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02/13/2016

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Term

In 2012, healthcare accounted for how much of the GDI?

 

Definition
17.2%
Term
In 2012, healthcare accounted for how much of the GDI
Definition
17.2%
Term
The Title II administrtive simplification act aimed to improve the u.s. health system efficiency by introducing standards governing the use and communication of electronic data exchange?
Definition

False

pg 6

Term
Emerging research & medical data tell us that if patient-ppl are more engaged in their healthcare processes & maintaining their health, their health status outcomes will improve?
Definition

False

pg. 9 (common sense)

Term
W/o well managed HIS used to support key work processes such as clinical care & administrative functions, data would still be created & captured for use in databases for analytical & business intelligence purposes?
Definition

False

pg 14

Term
The progression & maturation of HIS through the HIS conceptual model consists of
Definition

Foundation

Use

Learning/knowledge

change

pg. 16

Term
public health organizations are entities that only enhance the public health?
Definition

False (Protect & Enhance)

pg. 18

Term
Poorly applied software, no matter how impressive or fancy, hinders an organization's forward movement?
Definition

True

pg. 35

Term
What are the factors that contribute to social media strategy?
Definition

Manage risk

Establish presence

Take action

pg. 36

Term
The major categories of HIS
Definition

clinical care

institutional business

clinical intelligence & quality

infrastructure

Term
Data centers are the facilities where HIS are located & are vital to the successful implementation & ongoing support of providing healthcare applications?
Definition

true

pg. 69

Term

the transfer of specifically structured information from one machine to another, without himan interaction.

 

Definition

 

Electronic data interchange

(EDI)

Term
Some of the ongoing security activities that are designed to ensure that network, server, application, & data base systems are configured in a highly secur manner
Definition

system hardening

vulnerability assessments

penetration testing

 

Term
The stimulus that has provided the greatest encouragement & incentives for hospitals & physician providers to invest money & time in the daunting task of automating their organizations & practices using HIS
Definition

American Recovery & Reinvestment Act

pg. 7

Term
represent secondary uses of data
Definition

quality monitoring groups

payers

government

communities

patient populations

Term
primary uses of data
Definition
the original patient care & administrative transactions
Term
Increased requirements for e-prescribing & incorporating lab results are included in state 2 of meaningful use criteria?
Definition

true

pg. 8

Term
The correct progression of the HIS conceptual model
Definition

foundation (HIS)

use (informatics),

learning/knowledge (business/clinical intelligence, data, & analytics)

change

 

pg. 16

Term
examples of a national public health organization
Definition

centers for disease control and prevention

public health institute

rural assistance center

Term
HIS Strategy encompasses
Definition

its own set of HIS strategies

projects

goals

objectives

Term
HIS strategy
Definition

the interpretation of the organization's strategic plan intot he IT language of systems, infrastructyure, data, expertise, information, & connectivity

pg. 31

Term

HIS planning

Quadrant 1

Definition

Clinical transactional/functional support systems

 

patient/providerr/clinical care activities

 

Term

HIS planning

Quadrant 2

Definition

administrative transaction/functional support systems

 

institutional business activities

Term

HIS planning

Quadrant 3

Definition

clinical management/decision support systems (BI/CI)

 

clinical reporting, data analytics, outcomes analysis

Term

HIS planning

quadrant 4

Definition

administrative management/decision support systems (BI/CI)

 

business reporting, data analytics, key performance indicators analysis

Term
interfaced
Definition
software applications that share data from separate databases
Term
next generation firewalls
Definition

address the traffic inspection & application awareness drawbacks of stateful inspectiion firewalls

are replacing those traditional firewalls

Term
can provide rapid, automated & full system data recovery in less than a minute, but are the most expensive.  they have a distance limitation of either 200 miles or a data transfer round trip time of 10 milliseconds
Definition
Hot sites
Term

improve on the tepid site capability, with the difference being that all systems & data from the primary site are copied over, although noncritical systems will operate in a degraded mode

 

