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A patient has been coughing for several weeks and has chest pain, fever, and fatigue. The physician assistant (PA) suspects the patient may have tuberculosis. The PA ordered a chest x-ray earlier that day would like to review the results since appropriate infection control and treatment measures need to be taken if the patient is positive. Where, within the clinical information system, should the PA review the chest x-ray results to verify whether the patient has tuberculosis?

A skilled nursing facility hospital utilizes paper and pen when nurses chart patient records. The nurses who work at this facility have brought to the administration's attention the problems that regularly occur when patient information is transferred to different locations, whether between floors or organizations. The nurses have also elaborated on the potential for paper charts to be susceptible to damage, less, or the Which health information technology tool should the facility adopt to address the nurses' concerns?

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A specialty hospital wants to be able to share its patients' records with the other departments within the facility. The hospital has noticed that there is an inefficiency with the current workflow since supporting departments such as radiology, laboratory, and pharmacy cannot easily access patient records and must physically walk over to the nurses' station to obtain the necessary clinical information.Which health information technology tool will allow the specially hospital this option?

Which administrative information system is the primary determinant of scheduling availability for other administrative and clinical information systems?

The attending in charge of several residents in the EHR has noticed inconsistencies in patient metrics. Some examples include abnormally low platelet counts for patients who never received requests for bloodwork.How should the EHR be reviewed to identify the cause?

Western View Hospital is launching a new electronic health record system. Until now, the hospital kept hard copies of all health records. Since this transition to an electronic format would impact many areas of the hospital, the facility has decided to assign tasks to each department for evaluating how to most effectively transition to adoption of the new electronic system.Which quality improvement tool should the hospital use to approach launching the new electronic record system?

A nurse has a patient with a low pulse oxygen level, who is struggling to breathe without a nebulizer. The nurse wants to use a clinical data source to access research studies regarding meta-analyses and systematic reviewsWhich clinical data source will provide this type of access?

Daniel is a lab technician at Dellberg Clinic and an animal lover Daniel always talks to his patients about his dog, discussing how he decided on its name and sharing pictures of it. Patients seem to love hearing about Daniel's dog and often puts them at ease during their procedures. One day, a patient noticed Daniel left his iPad in their room. Although the iPad was password-protected, the patient look a guess and used Daniel's dog's name as the password and gained access to the electronic health records of all the patients in the clinic.What could have been done to avoid protected health information from being compromised in this scenario?

A nurse at Cedar Bend Hospital always seems to forget her password. As a solution, she has written her password on a piece of paper and keeps it taped to her monitor at the nursing station for ease of access. A patient noticed the note with the password and, when the nurse was away from her desk, he accessed his own records.What could have been done to prevent protected health information from being compromised in this scenario?

An emergency room nurse has a patient with the flu, whose respiratory rate is wavering and whose body temperature is escalating periodically. The nurse wants to accese a clinical data source that regularly and systematically collects, analyses, and interprets data on infectious diseases to research disease-prevention and control information related to the patient's condition.Which clinical data source will meet the nurse's needs?