ITHS Chapter 2

Question 1

What is the career pathway that involves methods, devices, and resources used to acquire, store, retrieve, and work with healthcare and biomedical information?

Answer 1

health informatics services

Question 2

What is the act of assigning numbers to descriptions of a patients’ diseases, injuries, and treatments according to established codes?

Answer 2

medical coding

Question 3

What are an individual’s unique combination of qualities and characteristics?

Answer 3

personal traits

Question 4

What is the legally protected rights of patients to have their personal and medical information kept private?

Answer 4

confidentiality

Question 5

What are the standards of appearance normally expected of a qualified person in a work environment?

Answer 5

professional look

Question 6

Who assembles and organizes patient’s health information to create a medical record?

Answer 6

health information management (HIM)

Question 7

Who are the people who work in the field of health information management?

Answer 7

health information technicians

Question 8

What lists all diseases and surgeries, current symptoms, results of examinations and diagnostic tests, treatments, family history, and health services of a patient?

Answer 8

medical history

Question 9

Who used to type medical record information from a physician’s recorded dictation?

Answer 9

medical transcriptionist

Question 10

What is the verbal recording of describing a patient’s symptoms and treatment given?

Answer 10

dictation

Question 11

What focuses on the systems used to manage health information and secure exchange of health info in a digital format?

Answer 11

health information technology (HIT)

Question 12

Health Information Technology careers require what degree?

Answer 12

a bachelor’s degree

Question 13

What is the new group of careers emerging at the intersection of health information management and health information technology?

Answer 13

health informatics (HI)

Question 14

What is based on physician research and is of interest to medical students?

Answer 14

medical informations (bioinformatics)

Question 15

What focuses on clinical research and attracts nursing students?

Answer 15

nursing informatics

Question 16

What includes public health and bio-surveillance, and is of interest to public health students?

Answer 16

public health informatics

Question 17

What is the tracking of disease patterns and threats to the health of humans, animals, and plants?

Answer 17

bio-surveillance

Question 18

What examines medical information moves in an electronic environment and studies processes, policies, and technological solutions, and attracts health information management students?

Answer 18

applied informatics

Question 19

What is the practical work/training experience that allows students to apply what they have learned in class?

Answer 19

internship

Question 20

What is the medical practice concerning the feet?

Answer 20

podiatry

Question 21

What is the medical practice concerned with the eyes?

Answer 21

ophthalmology

Question 22

Who are the group of professionals form different health science training backgrounds working in coordination toward a common goal for the patient?

Answer 22

Interdisciplinary healthcare team

Question 23

What is the ability to perform tasks in a specific healthcare discipline/department?

Answer 23

technical skills

Question 24

What are the skills related to choosing a career, acquiring and keeping a job, changing jobs, and advancing in a career?

Answer 24

employability skills

Question 25

What are the tools used to find careers that match individual needs?

Answer 25

career assessments

Question 26

What are the written records of career planning and preparation?

Answer 26

career portfolios