Chapter 1 Key Terms

Question 1

Dashboards

Answer 1

reports of process measures to help leaders follow progress to assist with strategic planning

Question 2

Data

Answer 2

raw facts and figures

Question 3

Data analytics

Answer 3

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

Question 4

data mining

Answer 4

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

Question 5

cloud computing

Answer 5

a way to store data and run applications for many healthcare facilities

Question 6

descriptive statistics

Answer 6

describes the characteristics of a specific group or a population.

Question 7

dumb terminals

Answer 7

all the processing is performed at the server or mainframe

Question 8

EHR

Answer 8

electronic record of health-related information on an individual that conforms to nationally recognized interoperability standards and that can be created, managed, and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff across more than one healthcare organization.

Question 9

Evidence-based medicine

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Extranet

Answer 10

uses a system of connection of private Internet networks outside an organization’s firewall and uses Internet technology to enable collaborative applications to allow external users to access the IS.

Question 11

Financial applications

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Clinical practice guidelines

Answer 12

which provide a detailed, step-by-step guide used by healthcare practitioners to make knowledge-based decisions related to patient care and issued by an authoritative organization such as a medical society

Question 13

Health informatics

Answer 13

a scientific discipline that is concerned with the cognitive, information-processing, and communication tasks of healthcare practice, education, and research, including the information science and technology to support these tasks

Question 14

Health information exchange

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HIE: exchange of health information electronically between providers and others with the same level of interoperability

Question 15

inferential statistics

Answer 15

generalizations about a population’s characteristics. TIP: ‘Infer’ generalizations

Question 16

Information

Answer 16

data that have been manipulated into something meaningful

Question 17

Information system

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IS: an automated system that uses computer hardware and software to record, manipulate, store, recover, and disseminate data
System that receives and processes input and provides output.

Question 18

Clinical pathways

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Intranet

Answer 19

a private information network similar to the Internet but is inside a firewall or security barrier so that the general public cannot gain access

Question 20

Mainframe computers

Answer 20

large computers that are used to process large amounts of data

Question 21

Point of care

Answer 21

POC: wireless computers are often seen at the place or location where the physician administers services to the patient

Question 22

predictive modeling

Answer 22

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

Question 23

computer on wheels

Answer 23

COW: involves a wireless computer mounted on a mobile cart that can be moved form patient to patient

Question 24

certified health data analyst

Answer 24

CHDA: Certification that covers data management, data analytics, and data reporting.