Quizlet questions Flashcards
What is wisdom?
Using knowledge and experience to manage and solve problems.
What is knowledge?
The synthesis of information from several sources to produce a single concept or idea.
What is information?
Data that has been interpreted.
What is data?
A collection of numbers, characters, or facts, that are gathered according to some perceived need for analysis.
What is a knowledge worker?
An individual with a high degree of expertise, education, or experience who creates, distributes, and applies knowledge.
What is information literacy?
The Ability to recognize what information is needed as well as the skills to find, evaluate, and use needed information effectively.
What is an information system?
A computer system that uses hardware and software to process data into information in order to solve a problem.
What is an informatics innovator?
One who is expected to be educationally prepared to conduct informatics research and generate informatics theory, and have advanced understanding and skills in information management and computer technology.
What is an informatics Specialist?
A nurse with advanced skills specific to health information management and computer technology, with expertise in systems development life cycles.
What is Standardized Terminologies?
Structured, controlled languages that are developed according to terminology guidelines and approved by an authoritative body.
What is a data warehouse?
A type of data management system that provides a powerful method of managing and analyzing data.
What is CDSS?
Clinical Decision Support System: A system that supports healthcare practitioners in making patient-care decisions by integrating patient data with current clinical knowledge.
What is CPOE?
Computerized Provider/Practitioner Order Entry: The prescriber’s decisions to enter orders and immediately share the orders with appropriate health professionals who execute the orders and the departments that need to dispense, schedule, or immediately deliver services to patients.
What is the EHR?
Electronic Health Record: A database of an individual’s healthcare data during healthcare encounters. It is comprised of any patient data stored in electronic form.
What is the EMR?
The Electronic Medical Record: A legal record created in hospitals and ambulatory settings, of a single encounter or visit that is the source of data for the Electronic Health Record. It brings together diagnostic and treatment information for an individual in a specific healthcare setting.
What is a PHR?
Personal Health Record: A lifelong tool for managing health information, such as conditions, allergies, medications, past surgeries and other relevant information.
What is Physical Security?
The protection of physical items, objects, or areas from unauthorized access and misuse. Measures include the placement of computers, file servers, routers, switches, and computers in restricted areas. Other examples include physical locks on devices.
What is Logical Security?
Non-tangible protocols used for identification, authentication, authorization, and accountability. Examples include automatic sign-off after a period of no activity.
What is HIE?
Health Information Exchange–the electronic sharing of patient information between healthcare providers according to nationally recognized standards.
What is the HITECH Act?
The Health Information Technology for Economic & Clinical Health Act was enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. It promotes the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology.
What is HIPAA?
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, also known as the Kennedy-Kassebaum Bill, is the first federal legislation to protect automatic client records and mandate that all electronic transactions include only HIPAA compliant codes.
What is Ergonomics?
The scientific study of work and space, including details that impact productivity and health.
What is data mining?
A technique that looks for hidden patterns and relationships in large groups of data using software.