Mr. Smith has had several admissions to his local hospital for ...

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Mr. Smith has had several admissions to his local hospital for asthma. He was recently transferred to another hospital to have a fractured hip replacement. How would a standardized electronic health record (EHR) benefit Mr. Smith?
 
  a. Timely access to health data
  b. Improved coordination of care
  c. Enhanced ability to work collaboratively with other organizations
  d. Enhanced ability to extract data from published sources, such as best practice guidelines

Question 2

Canada Health Infoway was a key outcome of the federal/provincial/territorial partnership. What was its mandate?
 
  a. Create an electronic health record (EHR)
  b. Unify international terminology for recording nursing practice
  c. Advocate for effective health policy
  d. Implement provincial standards

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Answer to Question 1

B
Mr. Smith's health information could be transferred to the hospital where he is having his hip replacement. Mr. Smith would benefit from a standardized electronic health record by improved coordination of care, reduced repetition of health information, and reduced duplication of tests and procedures.
Timely access to health data benefits the health care providers.
The enhanced ability to work collaboratively with other organizations benefits the service deliv-ery organizations.
The enhanced ability to extract data from published sources, such as best practice guidelines, benefits educators.

Answer to Question 2

A
Infoway has a mandate to drive forward a national agenda to create an electronic health record (EHR).
Unifying international terminology for recording nursing practice is associated with the Interna-tional Classification for Nursing Practice, and is not the mandate for Canada Health Infoway.
Advocating for effective health policy is associated with the International Council of Nurses (ICN), and is not the mandate for Canada Health Infoway.
Canada Health Infoway has a mandate to generate consensus on health information standards. They do not have a role in mandating implementation of provincial standards.