Definition
warm sites
Term
similar to cold sites, but have the data from the organization's critical systems copied over using basic SAN replication
Definition
tepid sites
Term
facilities that have hardware & software availabale for use, but are shared w/other organizations & contain no data from the primary data center
Definition
cold sites
Term
provide web-based content and access to applications & databases for users who are outside of an organization
Definition
extranet
Term
a type of health information system that combines data from several different systems & gives an organization a method for tracking quality metrics
Definition
quality management system
Term
enables an organization to eliminate the physical location of a piece of data & includes eliminating paper records
Definition
Digital technology
Term
software development lifecycle
Definition

conceptual planning

planning & requirements definition

design

development & testing

implementation

operations & maintenance

Disposition

Term
LAN
Definition
local area network
Term

distributed antennae system

DAS

Definition
a network of antenna nodes separated by distance & connected to a common source for the purpose of providing wireless service within a geographic area or structure
Term
healthcare organizations are leveraging remote hosting by engaging a third-party webhosting company to manage their external web content?
Definition

True

pg. 63

Term
a technology designed to integrate mobile devices using the WLAN
Definition

voice over wireless local area network

VoWLAN

Term
managed security services are not cost-effective information security services provided to healthcare organizations by consulting or vendor companies?
Definition

False

pg. 80

Term
effective governance
Definition

protecting the organization from taking on too much risk with the HIS and technology projects

ensuring the job is getting done properly & in a timely fashion

ensuring adequate personnel resources & skills sets are available

Term
interfaced systems are highly preferable to integrated systems?
Definition

false

pg. 40

Term
The electronic highway or infrastructure supports the communication between software systems used by clinicians & business people responsible for day-to-day services & management of the organization?
Definition

true

pg. 47

Term
COTS
Definition
commercial off-the-shelf
Term
HIS strategy should be to build information technology capabilities & systems that enable organizational strategy & goals?
Definition

true

pg. 31

Term
poorly applied softwar, no matter how impressive or fancy, hinders an organization forward movement?
Definition

True?

pg. 35

Term
4 essential themes that feed into a solid understanding of HIS strategy
Definition

1.  the organizational strategy, which serves as the foundation for HIS planning

2.  the HIS planning framework

3.  HIS decision-making processes

4.  the context of the changing national HIS stragtegy, consumer expectations, & the realities of the HIS marketplace for products & services

Term
a primary use of HIS data is to connect patients, provicers, & data is to support the delivery & management of patient care?
Definition

true

pg. 22

Term
a secondary use of HIS DATA IS TO CONNECT PATIENTS, PROVIDERS, & DATA?
Definition

FALSE

pg. 22

Term
entities that exist to protect & enhance the public's health?
Definition
public health entities
Term
To Err is Human estimated that 44,000 to 98,000 deaths occur in hospitals due to avoidable errors.  This number was greter than motor vehicle accidents, breast cancer, & AIDS deaths combined?
Definition

true

pg. 5

Term
One of the administrative simplification rules of the HIPAA of 1996 established a Unique Identifier Rule & created standards for the DEA number
Definition

false

pg. 7

Term
increasingly, CEOs of healthcare institutions & providers working in healthcare organizations have realized that they can achieve the best outcomes in organizational performance by increasing involvement of who in this process
Definition

patients

pg. 17

Term
In the 1980s & 1990s some of the pioneering work that led to the development of EHRs was done in military healthcare settings?
Definition

True

pg. 18

Term
Original patient care & administrative transactions represent a secondary use of data?
Definition

false

pg. 21

Term
Software applications that share data from separate databases are considered
Definition

interfaced

pg. 39

Term
A cardinal rule of HIS planning is that planning must occur & be approved based on feasibility before the first projects are approved & underway?
Definition

true

pg. 47

Term
When planning HIS implementation, the most important step is selecting & procuring HIS technology?
Definition

False

pg. 51

Term
The 3 layers of the OSI model that are combined to create the Application layer in the TCP/IP model
Definition

