are too expensive for the consumer to employ.
C)Technology has created information overload for all consumers.
D)Consumers are afraid of reading about their health online.

Question 20

Which of the following best defines an e-patient?

A)Assumes access to health care information each day
B)Has all data on the PHR
C)Checks hospitals online for services
D)Uploads information about health care providers on the Internet

Question 21

The informatics specialist in an educator role has the tools to design consumer-friendly information retrieval tools, by designing electronic education that is readable at a _________________________ level and by providing consumers with helpful hints about vocabulary translations.

Question 22

The role of the informaticist has broadened over the past several years. Which of the following are some of the specialty roles open to a nurse informaticist?

A)Educator
B)Advocate
C)Computer technician
D)Designer
E)Leader