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Ch. 10 Vocab
HIT Computer Applications
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) | The use of computer systems that are able to perform tasks that had typically required the use of human intelligence. |
| Blockchain | A distributed database that is stored on multiple computers that may or may not be in the same location. |
| Cloud computing | The housing of data in a cloud environment, which is a commercially maintained site on the Internet. |
| Decryption | Interpretation of data being received in encrypted (scrambled) form. |
| Evidence-based medicine (EBM) | Diagnostic and treatment protocols that are based on proven research and documented best practices. |
| Health Informatics | The management of automated health information; the technological side of managing health information—the design, development, structure, implementation, integration, and management of the technical aspects of electronic (automated) health record-keeping. |
| Health Information exchange (HIE) | The movement or sharing of information between healthcare entities in a secure manner and in keeping with nationally recognized standards. |
| Health Information management (HIM) | A profession that encompasses services in planning, collecting, aggregating, analyzing, and disseminating individual patient and aggregate clinical data (in paper or electronic format). |
| Local area network (LAN) | A network linking computers and related devices that are physically close to one another such as within a building. |
| Patient portal | A method of accessing portions of one’s own health information from the care provider’s or hospital’s electronic health record. |
| Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) | A model that was developed by the American Academy of Family Practitioners to care for patients with chronic conditions, to encourage and facilitate a patient’s (and family’s) involvement in his or her own care. |
| Personal digital assistant (PDA) | A mobile device that is small enough to fit in one’s hand yet allows access to local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), and the Internet; may also have telephone capability. |
| Personal health record (PHR) | A record, kept by the patient, that contains a person’s health history, immunization status, current and past medications, allergies, and instructions given by a care provider; it often includes patient education materials as well. |
| Smartphone | Telephone that allows Internet browsing, audio, video, and camera functionality. |
| Tablet computer | Computer that is larger than a PDA or smartphone yet smaller than a laptop computer; allows access to local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), and the Internet. |
| Telehealth | Associated with preventive care, telehealth is the use of audiovisual equipment through which the patient and the care provider or healthcare professional can connect remotely. |
| Telemedicine | The use of technology to remotely monitor a patient’s vital signs and perform tests such as an EKG or to forward radiologic images. |
| Virtual private network (VPN) | Software that encrypts (codes) the data being sent as well as interprets the data being received. |
| Wide area network (WAN) | Connects computer networks together that are not physically close. |
| WI-FI | Data exchange via high radio frequency. |
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