Application, Presentation, and Session

pg. 63

Term
load balancing is often used with applications & databases?
Definition

False

it is used with web servers, file servers, & various network devices

pg. 72

Term
One of the most sited reasons for HIPAA violations are related to laptops that are lost or stolen with ePHI that is not encrypted?
Definition

true

pg. 79

Term
The use of a user name & password is an example of a two factor authentication?
Definition

false

this is a single factor authentication

pg. 79 & 80

Term
two-factor authentication
Definition

Something the user knows & has in his/her possession

user name & password plus smart card

Term
electrical power consumption is the most costly operational expense related to a data center, other than the capital cost?
Definition

true

pg. 770

Term
examples of a clinical infomration system application
Definition

radiology information system

pharmacy information system

laboratory information system

Term
healthcare innovations today commonly incorporate new technologies such as mobile devices, geonmic capabilities, and high-speed networks?
Definition
true
Term
To Err is Human focuses on one caregiver or provider
Definition
false
Term
corporate intelligence is a popular term for the value realized by flexibility analyzing comprehensive stores of data represented the totality of an organization or provider scope of data activity?
Definition

false

It's business intelligence

pg. 15

Term
healthcare program offered by the department of verteran affairs
Definition
CHAMPVA
Term
There are 3 essential themes that feed into the solid understanding of the Health Information System strategy?
Definition

false

there are 4

Term
a directory or database that contains data about the data elements in the system of an organization
Definition
data dictionary
Term
healthcare organizations have purchases licenses for many of these vendor applications, also known as COTS products resulting in healthcare data centers to be filled with many "best of breed" applications?
Definition

true

pg 58

Term
data centers are the facilities where HIS are located & are vital tot he successful implementation & ongoing support of providing heatlh heatlhcare applications?
Definition

true

pg. 69

Term
a critical technology that is designed to automate & intelligently ahnalyze system logs for anomalies & inappropriate activity
Definition

security information event management

SIEM

Term
adverse patient outcomes related to poor quality have improved since the 2 seminal IOM reports were published more than a decade ago?
Definition
false
Term
seminal laws that have been created in response to the unsustainable escalation of healthcare costs
Definition

1.  the HIPAA of 1996

2.  the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009

3.  the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010

Term
public health organizations serve as a "safety net" by providing health care for patients who are uninsured or underinsured?
Definition
true
Term
the first step in understanding where an organization needs to put its efforts & resources is to define its mission, vision, & values?
Definition
true
Term
infrastructure is the "electronic highway" that carries what between the myriad of users of the systems & technology, all at the speed of light
Definition

1.  data

2.  images

3.  voice

4.  information traffic

Term
application integration is one way to eliminate application and data silos and to help organization achieve efficiencies & healthcare reform criterias?
Definition
true
Term
a term to describe the electrical transmission of data among systems, whether through analog, digital, or wireless media
Definition
telecommunications
Term
perhaps one of the fastest growing network technologies in today's heatlhcare environment?
Definition
wireless local area networks (WLANs)
Term
in Crossing the Quality Chasm, 6 aims that were outlined as necessary to improve the quality of health care.
Definition

safe

effective

patient centered

timely

efficient

equitable

Term
the stimulus with the greatest impact on HIS has been the ARRA of 2009,which included
Definition

HITECH

health information technology of economic & clinical health

Term
Information is created by the aggregation & compilation of single units of data?
Definition
true
Term
external reporting organizations that health care providers submit reports, safety practices, outcomes of care, & costs to
Definition

DHH

cardiac reporting organization

tjc

Term
patient care can be enhanced by using a master patient/person index, which is a unique patient identifier, allowing data associated with the MPI to be pulled in from many data repositories to be accessed by clinicians
Definition
true
Term
dematerializing information:
Definition

eliminates the paper trail and enables separation of information from physical structures

 

allows organizations to be called "flat" which allows collaboration & fluidity of infomration to occur among all team members

 

Term

commercial, off the shelf products are the best applications to use as they are easy to integrate and interoperate with other applications

 

