Hey guys. Hope you all are surviving and enjoying the holiday season. In this week’s practice question, we’ll be covering test characteristics. Most of us are very familiar with tests, order sets, and determining which test(s) a patient needs. Today we’ll be going just a step deeper by covering characteristics of tests. A healthcare test […]
Informatics Question of the Week: Probability Theory
Hey there. We’re posting a little bit late this week due to the Holiday week. This week we’ll be reviewing some basic concepts of probability theory. Let’s say there are two events – A and B. And let’s say A and B are independent then Prob(AandB)=Prob(A)xProb(B). Example: let’s say the event A is a person […]
Informatics Question of the Week: Healthcare Quality Indicators
Hey guys. Welcome to this week’s practice question of the week. This week’s topic….healthcare quality indicators! Healthcare Quality is a measure of value of any healthcare services as evaluated by certain standards. As clinicians, our primary goal is to provide medical services of highest quality to all in need of healthcare. There are many ways […]
Informatics Question of the Week: Healthcare Economics
Welcome to this week’s practice question! Every week we discuss a topic related to healthcare informatics. This week’s topic … healthcare economics. Healthcare economics deals with economic issues related to efficiency, value and tendencies in the production and consumption of health and healthcare. Health economics studies the operation and functioning of healthcare systems as well […]
Informatics Question of the Week: HITECH
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, also known as the economic stimulus package) of 2009 and has substantially impacted the clinical informatics field. The discipline of clinical informatics has played a crucial role in healthcare, individual health, public health as […]
Informatics Question of the Week: Clinical Research
Hey guys, welcome to this week’s clinical informatics question of the week. This week’s topic – clinical research. Clinical research is scientific research involving humans with the goal to determine the safety and effectiveness of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, treatments, and diagnostic products intended for human use. Data and evidence found from clinical research trials and experiments is […]
Practice Question of the Week: Ethical Concepts in Clinical informatics
Welcome to this week’s clinical informatics practice question of the week. Many of you have already taken this year’s test (we’re sure you did amazing) and some of you are taking it in the next few days (don’t worry you’ll do great). We wish everyone the best of luck on the exam! This week, we’ll […]