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HEIT 201 Ch 1
Flashcards HEIT 201 Ch 1 Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Financial Applications | software applications that handle patient accounts, budgets, and payroll |
| Mainframe computers | large computers that process large amounts of data |
| dumb terminals | computer terminal attached to a server or mainframe used to input patient or clinical data used for reporting |
| personal computer (PC) | computer with central processing unit, memory, and data storage device for a single user |
| point of care | place or location where the provider administers services to the patient |
| computer OR wireless on wheels | device used by providers at the point of care to enter patient care documentation |
| electronic health record | Electronic health-related information on an individual that can be created, managed, and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff across more than one healthcare organization |
| cloud computing | System that operates on a computer that is owned and maintained by a vendor |
| intranet | Private information network that is similar to the Internet in that it uses Internet technologies |
| extranet | System of connections of private Internet networks outside an organization’s firewall |
| health information exchange | electronic exchange of health information between providers with the same level of interoperability |
| patient safety | discipline that emphasizes safety in health care through prevention, reduction, reporting, analysis of medical errors |
| evidence based medicine | healthcare tested through controlled, peer-reviewed biomedical studies |
| clinical pathways | a tool designed to coordinate multidisplinary care planning for specific diagnoses and treatments |
| clinical practice guidelines | a tool that provides a detailed, step-by-step guide used by healthcare practitioners to make knowledge based decision issued by an authoritative agency |
| health informatics | scientific discipline concerned with cognitive, information processing, and communication tasks of healthcare practice , education and research using info and science |
| data | raw numbers or facts |
| information | data that has been manipulated into something useful |
| data analytics | science of examining raw data with the purpose of drawing conclusions about that information to be used for business decisions |
| data mining | process of extracting and analyzing large volumes of data from a database for the purpose of identifying hidden info and subtle relationships |
| dashboards | collection of key performance indicators that focus on specific aspects of required functions within an organization or dept. |
| descriptive statistics | set of statistical techniques used to describe data such as means, averages, freqwuency from past data |
| inferential statistics | techniques that allow generalizations to be made about a population on the basis of sample characteristics |
| predictive modeling | process of identifying patterns that can be used to predict the odds probability of a particular outcome based on observed data |
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