ATI Test: Nurse's Touch: Nursing
informatics and Technology with
complete verified solutions
2025(already passed)
Which of the following illustrates the integration of informatics into a health care
system to support cost containment?
A. Offering free wireless internet access to visitors.
B. Installing barcodes on medications with alerts for low supplies.
C. Integrating an electronic health care record on a platform compatible with
computers & tablets. - answer B
(This illustrates cost containment by allowing inventory management related to
supply & demand, directly affecting management of medication & supply costs.)
Which of the following legislative acts stipulate that clients be allowed to see &
make corrections to their health care records?
A. Health Information Technology for Economic & Clinical Health (HITECH) Act.
B. Health Information Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA).
C. American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA). - answer B
(one privacy rule of HIPAA is to establish client ownership of the health care
record & allow for client-initiated corrections & amendments.)
Which of the following uses of technology would constitute a violation of HIPAA?
A. Sharing a client's lab results with a consulting provider via email on the
healthcare facility intranet.
B. Charting client data on electronic health care record while at the beside with
family members present.
C. Texting a picture of a client's wound from one nurse to another nurse related to
wound care protocol. - answer C
(This is a violation of client confidentiality due to identifiable client assessment
data shared outside the health care facility. even though the nurse sent the photo
to another nurse related to wound care protocol, this is not acceptable use of
technology and violates HIPAA.)