Definition

false

not developed to integrate or interoperate with other applications

Term
examples of clinical information systems
Definition

1. laboratory, pharmacy, radiology, & medical imaging systems

2. nursing & physician documentation systems

3. ambulatory care & outpatient systems

4. quality & performance management systems

Term
president bush signed several initiatives into law to provide "seed grants" to fund pilot projects testing various uses of IT in healthcare settings?
Definition
true
Term
HIPAA's administrative simplification rules include
Definition

transactions and code sets rule

unique identifier rule

enforcement rule

privacy rule & security rule

Term
the use of information systems and technology to redesign, improve, & recreate the way work is done in disciplines such as the practice of medicine, nursing, medical imaging, & public health
Definition
informatics
Term
a quasi-regulatory organization that inspects & accredits hospitals based on their ability to meet a rigorous set of scored criteria & the Cardiac Reporting Organization
Definition
TJC
Term
when data elements are shared by more than 1 application & these applications operate using data stored int he same database, they are
Definition
integrated
Term
a map or visual representation showing the way data are organized according to their relationship to key elements of a process
Definition
data model
Term
the essential themes that feed into a solid understanding of HIS strategy?
Definition

1. the organizational strategy, which serves as the foundation for HIS planning

2. the HIS planning framework

3. HIS decision-making processes

4. the context of the changing national HIS strategy, consumerr expectations, & the realities of the HIS marketplace for products & servcies

Term
an administrative application that manages billing & accounts receivable and is often integrated into a health provider EHR application
Definition
patient accounting
Term
LANS that function similar to the Internet, providing web-based technologies that are accessible only to internal users of an organization are considered to be
Definition
Intranets
Term
in ambulatory settings in the U.S. and canaada, 10% - 30% of practitioners use EHRs?
Definition
true
Term
provides heatlh services-related information for rural america
Definition
rural assistance center
Term
programming language allows all HIS applications to operate by executing programming code?
Definition
true
Term
which software development life cycle stage comprises developing the preliminary & detailed designs, including how the system will meet functional requirements?
Definition
design
Term
open systems interconnection model
Definition

layer 1 - physical layer

layer 2 - data link layer

layer 3 - network layer

layer 4 - transport layer

layer 5 - session layer

layer 6 - presentation layer

layer 7 - application layer

Term

also known as the internet model

illustrates the process of sending data to a receiving device (data transfer).  has 3 layers:  application group, internetwork group, & hardware group

Definition
TCP/IP
Term
data, in its basic format, ultimately contributes & guides the work of researchers, policy makers, & individuals responsible for governmental, political, & legal decisions?
Definition
true
Term
hospitals are at the center of healthcare, as they are vital to the communities they service?
Definition
false
Term
disaster recovery planning is a critical area of business continuity planning and should include a backup or redundant system, using which methods?
Definition

clustered - used w/applications & databases

load balanced - used w/web servers, file servers, & various network devices

mirrored - used to replicate & maintain synchronous copies of data between 2 or more SANs

Term
act that included provisions for the development of standards for electronic prescribing
Definition
medicare prescription drug improvement & modernization act of 2003
Term
RHIOs are a result of which act?
Definition
HITECH
Term

classifications that networks can be categorized into

 

Definition

LANs

backbone networks

metropolitan area networks

wide area netowrks (WANs)

Term
steps to be considered when developing a mobil computing strategy
Definition

identify the key stakeholders

create policies, procedures, & an end-user acceptance agreement

understand regulatory, legal, & compliance requirements

develop mobile management strategies

define the technical architecture

Term
the enforcement rule under HIPAA defines civil financial penalties for any HIPAA violation.  it provides the teeth of the HIPAA regulations
Definition
true
Term
the federal government included HIS initiatives in its economic stimulus legislation to update the nation's infrastructure & elevate the technical sophistication of the healthcare system
Definition
true
Term
provider organizations actively seek to have the ability to share information with other providers.  their ultimate goal is to improve the timeliness of data availability, provide support in emergency situations, & reduce the need for duplicate tests?
Definition
true
Term
the earliest HIS software products initially focused on
Definition
financial and patient accounting/billing functions
Term
frequently reported sentinel events
Definition

wrong-side surgery

suicide

op/post-op complication

delay in treatment

medication error

patient fall

Term
when data elements are shared by more than 1 application & these applications operate useing data stored in the same database, they are
Definition
integrated
Term
system hardening, vulnerability assessments, & penetration testing are 3 ongoing security activities that are designed to ensure that network, server, application, & database systems are configured in a highly secure manner
Definition
true
Term
features, functions, & capabilities of EHRs shown to improve care.
Definition
meaningful use criteria
Term

a computerized system that supports clinical diagnosis, treatment planning, & medical outcomes evaluations

