Question

1. In terms of the public health workforce, a major consideration in promoting the use of information technology is ________.

federal funding for technology

patient acceptance of technology

worker skills in informatics

health literacy of the consumer

2. A disabled woman, recently diagnosed with breast cancer, is unable to attend a local support group. What technological alternative can the nurse suggest to the patient?

use the Internet to request a visit from a nurse

order books on breast cancer from a website

search for information on the diagnosis

join an online consumer group on breast cancer

3. One of the roles for which the Center for Disease Control relies upon informatics is to ________.

predict the next important health-related breakthrough

sanction poorly performing health care providers

upgrade computer technology in public and private settings

provide instant access to public health data

4. A nurse in a free clinic suggests using the clinic's website as the exclusive method of providing patient teaching and scheduling appointments, freeing up staff time for patient care. How should the clinic manager respond to this suggestion?

ask the nurse to begin to develop online modules for patient use

have the nurse work with a group of volunteers to seek funding for this project

tell the nurse that the ability of patients to come without appointments is important to the clinic's image

explain that many clinic patients do not have the technology and this may limit access to care

5. The ability to personalize health information and health care may have the positive result of ________ for the consumer.

Group of answer choices

less need for physician intervention

more primary care service availability

a focus on prevention of illness

less use of medications to treat problems

Answer 1

1, worker skills in informatics
Public health profesinals skills and competence important to make engage in public health practice. Informatics training for pulicb health workforce steththen the core competence in public health informatics.
  federal funding for training and funding resources for technology improvement help improve public health workforce. patient acceptance of technology HIT system make benefit with high quality care, reducing cost and patient safety. health literacy of the consumer improves consumer knowledge, motivation, competence to access the action for their health care.
2, Join online consumer group on breast cancer
Internet based interventions convenient for the patient. web-based videoconference support group provide a forum for caregivers. books from the website, information form the diagnosis will not provide interaction with each other and can not provide adequate sharing experience and knowledge.
3.predict the next important health-related breakthrough
CDC requests upon information for Technology advance real-time data by time and lace and signals the important health trends and faster outbreak and monitoring by the syndromic surveillance system. public health information provides quality data and data-driven decision making to make an intervention and prevent the disease outbreak.
4, explain that many clinic patients do not have the technology and this may limit access to care.
Most of the geographic areas do have access to technology it may limit their access to health care. free clinic responsible to provide access to health care for all poor and needy public groups regardless of location, economic resources.