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| Individuals who study the use of technology to improve access to, and utilization of, information |
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| A computer system or a combination of systems that provides a security barrier or supports an access control policy between 2 networks or between a network and the Internet |
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| the form in which data are stored, as in a file, a database, a data repository, and so on |
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| An open-structure database that is not dedicated to the software of any particular vendor or data supplier, in which data from diverse source are stored so tat an integrated, multidisciplinary view of the data can be achieved: also called a central data repository or when related specifically to health data, a clinical data repository. |
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| the process of transforming text into an unintelligible string of characters that can be transmitted via communications media with a high degree of security and then decrypted when it reaches a secure destination. |
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| A system of connections of private Internet networks outside of an organization's firewall that uses Internet technology to enabr collaborative applications among enterprises. |
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| the underlying framework and features of an information system |
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| Integrated delivery system (IDS) |
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| Systems that combine the financial and clinical aspects of healthcare and use a group of healthcare providers, selected on the basis of quality and cost management criteria, to furnish comprehensive health services across the continuum of care |
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| The ability generally by adoption of standards, of systems to work together |
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| a private information network that is similar to the Internet and whose servers are located inside a firewall or security barrier so that the general public cannot gain access to information housed within the network |
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1. The process by which data are acquired and transformed into information through the application of context, which in turn provides understanding.
2. a management philosophy that promotes an integrated and collaborative approach to the process of information asset creation, capture, org.m access and use. |
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| Standards that support the uniform format and sequence of data during transmission from on healthcare entity to another |
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| A series of steps required to move from on situation to another |
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| National Health Information Infrastructure (NHII) |
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| An infrastructure proposed by the Ntl. Committee on Vital and Health Statistics in 2002 that would be a set of technologies, standard, application, systems, values and laws that support all facets of provider administrative applicaitons |
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| Binary, computer readable data |
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| Non-binary, human readable data |
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| A JC on Accreditation of Healthcare Org. initiative that supports the integration of outcomes data and other performance measurement data into the accreditation process; sometimes referred to as the ORYX initiative |
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| Healthcare Effectiveness Data information Set (HEDIS) |
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| A set of performance measures developed by the Ntl. commission of Quality Assurance that are designed to provide purchasers and consumers of healthcare with the information they need to compare the performance of managed care plans |
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| 1. the process of identifying the source of health record entities by attaching a handwritten signature, the author’s initials, or an electronic signature. 2. proof of authorship that ensures, as much as possible, that log-ins and messages from a user originate from an authorized user. |
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| Client/server architecture |
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| A computer architecture in which multiple computers (clients) are connected to other computers (servers) that store and distribute large amounts of shared data. |
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| Clinical Context Object Workgroup (CCOW) |
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| A standard protocol developed by HL7 to allow clinical applications to share information at the point of care. |
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| Clinical Decision Support System |
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| A special subcategory of clinical information systems that is designed to help healthcare providers make knowledge-based clinical decisions. |
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| Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) |
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| HL7 electronic exchange model for clinical documents (such as discharge summaries and progress notes) |
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| Clinical Information System (CIS) |
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| A category of healthcare information system that includes systems that directly support patient care. |
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| The function of electronically delivering data and automating the work flow around the management of clinical information. |
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| Computer-based patient record (CPR) |
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| an electronic patient record housed in a system designed to provide users with access to complete and accurate data, practitioner alerts and reminders, clinical decision making support systems and links to medical knowledge. AKA electronic health record, computerized patient record. |
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| Computerized physician order entry (CPOE) |
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| system that allow physician to enter medication or other orders and receive clinical advice about drug dosages, contraindications, or other clinical decision support; also called computerized provider order entry. |
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| A system that consists of individual databases contributing to a central repository from which data may be either drawn directly to supply an EHR workstation or sent to a warehouse that performs sophisticated analysis on data to supply decision support. |
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| A descriptive list of the data elements to be collected in an information system or data base whose purpose is to ensure consistency of terminology. |
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| Term that refers to what data are needed to operate an enterprise and how the are structured and processed (architecture) defined (vocabulary) and quality assured. |
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| Well-organized, user centered, searchable database systems that usually draw information from a data warehouse to meet the specific needs of users. |
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| The process of extracting information from a database and then quantifying and filtering discrete, structured data. |
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| A list of recommended data elements with uniform definitions that are relevant for a particular use. |
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| Databases that make it possible to access data from multiple databases and combine the results into a single query and reporting interface. |
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| A term that refers to the fact that elements of different information systems work together through the use of standards that are not proprietary |
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