Health Information Technology Flashcards
An inter-professional science primarily concerned with the analysis, collection, classification, manipulation, storage retrieval, and dissemination of information
Information Science
A branch of engineering that studies computation & computer technology, hardware, and software as well as the theoretical foundations of information & computation techniques
Computer Science
The application of the info processing involving both computer hardware & computer software that deals with the storage, retrieval, sharing, & use of health care data, info, and knowledge for communication & decision making
Health Information Technology (HIT)
The science that encompasses info science & computer science to study the process, management and retrieval of info
Informatics
A person who works in the field of informatics, sometimes called an informaticist
Informatician
A discipline in which health data are stored, analyzed, & disseminated through the application of information & communication technology
Health Informatics
A subset of clinical health care informatics; is a specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and info science to manage and communicate data, info, and knowledge in nursing practice
Nursing Informatics
Create new jobs & save existing ones; Spur economic activity & invest in long-term growth; Foster unprecedented levels of accountability and transparency in government spending
American Recovery & Reinvestment Act “stimulus package”
Run by CMS
Payment over 5 consecutive years
The last year to begin participation & receive an incentive payment was 2014.
Medicare
Run by the state agency
Payment over 6 years
Runs from 2011-2021
Last year to begin was 2016
Medicaid
Tools that help measure & track the quality of health care services provided by eligible professionals, eligible hospitals & critical access hospitals within our health care system
Clinical Quality Measures (CQM)
To protect electronic health info created or maintained by the certified EHR technology through the implementation of appropriate technical capabilities
HIPAA Security Risk Analysis
An electronic record of patient health info generates whenever a patient accesses medical care in any health care delivery setting
Electronic Health Record (EHR)
Part of the EHR that contains patient data gathered in a health care setting at a specific place & time
Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
An individual’s self-maintained health record
Personal Health Record (PHR)
