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D220 Flashcards

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Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

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Agency within the Dept of Health and Human Services devoted to improving healthcare quality and safety

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Audit trail

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Electronic tool that can track system access by individual user, user class or all persons who viewed a pts chart

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Administrative Information System

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Systems that support pt care by managing financial and demographic info and providing reporting capabilities

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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

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Legislation was enacted in 2009 in an attempt to revitalize the economy of the nation and create jobs.
Authorized incentive payments to specific types of hospitals and healthcare professionals for adopting and using interoperable health information technology and EHRS

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Analytics

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Discovery, interpretation and communication of meaningful patterns from data to offer solutions and drive decisions

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Artificial Intelligence

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Use of algorithms and useful technologies to mimic human cognition and predict outcomes

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Affordable Care Act

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US legislation intended to improve healthcare quality through using information technology to ensure
affordable care and increasing the amt of insured people

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Authentation

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Action that verifies the authority of users to receive specific data

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Benchmarking

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Indicators against which a process is measured

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Big Data

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Very large data sets that are beyond human capability to analyze or manage without the aid of information technology

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Biometrics

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A unique measurable characteristic or trait of s human being for automatically recognizing and verifying identity

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Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS)

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Supports healthcare practitioners in making pt care decisions by integrating pt data with current clinical knowledge

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Clinical Information Systems

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Large computerized database management systems used to access pt data needed to plan, implement and evaluate care
AKA- Pt care information systems

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Computerized Provider Order System

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An application that supports direct electronic entry of patient-care-related orders by authorized practitioners and direct transmission of those orders to designated entities.

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Computer literacy

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familiarity with the use of computers, including software tools such as word processing, spreadsheets, databases, presentation graphics, and email.

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Confidentiality

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Consolidated -Clinical Communication Architecture
(C-CCA)

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Standard that provides a framework for the encoding, formatting and semantics of electronic documents.

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Continuity of Care Record (CCR)

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Technical informatics standard that provides a snapshot of a person’s current health and healthcare to a provider who does not have access to that person’s electronic health record.

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21st Century Cures Act

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Enacted in 2016, advanced interoperability and patient access to electronic health information.

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Data

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Collection of numbers, characters, or facts that are gathered according to some perceived need for analysis and, possibly, action at a later point in time

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Data analysis

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identifies patterns in data and then uses models to recommend actions

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Data Cleansing (Data Scrubbing)

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Use of software to improve the quality of data to ensure that it is accurate enough for use in data mining and warehousing. Removes incorrect, incomplete, duplicate, or improperly formatted items using special software

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Data Governance

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Collection of policies, standards, processes, and controls applied to an organization’s data to ensure that it is available to appropriate persons when, where, and in the format needed while maintaining security

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Data Integrity

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Ability to collect; store; and retrieve correct, complete, and current data so that the data are available to authorized users when needed.

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Data Mining

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Technique that looks for hidden patterns and relationships in large groups of data using software.

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Data Warehouse

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Provides a powerful method of managing and analyzing data from multiple sources.

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Database

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File structure that supports the storage of data in an organized fashion and allows data retrieval as meaningful information.

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eHealth Literacy

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Ability to use electronic sources to search for, find, comprehend, and evaluate information and images found online, and apply acquired knowledge to address or solve a health issue

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Electronic Health Record System (EHRS)

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Database-management software enabling the many functions needed to create and maintain an electronic health record.

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Electronic Medical Record (EMR)

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Legal record created in hospitals and ambulatory settings of a single encounter or visit that is the source of data for the electronic health record.

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Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

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Using current best evidence for patient-care decisions in order to improve patient outcomes

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Fishbone diagram

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Structured visual approach to look at cause and effect

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Gantt Chart

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Graphic presentation that shows a project schedule with start and finish dates of selected component tasks and the person responsible for each task or sub-task; it is used for at-a-glance management.

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Health Information Exchange (HIE)

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Electronic sharing of patient information such as demographic data, allergies, presenting complaint, diagnostic test values, and other relevant data between providers such as primary physicians, specialists, hospitals, and ambulatory care settings according to nationally recognized standards.

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Health Information Technology (HIT)

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Information systems and other information technology used to record, monitor, and deliver patient care as well as perform managerial.

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Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH)

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Provision of ARRA that aimed to ensure that healthcare organizations were not only adopting EHRSs but also validating their implementation by showing meaningful use.

