Acronyms Flashcards
EHR
Electronic health record - a patients health record available anywhere in an organisation. Usually a limited subset focussed on a particular discipline and accessible locally
MPI
Master Patient Index - list of all patients known to an organisation and their demographics and ID numbers
PAS
Patient administration system - central admin system covering patient appointments, note taking etc often contains results and acts as a portal to other systems
RIS
Radiology information system - scheduling of imaging, resource management and inventory tracking, reporting and presentation, sign off and billing
PACS
Picture archive and communication system - storage of images and other data, visualisation of images, data transfer between systems
TPS
Treatment planning system - plan preparation and dose calculation
Dose checking system
Independent check of intended delivery e.g. Another TPS
RVS/VRS
Record and verify system - verifies treatment being delivered as intended. Permits parameter overrides and records what was actually delivered
OMS
Oncology management system - EHR and PAS for radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Incorporates RVS and TPS and also includes general patient info, prescriptions, imaging and scheduling
Four type of network application architecture
Client/Server
Standalone
Hybrid
Peer-to-peer
ISO
International standards organisation
OSI
Open systems interconnection
Layers of a network
Application, Presentation, Session, Transport, Network, Data Link, Physical
IP
Internet protocol - uniquely identifies a devices interface on a network to facilitate data transfer. IP address is a 32 bit number represented by 4 bytes.
Types of network connections
Direct Hub Switch Gateway Hub
Subnet
Local subdivision of an IP network. Subnet address common to all addresses in the subnet
Private subnet
Private IP address ranges that can be allocated at will and must not appear on the internet because they are not unique
NAT
Network address translation - mechanism by which traffic from host on a private subnet can be directed to the internet. Translated address is that of the internet access point.
Loopback address
127.0.0.1 - reserved address which directs traffic back to the local computer without reaching any real network interface.
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol - protocol for sending data packets over the internet. Built on top of IP. Operates at the data link layer. Data split into a series of sequential packets. Built in error detection/correction, packet receipt is aknowledged, data block reassembled at destination
UDP
Universal datagram protocol - simpler than TCP. No acknowledgement or info on sequence order or error checking, faster but more prone to error. Live broadcasts and online games
Port
Network location defined by IP address (device) and port (application communicating on that device). 16 bit integers
MAC address
Media access control address - physics address operating at data link layer. Represented by 6 bytes. Each network interface has a globally unique MAC address and each manufacturer has own unique prefix.
LAN
Local area network - small geographical area
WAN
Wider area network - large geographical area
MAN
Metropolitan area network - distributed over a city
N3
NHS WAN - private network linking NHS organisations. Prefixed nww.
DNS
Directory Name Service - links hostnames to IP address
DHCP
Dynamic host configuration protocol - allocates IP address to network device based on MAC address
AD
Active directory (AD) - superset of DNS that provides additional resources
VPN
Virtual private network - allows secure connection to network from external location. External resource appears to be on the private network with a local IP address
Network bandwidth
Rate at which data can be transferred in one direction - Mbps (bits)
Network latency
Delay between packet being sent by the sender and received by the receiver. Time taken for packet to travel from sender to receiver.
Ipconfig
Provides information about network interfaces - status, ip addresses, MAC addresses, DHCP information, DNS information,
Ping
Verifies that route between source and destination exists. Measures network latency. Resolves IP address from host name using DNS. Resolves hostname from IP address. Sends special ICMP packet (internet control message protocol) and waits for an ICMP echo reply.
Traceroute
Records routers through which packets travel on way to destination. Displays ping-type statistics
NS lookup
Name server lookup - interrogates DNS server for given hostname
Netstat
Reports status and statistics of network services
Sysinternal tools
TCPView
ProcMon
Wireshark
Monitors and reports on network traffic - reports on traffic intended for local computer only
Sources of standards
International Standards Organisations - ISO
National Standards Organisations - British Standards institution
Professional Standards - National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)
Corporate/Organisational Standards - NHS, Microsoft