Which redundant EHR application is critical to avoid disrupting nurses’ care of patients during downtime?
A large medical center that specializes in high-risk pregnancies is implementing an entire suite of clinical applications such as CPOE, barcode medication administration (BCMA), nursing documentation, data acquisition system to collect clinical data from cardiac and fetal monitors and ventilators, laboratory system, radiology system, PACS, and cardiology. It has a large, highly skilled, experienced IT team. The project team decided to go with a Big Bang go-live versus an incremental or phased approach. Which factor best supports this decision?
Which activity or intervention should be avoided when implementing an EHR system?
An unintended consequence associated with the use of an electronic health system occurs when:
Which factor commonly interferes with the goal of successfully completing an EHR implementation that is on time and within budget?
When evaluating responses to an RFP, which consideration would be least useful as part of typical system evaluation criteria?
What has recently been a complicating factor for implementing Meaningful Use criteria to certify EHRs?
Which system is an example of a core clinical application?
The first country to implement ICD-10 codes was:
If the planned single system downtime is less than 1 hour in the middle of a Sunday night, which downtime level should be assigned?
Which system is an example of an ancillary service application?
A large medical practice that specializes in cancer care is weighing the advantages and disadvantages of implementing the most recent version of a commercial EHR or building its own homegrown system for its office. The staff selects a commercial EHR from a major vendor. Which factor best supports this decision?
Which activity or intervention is the least helpful to the success of an EHR implementation?
What is the primary reason to back up data entered into electronic health records?
At which stage of defining requirements are tools for analyzing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats useful?
If an unplanned total network outage occurs with all systems affected during the week at 1300 hours and there is no estimated time to recovery announced, which downtime level should be assigned?
Which is included in an RFP but not an RFI?
Which examples are natural disasters that could affect IT systems?
Which of the following shows three elements of the SLC as given in the chapter, in the correct order from earliest to latest?
Which is an example of healthcare IT physical infrastructure?