 

Definition
clinical information system
Term
HIPAA standards
Definition

introduced standards for data transmission protocol

require that providers & health plans participate if they are participating in Medicare

privacy & security of protected health information

preempted state law

Term
initiative of the federal government works in conjunction w/the national health information infrastructure to establish standards for automation of clinical health data for public health reporting purposes
Definition
public health information network
Term
data communication networks consist of
Definition

servers

clients

circuits

Term
RAID
Definition
redundant array of independent drives
Term
RAID 1
Definition

mirrored disks

2 HDDs - 1 as the primary & the other as the secondary HDD

slow write speeds

expensive

Term
RAID 5
Definition

distributs the common or redundant information (parity) to all HHDs in the configuration

requires minimum of 3 HDDs

Term
RAID 10
Definition

combination of RAID 1 & RAID 5

fastest performance & highest availabillity

highest cost

Term
software applications that share data from different databases
Definition
interfaced
Term
a popular term for the value realized by flexibly analyzing comprehensive stores of data representing the totality of an organization or provider's scope of activity
Definition
business intelligence
Term
dedicated back-end computer systems designed to efficiently & cost-effectively store & transfer a healthcare organization's server data
Definition
storage area networks
Term
the primary networks used by desktop, servers, & networks & other devices to communicate when they are in close proximity w/each other
Definition
LAN
Term
it is best to have the HIS strategic plan before having the organization's strategic plan?
Definition
false
Term
public health organizations depend on a variety of data sources to create public health information such as data from laboratories across the nation set up specifically for bio-surveillance & homeland security?
Definition
true
Term
the most important & difficult role the steering committee is, once standards are established,
Definition
enforcing & adherence to them
Term

a technology that is designed to integrate mobile devices using the WLAN.  this is particularly useful as more clinical applications are developed for use with smartphones, tablets, & portable computers

 

Definition

voice over wireless local area network

VoWLAN

Term
TCP/IP layers
Definition

application

transport

internet

network

Term
groups that have unique mobile computing requirements
Definition

end users

clinicians

management

IT staff

 

Term
data derived from various systems that support c.inical & financial transactions that can be combined to enable analysis that reveals insights into the entirety of the activities within the scope of that entity
Definition
clinical intelligence
Term
a wide area network that provides service to large geographic areas through separate areas of coverage, referred to as cells.  cell phones, smartphones, tablets, & hot spots are mobile devices commonly used to connect to
Definition

wireless wide area network

WWAN

Term
similar to thin-client computers, but offer the additional advantage of having no local hard drive or operating systems to secure or maintain
Definition
zero-client computers
Term
rely on a server to perform & store all data processing, & can be likened to client dumb terminals from the mainframe era
Definition
thin-client comptuers
Term
ACOs provide a narrow scope of service?
Definition
false
Term
making sure that data centers are modernized & secure is a very important aspect for healthcare organizations, another issue facing organizations is whether they can maintain their own data center or outsource.  in most cases the popular option is contracting with a co-location due to high costs & complexities involved in an organization maintaining its own data
Definition
true
Term
benefits offered by voice over wireless local area networks
Definition

improves workflow & productivity

minimizes roam time & client connectivity issues

Term
strategic plan is made up of
Definition

executive summary

organization history

vision statement

mission statement

target population

community served

future issues

SWOT analysis

assumptions

goals & objectives

implementation strategies

organizational structure future plans

plans - buildings, technology, renovation

marketing plans

key relationships

future organizational policies

governing board plans - structure, role, responsibility

feasibility plan/pro forms

contingency plans

Term
public health organizations are concerned with the health of population not with profit?
Definition
true
Term
when describing the elimination of paper information, we say that digital technology is ? information?
Definition
dematerializing
Term
the methods & formats used to organize data in a computer
Definition
data structures
Term
assign a unique address to each computer on the network
Definition

