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Information system
mosbys review of the PTCB chapter 9 Information system usage and application
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mainframe | Large, expensive and powerful computer used to process ALOT of patient data |
| Dumb Terminals | Allows a number of users to access patient information |
| minicomputers | smaller scaled mainframes used by several people in an organization through LAN |
| LAN | local area network |
| Microcomputers/ personal computers | stand-alone systems that run software programs and manage data accessed from a larger source |
| Pc devices | monitor, central processing unit, printer, |
| Hardware | components are controlled by software |
| software | instructions that tell hardware how to operate |
| operating systems | govern basic operation of the hardware |
| software applications | support pharmacy practices and used desired tasks |
| types of computer input devices | keyboard, mouse,trackball, microphone for voice recognition, touch screen, light pen |
| computer outputs | monitor, speaker, printer, plotters |
| modem | a device that allows a computer to comunicate over a network |
| memory (RAM) | provides temporary workspace for computers |
| Storage (ROM) | Permanent place; read-only memory information |
| processor | brains of the workstations |
| interfaces | connections between two or more computer systems |
| SCRIPTS standards | facilitates the transfer of prescription data among pharmacies, prescribers, intermediaries, and payers. |
| Pharmacist Services Technical Advisory Coalition (PSTAC) | consists of seven pharmacy organizations used to improve the coding infrastructure and to secure a place for pharmacy in the (EDI) Established HIPAA and CPT |
| EDI | Electronic data interchange |
| Unique patient identification | provides unique id of each patient. |
| Accuracy | promote accuracy throughout information capture and report generation and during transfer among systems. |
| Completeness | identify minimum set of info required to complete the incident, observation, or intent |
| timeliness | require health care documentation during or immediately after the event |
| interoperability across documentation systems | enabled authorized practitioners to capture, share, and report info from any system whether paper or electronic |
| retrievability | require use of standardized titles, formats, templates, macros, terminology, abbreviations, and coding makes it easier to get data |
| Authentication and Accountability | uniquely identify persons devices and systems that create or generate information and that take responsibility for the information's accuracy and timeliness |
| Auditability | allow information elements such as data fields audit access and disclossure of PHI |
| confidentiality and security | Alert users to potential confidentiality and security breaches |
| Therapeutic duplication | Detects drugs in the same therapuetic classification |
| Patient monitoring functions | therapeutic duplication, drug interactions, and IV compatabilities |