Health care consumers have all the information and tools to make ...

[berenicecastro]

Health care consumers have all the information and tools to make health care choices because they can easily compare quality and cost of care. Which of the following is correct?
 
  1. This statement is true because the tool has been invented.
  2. The statement is false because the tool has not been developed.
  3. The statement is true because most consumers have Internet access.
  4. The statement is true because of the steep learning curve associated with searching the Internet.

Question 2

In which way does medical informatics overlap with nursing informatics?
 
  1. Medical and nursing informatics focus on the areas of information retrieval.
  2. Medical and nursing informatics focus on patients' families.
  3. Medical and nursing informatics focus on hospital complications.
  4. Medical and nursing informatics focus on hospital complications.

[moormoney]

Answer to Question 1

2
Rationale: There is an identified need for health care consumers to have the information and tools they needed to make the health care choices right for them by making it easier to compare quality and cost of care. This need has not yet been met.

Answer to Question 2

1
Rationale: Informatics has subsequently emerged as an area of specialization within the various health care disciplines and is one of the fastest growing career fields in health care. Overlap occurs among medical, dental, and nursing informatics primarily in the areas of information retrieval, ethics, patient care, decision support, human to computer interactions, information systems, imaging, computer security, and computerized health records (Guenther & Caruth, 2006).

[berenicecastro]

YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

[bimper21]

Excellent