Week 7 Notes Flashcards
are fundamental to information systems
Decision support systems (DSS)
Is the fundamental framework of the Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
information system
It is the systematic documentation of a client’s health status and healthcare in a secured digital format, meaning that it can be processed, stored, transmitted, and accessed by authorized interdisciplinary professionals to support efficient, high-quality healthcare across the client’s healthcare continuum.
Electronic Medical Records (EMR)
COMPONENTS of EMR (7)
- Health Information Data
- Results Management
- Order Entry Management
- Decision Support
- Patient Support
- Administrative Processes
- Reporting and Population Health Management
A subsection of the discipline of Information Science that deals with large volumes of data (BIG DATA), i.e., data coming from EMRs, data warehouses, and data marts, and using various qualitative and quantitative formats, as well as statistical programs and algorithms, to ascertain patterns, predictions, meaning, or conclusions
Data Analytics
A very large database or repository that stores all of an organization’s or institution’s data and makes this data available for data mining; may be several of the organization’s various databases from where data can be accessed and mined for data analytics
Data Warehouse
Collection of data focusing on a specific topic, organizational unit, or department created to facilitate management personnel making strategic business decisions;
Data Mart
may be as small as one database or larger, such as a compilation of databases; generally smaller than a data warehouse
Data Mart
Software that sorts through data in order to discover patterns to ascertain or establish relationships; helps discover or uncover previously unidentified relationships among data housed in a database; or, conducts exploratory analysis looking for hidden patterns in data
Data Mining
Are rules of thumb for making decisions; intuitive and rapid, error-prone
Heuristics
Systematic deviations from normative standards
Biases
Is a collection of software, hardware, procedures, data and computer networks used by people in organizations.
information system
An ____ ______is used to collect, store, manage and distribute data to support specific activities
information system
are computer-based systems that provide managers with the tools to run their department.
Management Information Systems, or MIS
A _____ is a specialized information system designed to facilitate the decision-making process in organizations.
Decision Support System, or DSS
It provides a framework to gather information from internal and external sources to support decision making
Decision Support System, or DSS
an _____ is used for routine decisions, a _____ is often used when the circumstances are not well defined or are unpredictable
MIS
DSS
is a specialized DSS for senior management and executives.
Executive Information System, or EIS
It combines information from various units in the organization to provide a strategic overview. This is often in the form of an executive dashboard that shows key performance indicators.
Executive Information System, or EIS
is a specialized information system that simulates the reasoning and decision making of human experts.
Expert System (ES)
are often developed for very specialized applications
Expert System (ES)
Software collects and stores the experiences and knowledge of human experts from various professional fields. This organized knowledge then makes it possible for a less experienced individual to make decisions using this expertise.
Expert System (ES)
is a computerized intelligence system that collects, manages and interprets information about a business and its competitors
Business Intelligence System, or BIS
is not only used to make well-informed decisions, but specifically to gain a competitive edge in the marketplace
Business Intelligence System, or BIS
typically includes some type of predictive analytics to try to determine the impact of certain decisions on future trends. In the case of a supermarket,it could be used to examine how market share might change based on changes in the price of certain products
Business Intelligence System, or BIS
allows you to map the locations of things of interest and examine geographic relationships between these locations.
Geographic Information System, or GIS
is used to analyze and interpret data. This includes creating graphs and charts to get a visual display of the data, but also statistical testing to find patterns and relationships
Statistical analysis
you may want to analyze whether a particular advertising campaign produced the desired effect. Did sales really go up and how certain are we that this is related to the advertising?
Statistical analysis
Specialized Information System for Executives
Executive Information System
Specialized Information System for Senior Managers
Decision Support System
Specialized Information System for Middle Managers
Management Information System
Specialized Information System for Workers
Transaction Processing System
could provide a manager with real-time information on customer orders, customer complaints, sales and production cycles
MIS
It combines information from various units in the organization to provide a strategic overview.
Executive Information System, or EIS
This is often in the form of an executive dashboard that shows key performance indicators.
Executive Information System, or EIS
Bank employees can use a ____to decide on whether to approve a loan application.
Decision Support System (DSS)
A marketing department can use a ____ to decide where to propose a new facility
Geographic Information System (GIS)
A data analyst can use ___ to try to predict the impact of advertising on future revenue.
statistical analysis