dynamic host configuration protocol

DHCP

Term
sentinal event that is most often reported to TJC
Definition
wrong-site surgery
Term
the title of HIPAA that includes the administrative simplification act
Definition
title II
Term
given the way it was highlighted in to err is human, it is clar that a HIS strategic plan should serve as a roadmap for the organization's strategic plan
Definition
false
Term
components of a data center management system
Definition

power protection & distribution

intelligent cable management

asset management & tracking

kvm ports & remote access

enclosure & rack space management

air conditioning & environmental controls

Term
the sizes of healthcare data centers are increasing due to advances in server & storage consolidation, virtualization, & cloud computing?
Definition

false

the size is decreasing

Term
the internet is considered this type of network
Definition
WAN
Term
the electronic highway that carries data, images, voice, & information traffic between the myriad users of the systems & technology, all at the speed of light.  the foundation of an organization's HIS & technology plan
Definition
infrastructure
Term

the pathway by which messages between servers &/or clients travel

 

Definition
circuit
Term
3 categories of cloud computing
Definition

infrastructure-as-a-service

platform-as-a-service

software-as-a-service

Term
this type of cloud computing places the least reliance on the vendor for services
Definition
infrastructure-as-a-service
Term
all business strategies & clinical initiatives of the organizaiton must be addressed from a HIS perspective?
Definition
true
Term
the scope of HIS
Definition

all computer systems

networks

the data those systems create & capture through the use of software

Term
progression of HIS
Definition

foundation

use

learning/knowledge

change

Term
the regional health information organizations provide health services related information for rural america?
Definition
false
Term
a system that can further enhance stewardship of finances, human resources, & materials management
Definition
enterprise resource planning
Term
foundation of HIS
Definition
the organizational strategy
Term

describes the methods & formats used to organize data in a computer into records, files, & arrays?

 

Definition
data structures
Term
the part of the administrative simplication ruule that establishes EDI standards for healthcare claims
Definition
transactions & code sets rule
Term
the important control that ensures the security of all data traffic containing confidential or ePHI information, such as network traffic, web activity, email messaging, file transfers, text messaging, & instant messaging
Definition
encryption-in-transit
Term
enble departments to easily update & manage web-based content on the corporate intranet &, in some cases, on the organization's externally facing website
Definition
enterprise web content management servers
Term
well-built and properly managed computer systems are the foundation of all HIS layers?
Definition
true
Term
4 purposes of effective governance
Definition

1. provides assurance that the HIS & technology plans align with the strategic goals of the organization.

2. protects the organization from taking on too much risk w/the HIS & technology projects

3. ensures adequate personnel resources & skills sets are available to these disruptive initiatives

4. ensures itself that the job is getting done properly & in a timely fashion

Term
Main goals of automation in health care?
Definition

improve quality of care

improve efficiency of care

improve administrative processes

Term
2 main drivers of change in health care
Definition

unsustainably high cost

inadequate quality

Term
6 key aims for improving quality of care
Definition

safe

effective

patient-centered

timely

efficient

equitable

Term
role of HIS in health care cost & quality issues
Definition

speed up existing processes

enable new ways of providing health care

Term
4 reasons for problems in quality
Definition

growing complexity of science & technology

increase in chronic illness

inadequate use of information technology

payment system that provides conflicting incentives & does not reward quality improvement

Term
90% use of EHRs in
Definition

Australia

New Zealand

Netherlands

UK

Term
4 layers of HIS
Definition

systems & their management

health informatics

data & analytics

research, policy, & public health

Term
progression through maturation of HIS through the HIS Model
Definition

foundation (HIS)

use (informatics)

learning/knowledge (data & analytics; business/clinical intelligence)

change (conduct research; formulate & implement policy; improve the public's health)

