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Information system
mosbys review of the PTCB chapter 9 Information system usage and application
Term | Definition |
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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 |