Information Technology Can Also Be Used for Patient Teaching During

question 16

Multiple Choice

Information technology can also be used for patient teaching during the encounter and after it. The provider can help patients and their families become savvy consumers of health-care information by:

• A) Warning them about the questionable quality of health information online
• B) Identifying easily used "apps" that patients can use to manage their medications
• C) Teaching them how to identify high-quality Web sites and "red flags" signaling inaccurate content
• D) All of the above

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Definitions:

New (Blank) Record

An empty data entry that can be filled with information, used in databases and data management systems to add new sets of data.

Compacting Database

The process of optimizing database performance by reducing the size of the database files and reorganizing their structure.

Currency Data Type

A data type used in programming and database management that is specifically designed to handle monetary values, often including automatic formatting and precision for financial calculations.

Form

A document with spaces in which to write or select, for the purpose of collecting information from users.