A committee is evaluating several vendors for a health information system, and the members notice that one of the vendors describes some new and amazing features that are in development,
along with an upcoming release of a new product that is designed to increase the user-friendliness of the system. Unfortunately, the vendor fails to deliver on these features. The committee would interpret this as which of the following?
A) Vaporware
B) Vanilla product
C) Bugs
D) Rollout
Question 2A nurse on a committee is conducting a workflow analysis. Which of the following would be most helpful when completing this task?
A) Evaluating the pros and cons
B) Diagramming the activity
C) Identifying the steps of the workflow
D) Applying a structure
Question 3An agency committee conducts a needs assessment for a health information system and identifies a list of potential vendors to be considered for the project. Which of the following would the committee do next?
A) Send out a request for proposal
B) Identify the cost-benefit
C) Submit a request for information
D) Determine the return on investment
Question 4A nurse is part of a committee that is working to develop and implement an electronic documentation system. Which of the following would the committee do first during the initiating phase?
A) Identify the risks
B) Complete a needs assessment
C) Identify the project goal
D) Prepare for scope creep
Question 5An electronic documentation system will be implemented in an agency. As part of the process, the staff is receiving education about the system and the overall benefits.
Which of the following would the audience expect to hear as the most important benefit?
A) Availability of an audit trail for information
B) Decreased decentralization of the healthcare delivery system
C) Enhanced ability to extract information
D) Improvement in patient care outcomes
Question 6Which of the following would be most important to do first when implementing a workflow redesign for an electronic documentation system?
A) Focusing the design on the care provider
B) Determining what the system is expected to accomplish
C) Addressing the primary discipline's needs
D) Discussing how reports will be created