HA Flashcards
Electronic health record (EHR
A comprehensive electronic record of an individual’s health information across multiple healthcare providers; ideally, it includes a patient’s demographics, medical history, medications, immunizations, diagnostic information, and notes from multiple healthcare provider interactions
Electronic Medical Record (EMR
The electronic version of a patient’s medical record from one physician; it generally stays in the physician’s office and is not shared.
Meaningful Use
The minimum US government standard for electronic health records, outlining how a patient’s health information should be exchanged among clinicians or providers and insurance groups or payers
Registries
A tool for tracking the clinical care and outcomes collection of specific patient populations, such as patients with certain chronic diseases, types of cancer, or infections.
Syndromic Surveillance
The gathering, analysis, and interpretation of health data to diagnose and respond to a population health and public health issues.
Cloud Computing
- The use of a network of remote servers to store data accessed via the internet (i.e., the cloud)
Telemedicine
The use of two-way audio and video communication to facilitate communication between healthcare providers or between providers and patients
mHealth
The use of mobile phones, tablets or other wireless devices by patients to monitor their health
Population Health
The health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group.
Public Health
A field that is concerned with protecting and improving the health of people and communities.
Determinants of health
Factors that are drivers of health outcomes, including medical care, individual behavior social environment, physical environment, and genetics.
Social determinants of health
Factors in the social and physical environment that affect health outcomes, such as economic stability, neighborhood and physical environment, education, food, community and social context, and the healthcare system
Big Data
- Large data sets that are used to analyze a population and find trends in individual or population health.
Analytics
the gathering and interpretation of data.
Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA)
A report that assesses the health needs of a community, prioritizes those needs, and identifies resources to address them; under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), nonprofit hospitals are required to complete an assessment every three years.
