Exam 18: Computers and Technology in Health Care

Health care professionals can use MEDLINE/PubMed to:

When a database is created, a collection of related data is called a __________.

Voice dictation software used for medical charting is nearly as accurate as written notes.

Only health care professionals who work in office environments or highly technical occupations are likely to use computers in their work.

The use of the Electronic Communication Privacy Act of 1986 _____ against the unauthorized access to computerized records.

Documents created with word processing software can be stored for later use.

To be computer literate means to be able to correctly use many sophisticated computer programs and applications.

Which health care function is made easier by point-of-care charting?

Downloading from the Internet should be done with great care because doing so can transfer destructive __________ to your computer.

If an urgent care center wants to estimate the number of physician assistants it will need next year based on projected numbers of patients, it might use:

When writing a report, it is permissible to copy material from a website without citing it because the information is available for the public to use.

Professionals' emails should be written just as carefully as printed documents and letter.

Artificial intelligence help physicians to: