The patient expresses concern about the confidentiality of his medical information since, so much of it gets faxed around nowadays. How should the nurse respond to this concern?
1. The hospital follows the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which identifies steps we must take to keep your information confidential.
2. Since computers have moved away from linear thinking to a greater systems approach, concerns about information confidentiality have decreased.
3. We use point-of care, a documentation system that will not allow your information to be shared.
4. This is a really big concern. You never know who could be reading those faxes that we send. There is no way to be sure that they are really going to the person they are sent to.
Question 2
The nursing student states, I use information and technology all the time to keep in touch with my friends and family. I didn't know it was used in healthcare, too.
Which statements, made by a fellow student, would explain the healthcare uses of information and technology? Select all that apply. 1. I read that information and technology have improved patient safety and quality of care.
2. The textbook says that information and technology have improved efficiency and effectiveness of interprofesssional practice.
3. The simulators we use in lab practice are a result of information and technology improvements.
4. Information and technology have allowed nurses better ability to connect emotionally with their patients.
5. The automated medication system we use in clinical is a result of advances in information and technology.
Life of a Medical School Student
Patient with typical rheumatoid arthritis contractures.
Patient health history form.
Drugs Commonly Stocked in an Emergency Medical Box
The Electronic Transmission and Storage of Medical Records
Variations in patient response to drugs