Information Systems

Question 1

Central computer dedicated to sending and receiving data from other computers in a network

Answer 1

Server

Question 2

A group of two or more computers linked together

Answer 2

Network

Question 3

Comprehensive list of all patients and their key identifiers; critical component of searching for a patients identity and associated demographic, financial, clinical data

Answer 3

MPI

Master patient index

Question 4

A program or process that passes information from one system to another using industry standards

Answer 4

Interface

Question 5

Execution of a series of jobs in a computer program without manual intervention; used. To help maximize the use of computer resources and stabilize response time by performing system intensive work during hours when users are less likely to require access; available to view after the batch run is complete

Answer 5

Batch processing

Question 6

Time a computer system is unavailable to users

Answer 6

Downtime

Question 7

Process of restoring data that has been accidentally lost, corrupted, or made unavailable typically from an external storage system used for backup

Answer 7

Recovery

Question 8

Electronic storage and retrieval system for patient specified medical information, ex. Test results

Answer 8

CDR

clinical data repository