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4 Information Technology
TERM
DEFINITION
2. Internet
An international network
of computer servers that
allows users to have
worldwide access to
communication
channels, software, and
information repositories
3. Operating System
Made up of master
programs that manage
basic computer
operations
Multiple computers
(clients) connected to
other computers
(servers) that store and
distribute large amounts
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Ex: Windows,
Macintosh
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of stored data
5. HIE - Health Information
Exchange
Health information
shared among providers
A group of facilities
contracted together to
provide a
comprehensive set of
services that a patient
may need
7. Foreign Key
Part of electronic
information system
8. Domain Name
A Web-sites name
9. Digital Certificate
Electronic document
that establishes a
persons online identity;
implements public key
encryption on a large
scale
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10. Firewall
Part of a computer
system or network that
blocks unauthorized
access while allowing
authorized
communications
11. Encryption
A point-of-care software
used to prevent
medication errors;
checks patients
medication information
against their barcoded
wristband
System where
physicians enter orders
and can receive clinical
advice
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Designed to improve
patient safety
DOMAIN:
TERM
DEFINITION
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PICTURE
OTHER
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Documentation of care
delivery from one
healthcare experience
to the next
An automatic
recognition technology
that identifies the drug,
dose, and route of
administration
Converts information
from computer
databases into readable
human language;
analyzes text and
extracts implied facts
Used in CAC
Used in MPI
application programs
Ensures consistency
A fourth-generation
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Language
computer language
used to create and
manipulate relational
databases
23. Intranet
A specialized
client/server network
that uses Internet
technologies; provides
information within an
organization
24. Interoperability
An object-oriented
modeling language
programming effort,
time, and costs;
easier to use
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Records are
consecutively arranged
in ascending numeric
order
30. Outguide
Used in paper-based
health record system to
track the location of
records that are
removed from the file
storage area
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Individual patient
encounters are filed by
the same unique
identifier and in the
same location.
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Roll: can hold
thousands of images
and records, but
retrieval is less
efficient
Jacket: a roll of
microfilm is cut and
placed in certain
jackets so records
can be easier to
collect
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A storage solution
based on digital
scanning technology in
which source
documents are scanned
to create digital images
of the documents that
can be stored
electronically on optical
disks.
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A special subcategory
of clinical information
systems that is
designed to help
healthcare providers
make knowledge-based
clinical decisions.
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5 Rights:
Right patient
Right route
Right dose
Right drug
Right time
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A web-based electronic
network for
communication among
members of the
American Health
Information
Management
Association.
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A list or database
created and maintained
by a healthcare facility
to record the name and
identification number of
every patient who has
ever been admitted or
treated in the facility.
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A comprehensive,
descriptive list of terms
and numeric codes
used for reporting
diagnostic and
therapeutic procedures
and other medical
services performed by
physicians; published
and updated annually
by the American
Medical Association.
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An information system
designed to combine
financial and clinical
information for use in
the management of
business affairs of a
healthcare organization.
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41. Histocompatibility
Information/Transplant
Registry
Compatibility of donor
and recipient
tissues./Maintains
databases of patients
who need organs.
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A type of business
correspondence asking
for very specific product
and contract information
that is often sent to a
narrow list of vendors
that have been preselected after a review
of requests for
information during the
sign phase of the
systems development
life cycle.
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Stores data in
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DOMAIN:
TERM
45. IS - Information System
DEFINITION
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An automated system
that uses computer
hardware and software
to record, manipulate,
store, recover and
disseminate data (that
is, a system that
receives and processes
input and provides
output).
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A series of steps
required to move from
one situation to another.
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Analysis Phase,
Design Phase and
Planning Phase.
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Often used
interchangeably with
information
technology (IT).
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A computer-based
system that gathers
data from a variety of
sources and assists in
providing structure to
the data by using
various analytical
models and visual tools
in order to facilitate and
improve the ultimate
outcome in decisionmaking tasks
associated with nonroutine and nonrepetitive problems.
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A standards
development
organization accredited
by the American
National Standards
Institute that addresses
issues at the seventh,
or application, level of
healthcare systems
interconnections.
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Documents the
functions of a system
from the users point of
view.
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