Term
HIS strategies should
Definition
enable organization's strategies
Term
Organization's strategic plan
Definition
serves as a roadmap for HIS strategic plan
Term
vendors tend to specialize by
Definition
quadrant
Term
quadrant left hand column
Definition
transaction/functional support systems
Term
quadrant right hand colume
Definition
management/decision support systems (BI/CI)
Term
quadrant top row
Definition
clinical/provider heatlhcare functions and services
Term
quadrant bottom row
Definition
business/institutional administrative functions of organization
Term
knowledge management supported in which HIS quadrants
Definition
III & IV
Term
governance
Definition
process of disciplined decision-making for HIS projects & arbitration of issues arising during change process.
Term
If you learn nothing else from HCAD 750, at least remember this:
Definition

1. HIS is a tool facilitating the achievement of the mission of a healthcare organization

2. HIS should be aligned with the organization's goals

3. HIS will be used more in your subsequent careers in the healthcare industry than any other topic

Term

Software Development Life Cycle methodology stages

 

Definition

1. conceptual planning

2. planning & requirements definition

3. design

4. development & testing

5, implementation

6. operations & maintenance

7. disposition

Term
application interfaces
Definition

1. can bridge disparate systems

2. create silos

3. difficult & complex to maintain

Term
application integration
Definition

1. allows data to be shared between disparate systems

2. uses a common data element & database

Term
Types of clinical applications
Definition

ehrs

cis

lis

pis

mar

cpoe

ris

mis

pacs

op systems

phr

long-term care systems

Term
2 key areas of technology for supporting voice & data
Definition

telecommunications

networking

Term
types of networks
Definition

local area networks

backbone networks

metropolitan area networks

wide are networks

 

Term
2 classifications of networks
Definition

intranets

extranets

Term
7 layers of the OSI model
Definition

1. physical layer

2. data link layer

3. network layer

transport layer

session layer

presentation layer

application layer

Term
4 layers of the internet model
Definition

network group layer

internet group layer

transport group layer

application group layer

Term
WLAN components
Definition

wireless access points

radio frequencies

power-over-ethernet switches

Term
wide area networks connect
Definition
users on LANs to other LANs or other WANs
Term
largest WAN today
Definition
internet
Term
wireless wide area networks
Definition

provide service to large geographic areas called cells

called broadband or cellular networks

Term
distributed antennae system is useful for
Definition
increasing in-building RF coverage.
Term
storage area networks
Definition
dedicated back-end computer systems designed to efficiently and cost-effectively store & transfer a healthcare organization's server data
Term
2 types of storage area networks
Definition

fiber channel sans

network attached storage

Term
redundant array of independent drives
Definition

RAID 1 (mirrored disks)

RAID 5 (with or without a hot spot)

RAID 10

Term
unified communications technologies
Definition

instant messaging & presence

VoIP & VoWLAN

Video & web conferencing

digital signage & wayfinding

internet protocol television

Term
types of cloud computing in health care
Definition

infrastruction-as-a-service

platform-as-a-service

software-as-a-service

EMR-as-a-service

Term
business continuity
Definition
describes the processes & steps a healthcare organization puts in place to ensure that its essential business functions will continue during & after a disaster
Term
backup systems
Definition

tape-based

disk-based

virtual tape libraries

Term
redundancy between data centers
Definition

cold sites

tepid sites

warm sites

hot sites

Term
servers
Definition
specialized computers that are designed to process or "serve" computing requests, such as requests for database information, application processing, or file transfers & storage
Term
server components
Definition

central processing units

randam access memory

input/output & internal bus systems

keyboard, video, & mouse over IP

access to storage, network, & backup systems

Term
client computing
Definition

describes the computers and devices used by end users

categorized as either stationary or mobile devices

Term
stationary computers include
Definition

all-in-one computers

wall-mounted computers

thin- and zero-client computers

electronic tracking board systems

Term
emr
Definition
an electronic record of health-related information on an individual that can be created, gathered, managed, & consulted by authorized clinicians & staff w/in one healthcare organization
Term
ehr
Definition
an electronic record of health-related information on an individual that conforms to nationally recognized interoperability standards and that can be created, managed, & consulted by authorized clinicians & staff across more than one healthcare organization
Term
2 network models
Definition

open systems interconnection model (OSI)

Internet model

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