Week 1

Question 1

Information Hierarchy

Answer 1

Data (lowest level), Information, Knoweldge, Wisdom

Question 2

HIT

Answer 2

Health Information Technology

Question 3

HIM

Answer 3

Health Information Management - the field that focuses on managing medication documentation and systems

Question 4

HI

Answer 4

Health Informatics - the field of information science concerned with the management of healthcare data and information through the use of technology and computers

Question 5

AMIA

Answer 5

The American Medical Informatics Association

Question 6

AHIMA

Answer 6

The American Health Information Management Association

Question 7

Biomedical Informatics

Answer 7

Encompasses bioinformatics, nursing, public health, etc (A Broader term than bioinformatics)

Question 8

Bioinformatics

Answer 8

a sub field of biomedical informatics concerned with biological data, DNA, the Human Genome, etc.

Question 9

EMR vs. EHR

Answer 9

Electronic Medical Record (usually refers to a facility’s medical documentation during treatment) vs. Electronic Health Record which may contain data from broader sources such as clinics, public health agencies, etc

Question 10

CDW

Answer 10

Clinical Data Warehouse - clinical data collected and stored in a database

Question 11

HL7

Answer 11

Health Level 7. A message standard that allows data to be sent, read, and received; facilitates data exchange

Question 12

NHIN

Answer 12

National Health Information Infrastructure Network - created for governance of electronic health records with a goal to connect all health records (similar to HIE/HIOs)