The nurse manager of a medical/surgical unit wants to increase the use of health care technology on the unit and is working with an ANA-certified informatics nurse to reduce which barriers to health information exchange?
a. Basic informatics knowledge and skills
b. Offering the best set of tools
c. Privacy and security policies
d. Unit-specific terminology
ANS: D
Unit-specific terminology would be a barrier to sharing health information because there could be confusion about terms. Standardized terminology within the electronic health record is critical for communicating care to the interprofessional team and exchanging health information. Competency in informatics including basic informatics knowledge and skills could facilitate the use of informatics; lack of competency could be a barrier. Offering the best set of tools could promote the ease of data entry and access. Privacy and security policies reduce legal and ethical concerns about sharing data, thus reducing barriers to health information exchange.
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