AHE 232 Introduction to Clinical Software Week six: Note: I have set up the entire curriculum for this class with weekly lesson plans. This will allow the Instructor to determine how to incorporate the information into lesson plans whether it is a daily class, a twice weekly class, a three times a week s class, or even a one class per week calendar. A. Quality Assurance Systems i. Quality assurance systems monitor outcomes and produce reports that are used to guide quality improvement initiatives ii. Definition: In developing products and services, quality assurance is any systematic process of checking to see whether a product or service being developed is meeting specified requirements a. Many companies have a separate department devoted to quality assurance. b. A quality assurance system is said to increase customer confidence and a company's credibility, to improve work processes and efficiency, and to enable a company to better compete with others c. Quality assurance was initially introduced in World War II when munitions were inspected and tested for defects after they were made. d. Today's quality assurance systems emphasize catching defects before they get into the final product. iii. ISO 9000 is an international standard that many companies use to ensure that their quality assurance system is in place and effective. a. Conformance to ISO 9000 is said to guarantee that a company delivers quality products and services b. To follow ISO 9000, a company's management team decides quality assurance policies and objectives c. Next, the company or an external consultant formally writes down the company's policies and requirements and how the staff can implement the quality assurance system d. Once this guideline is in place and the quality assurance procedures are implemented, an outside assessor examines the company's quality assurance system to make sure it complies with ISO 9000
B. Contact Management Systems i. Contact management systems manage contracts with third party payors a. Centralized contract repository with search and reference capabilities for authorized users. Existing contracts are imported or scanned and new contracts are created within the system. ii. quickly access important information, generate reports, receive automatic reminders of critical dates a. a. Automate contract lifecycle management with alerts, activity reports, and dashboard views. Alerts monitor existing contractual agreements for material changes to support timely disclosure requirements. b. Analytics monitor purchase price variances. C. Scheduling System- allows a health care organization to schedule clients and resources efficiently. Client demographic information must be available in the system whether by direct entry or through electronic communication with a registration system. For the system to be used to schedule patient appointments, it must contain information regarding available resources. 1. Referral and authorization by patient s insurance 2. Department 3. Equipment 4. Dates and times 5. Room 6. Staff 7. Permits and preps 8. Charging and billing information 9. Benefits include : a. increased productivity b. increased client satisfaction c. cost saving to the organization 10. Differences in Scheduling Modules a. CIS b. Home Health and Hospice c. Lab: Have Students log into the Clinical Information System and data enter client information and appointments in the Scheduling Module. Have students practice various scenarios, if you have access to both a CIS and a Home Health Scheduler, show students the difference. Review for Mid Term. Mid Term see Mid Term Attachment
Mid Term Exam 1. A group of systems used within a hospital or enterprise that support and enhance patient care are a. Healthcare information systems b. Hospital information systems c. Both A & B d. Neither A nor B 2. are used to access client data that is used to plan, implement, and evaluate care. a. Clinical Information Systems (CIS) b. Administrative Information Systems (AIS) c. Information System (IS) d. Hospital Information Systems 3. What type of system supports the nurse by automatically notifying the dietary department to hold a client s breakfast, the pharmacy to send the appropriate medications, and the radiology department to schedule the test for a barium enema? a. Laboratory system b. Nursing information system c. Administrative information system d. Order entry system 4. How does the nursing process approach to automated documentation differ from the critical pathway/protocols approach? a. Many types of care providers use the nursing process approach while primarily nurses use the critical pathway/protocols approach b. The nursing process approach is based upon the paper forms traditionally used by nurses while many types of care providers use the critical pathway/protocols approach c. Nurses use the nursing process approach while the critical pathway/protocols approach is based on traditional paper forms. d. The nursing process approach is better because of the prevalence of managed care while many types of care providers use the critical pathway/protocols approach
5. The type of system used to collect and store client identification and demographic data that is verified and updated at the time of each hospital visit is a(n). a. Nursing information system b. Client registration system c. Administrative registration system d. Quality assurance system 6. The support of client care through management of non-clinical and clientrelated information is maintained through what kind of system? a. Administrative information system b. Nursing information system c. Physician practice management system d. None of the above 7. systems use artificial intelligence to model a decision that experts in the field would make. a. AI b. Physician practice management c. Decision support d. Expert 8. In what way can clinical decision support systems save health care dollars? a. They aid in diagnosis b. They allow physicians to write prescription orders electronically c. They provide access to practice guidelines and subsequently decrease the length of hospital stays d. All of the above 9. An order entry system can do all of the following except a. Alert all departments to carry out physician orders b. Check for duplicate orders c. Integrate results of data collected at the bedside d. Provide the current status of each order
10. Which of the following is not an advantage for using a nursing information system? a. Reduction in time spent with clients b. Better access to information c. Reduction of medication errors d. Better communication 11. The main point of Standardized Nursing Language a. The use of languages such as NANSA, NIC, and NOC b. Support the automation of nursing documentation c. Expand the utility of collected information d. All the above 12. Laboratory Systems (LIS) have many benefits, which is not one? a. shorter turnaround time for results b. prevention of duplicate testing c. decreased likelihood of human error d. no automatic billing function 13. PACS stands for a. Picture Archiving and Control Systems b. Picture Archiving and Communications Systems c. Picture Archiving and Contract Systems d. None of the above 14. Automatic Medication Dispensing is part of a. LIS b. RIS c. Pharmacy Systems d. CPOE 15. A definition of the Risk Management System is a. Used to collect and store client identification and demographic data that is verified and updated at each visit b. Track and plan prevention of unusual occurrences or incidents c. Used to collect and plan client data d. None of the above
16. provide administrators with easy access to summarized information related to the finical and clinical operations of the organization a. Executive information systems b. Financial Systems c. AIS d. Decision Support Systems 17. Enterprise Resource Planning -(ERP) is the linkage of its financial and human resource modules through one database a. True b. False 18. HRMS has four principal areas and stands for 11. Human Resources Management System 12. Payroll and Human Resource Systems 13. Human Enterprise Management System 14. HR management 19. The four principal areas are payroll, time and labor management, benefits administration, and HR management a. True b. False 20. In developing products and services is any systematic process of checking to see whether a product or service being developed is meeting specified requirements a. Quality assurance b. Contract Management c. ERP d. Scheduling 21. Scheduling Systems allows a health care organization to schedule clients and resources efficiently. For the system to be used to schedule patient appointments, it must contain information regarding available resources including all but a. Referral and authorization by patient s insurance b. Department c. Diagnosis and Prognosis d. Equipment
22. What does ADT stand for? a. Admission, Diagnosis, Trends b. Admission, Discharge, Transfer c. Nothing its slang for an interface d. It s part of client registrations system 23. A computer program that tells two different systems how to exchange data is called. a. Interface b. Integration c. Interface engine d. System integration 24. An electronic version of the client data found in the traditional paper medical record is the. a. Computer Based Patent Record System (CPRS) b. Computer Based Patient Record (CPR) c. Master Patient Index (MPI) d. Electronic Medical Record (EMR) 25. Information systems and the design of automated documentation must incorporate safeguards for. a. Information privacy b. Quality of care c. Both a and b. d. Neither a nor b. This product was funded by a grant awarded under the President s Community-Based Job Training Grants as implemented by the U.S. Department of Labor s Employment & Training Administration. The information contained in this product was created by a grantee organization and does not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Labor. All references to non-governmental companies or organizations, their services, products or resources are offered for informational purposes and should not be construed as an endorsement by the Department of Labor. This product is copyrighted by the institution that created it and is intended for individual organizational, non-commercial use only.