LESSON 17 part 2 Flashcards
Two of the most attractive features that an online journal could offer
Navigation and Search
The main disadvantage of e-journals is the ________________
Limitations of the computer monitor
Composed of ‘health information regarding an individual patient’ that exists as part of a complete system designed to provide access to and management of such information
EHR / Electronic Health Record
The Electronic Health Record has largely replaced the older _________
Electronic Medical Record
An ‘organization representing all the stakeholders’ in healthcare focusing on clinical applications of information technology
CPRI / Computer-Based Patient Record Institute
The ‘healthcare industry’s membership organization’ exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use
HIMSS / Healthcare Information and Management System Society
The ‘use of medical information’ exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications to improve a patient’s health status
Telemedicine
The ‘use of electronic information and telecommunications’ technologies to support long distance clinical health care, patient and professional health related question
Telehealth
The oldest form of telemedicine
Teleradiology
Form of telemedicine using computers and telecommunications equipment that ‘involves the sending of radiological images’ in digital form over telecommunication lines
Teleradiology
Images or videos are saved and sent later
Store and forward
A ‘specialist views video images transmitted from a remote site’ and discusses the case with another physician
Real time
A worldwide phenomenon because ‘specialists tend to practice in large metropolitan areas, and not in rural areas’
Teleconsultation
Used as ‘a store forward technology to transmit still images or interactive videoconferencing’ for real time consultation
Telemedicine
Telecommunicating radiological images
Teleradiology