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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
(HIPAA)

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Enacted in 1996, created standards to protect sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without the patient’s consent or knowledge.

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Health Literacy

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Degree to which individuals can obtain, process, and understand the basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.

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Healthcare Information Systems (HIS)

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Computer hardware and software dedicated to the collection, storage, processing, retrieval, and communication of patient care information in a healthcare organization.

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Informatics

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Science and art of turning data into information.

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Information

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Collection of data that have been interpreted and examined for patterns and structure.

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Information Blocking

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Interference with the access, exchange, or use of electronic health information

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Information Literacy

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Ability to recognize when information is needed as well as the skills to find, evaluate, and use needed information effectively

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Information System

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A computer system that uses hardware and software to process data into information in order to solve a problem.

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International Classification of Disease
(ICD-10)

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An international standard diagnostic classification for health-management purposes and clinical use; it is used to classify mortality and morbidity data from patient records. Also used for reimbursement.

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Interoperability

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The ability of two entities, human or machine, to exchange and predictably use data or information while retaining the original meaning of that data

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Knowledge

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Synthesis of information derived from several sources to produce a single concept or idea.

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Logical Security

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Non-tangible protocols used for identification, authentication, authorization and accountability

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Meaningful Use
(MU)

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Use of health information technology (HIT) legislated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to collect specific data with the intent to improve care and population health, engage patients, and ensure privacy and security.

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Metadata

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Set of data that provides information about how, when, and by whom data are collected, formatted, and stored

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Mission

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Purpose or reason for an organization’s existence, representing the fundamental and unique aspirations that differentiate it from others.

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National Health Information Network

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The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology (HIT) initiative to provide the standards, services, and policies that enable secure health information exchange (HIE) over the Internet.

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Network

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Combination of hardware and software that allows the communication and electronic transfer of information between computers.

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Patient-Generated Health Data
(PGHD)

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health-related data created, recorded, or gathered by or from patients (or family members or other caregivers) to help address a health concern

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Phishing

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A ruse to get consumers to divulge personal information through social engineering and technical subterfuge via the use of electronic communication.

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Physical Security

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Protection of physical items, objects or areas from unauthorized access and misuse

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Predictive Analytics

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Uses past and current data to forecast the likelihood that an event will occur; also known as predictive modeling.

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Remote Patient Monitoring

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Personal health and medical data collected from an individual at one site via electronic communication technologies and transmitted to a provider at a different site for use in care and related support

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RFID

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Wireless technology that creates detectable electromagnetic waves

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Roll-Out

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Staggered, or rolling, system implementation, sometimes refers to the preceding marketing campaign as well.

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Scope Creep

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Unexpected and uncontrolled growth of user expectations as a project progresses.

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Stakeholder

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Persons with a vested interest in a project because it will impact them in some way.

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Standardized Terminologies

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Structured, controlled languages developed according to terminology development guidelines and approved by an authoritative body.

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Store-and-Forward Technology

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Asynchronous connected-health applications that can transmit recorded health information (radio-graphic images, photos and videos) through a secure communication network to a provider

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Strategic Plan

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A process that creates an entity’s vision of the future, develops broad goals for reaching that future, and specifies high-level steps for achieving these goals.

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Vision

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future oriented high-level view of what an organization would like to become that provides direction for planning purposes.

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Syndromical-Survaillance

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processes that focus on near real-time use of early disease indicators to detect and characterize events that may need public health investigation

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SWOT Analysis

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A process that examines the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of a given situation.

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System Development Life Cycle
(SDLC)

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A sequence of activities in the planning, designing, testing, implementation, and evaluation of an information system or sub-system.

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Teleconferencing

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Use of computers, audio and video equipment, and communication links to provide interaction between two or more persons at two or more sites.

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Telehealth

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Provision of information to healthcare providers and consumers and the delivery of services to clients at remote sites through the use of telecommunication and computer technology

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Telemedicine

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Use of telecommunication technologies and computers to provide medical information and services to clients at another site

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TIGER Initiative (Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform)

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2004 initiative that called together stakeholders with the goal to develop a US Nursing workforce capable of using electronic health records to improve the delivery of health care.

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Translational Research

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an approach to research that seeks to produce meaningful, applicable results

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Usability

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Specific issues of human performance in achieving specific goals during computer interactions within a particular context.

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Virus

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A malicious program that can disrupt or destroy data.

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Wisdom

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Application of knowledge to manage and solve problems.

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