AHIC Consumer Health Informatics and Patient Engagement Flashcards
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Which metric is commonly used to evaluate the effectiveness of a patient engagement technology intervention?
Answer: Portal activation rate and message response time
Portal activation rate and clinician message response time are standard metrics for measuring whether patient engagement technology is actually being used effectively.
A mobile health (mHealth) app collects patient-generated health data (PGHD). Which challenge is MOST critical for integrating PGHD into clinical workflows?
Answer: Ensuring data quality, validation, and clinical relevance
PGHD integration into clinical workflows requires rigorous data quality validation and assessment of clinical relevance to avoid alert fatigue and clinical noise.
Shared decision-making (SDM) tools in health informatics are designed to do which of the following?
Answer: Provide evidence-based options and patient preferences to support collaborative treatment decisions
SDM tools present evidence-based treatment options alongside patient values and preferences to facilitate a collaborative decision between patient and clinician.
Which US law gives patients the right to request amendments to their health records and receive an accounting of disclosures?
Answer: HIPAA Privacy Rule
The HIPAA Privacy Rule grants patients the right to inspect, copy, amend, and receive an accounting of disclosures of their protected health information.
A telehealth platform collects patient satisfaction surveys automatically after each visit. This practice is BEST described as:
Answer: Active patient-reported outcomes (PRO) capture
Satisfaction surveys and symptom questionnaires delivered post-visit are a form of active patient-reported outcomes capture integrated into the care workflow.
Health literacy is best defined in the context of consumer health informatics as:
Answer: The degree to which individuals can obtain, process, and understand health information to make decisions
Health literacy encompasses the full cycle of obtaining, processing, and understanding health information needed to make appropriate health decisions.