Ch 1 Terms

Question 1

Data analytics

Answer 1

The science of examining raw data with the purpose of drawing conclusions about that information.

Question 2

information system (IS)

Answer 2

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).

Question 3

data

Answer 3

raw facts and figures

Question 4

Financial applications

Answer 4

Software applications that handle patient accounts, budgets, and other financial activities.

Question 5

Mainframe computers

Answer 5

large computers that are used by the government and other organizations that require speed and the ability to process large amounts of data.

Question 6

dumb terminals

Answer 6

all of the processing is performed at the server or mainframe

Question 7

personal computers (PCs)

Answer 7

some or all of the processing is performed on the PC.

Question 8

Information .

Answer 8

is data that have been manipulated into something meaningful

Question 9

Cloud computing

Answer 9

system that operates on a computer that is owned and maintained by a vendor. Storing data in the cloud facilitates sharing of information, which is important to healthcare

Question 10

Clinical pathways

Answer 10

a tool designed to coordinate multidisciplinary care planning for specific diagnoses and treatments

Question 11

Using COW improves _______

Answer 11

documentation

Question 12

Descriptive statistics

Answer 12

statistical techniques used to describe data, such as means, frequency distributions, and standard deviations; describes the characteristics of a specific group or a population

Question 13

Inferential statistics

Answer 13

statistical techniques that allows researchers to make generalizations about a population’s characteristics on the basis of a sample’s characteristics

Question 14

Predictive modeling

Answer 14

used to identify patterns that can be used to predict the odds of a particular outcome based on the observed data

Question 15

data mining

Answer 15

process of extracting and analyzing large volumes of data from a database for the purpose of identifying hidden and sometimes subtle relationships or patterns and using those relationships to predict behaviors

Question 16

Evidence-based medicine

Answer 16

describes healthcare services based on clinical methods that have been thoroughly tested through controlled, peer-reviewed biomedical studies