Author Question: The focus of disaster planning in electronic health care information should be on which of the ... (Read 38 times)

sdfghj · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

The focus of disaster planning in electronic health care information should be on which of the following? Select all that apply.

1. Ensuring that all patient care information is available in hardcopy
2. Safeguarding business continuity by protection of health care data
3. Supporting patient care by providing continual access to patient information
4. Recovery and restoration of health care data and information
5. Stopping all patient care until the disaster is over

Question 2

Information is defined as which of the following?

1. The management and processing of facts
2. Interpreted data
3. A collection of numbers, characters, or facts that are needed for analysis and possible action
4. A synthesis of data derived from several sources to produce a single concept or idea

Ksh22 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 7, 2018

Answer to Question 1

1,2,3,4
Rationale: Supporting patient care by ensuring continual access to patient information also ensures continuity of care. Until recently, disaster planning focused primarily on the recovery and restoration of data. While it is true that data protection is important for the protection of the business, it is imperative that access to patient care be supported during a disaster so that care may be provided in a timely fashion. Maintaining a hardcopy is a potential method.

Answer to Question 2

2
Rationale: Your response is close to a definition of information technology: A general term used to refer to the management and processing of information, generally with the assistance of computers. Information is data that have been interpreted. For example, client blood pressure readings are data. When plotted onto a graph, the client's changes in blood pressure over time and in comparison with normal values turn the data into information.