Memorial Hospital has requested product demonstrations from both Epic and Cerner in their pathway to an EHR purchase.  Memorial Hospital is at what stage of vendor selection:

Darius is facilitating a group that is having trouble generating ideas on how to improve the patient registration process.  He asks them to describe the worst way the process could be redesigned to see if any new ideas can be generated.  Darius is using what group facilitation technique?

Angela is responsible for process mapping the release of information process at her hospital.  One step that Angela performs is to examine the patient authorization form and list each data element to identify all data requirements.  This is an example of what part of workflow analysis?

University Hospital has recently completed assembling the hardware components, laying cable and loading software onto all computers for their new EHR.  This is an example of what phase in the process?

One criticism of vendors is that they develop systems based on their perceptions about the way physicians work without a clear understanding of how physicians think.  Vendors need to understand the term:

University Hospital will be implementing a new Operating Room scheduling system.  On the day of the go-live with the new system, the old paper version used for scheduling will be discontinued, and all staff must use the new system.  This is an example of what type of turnover strategy?

Dr. Rainey is gathering data for her Type I diabetes study.  She requests records only from the past two years, as she feels treatment protocols older than that are not relevant.  This is an example of which big data characteristic?

The nurse is caring for a 43-year-old Caucasian female who presents to Same Day Surgery for a total thyroidectomy. Use the chart to answer the questions. The chart may update as the scenario progresses. Which risk factors correlate with the client developing a hypersecreting thyroid tumor? Select all that apply. 

How does a compound fracture differ from a simple fracture in terms of clinical implications?

What is the primary function of canaliculi within the osteons of compact bone?