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Health Informatics
scientific discipline that is concerned with the cognitive, information-
processing, and communication tasks of healthcare practice, education,
and research,
including the information science and technology to support these tasks
Data Analytics
the science of examining raw data with the purpose of drawing
conclusions about that information
Data mining
process of extracting and analyzing large volumes of data from a
database for the purpose of identifying hidden and sometimes subtle
relationships or patterns and using those relationships to predict
behaviors.
dashboards
reports of process measures to help leaders follow progress to assist
with strategic planning
,descriptive statistics
set of statistical techniques used to describe data, such as means,
frequency distributions, and standard deviations; describes the
characteristics of a specific group or a population
inferential statistics
set of statistical techniques that allows researchers to make
generalizations about a population's characteristics on the basis of a
sample's characteristics,
predictive modeling
process used to identify patterns that can be used to predict the odds of a
particular outcome based on the observed data. Uses historical data in
order to predict what is likely to happen in the future.
certified health data analyst (CHDA)
advanced certification covers data management, data analytics, and
data reporting
Clinical Information Systems
collects and stores medical, nursing, clinical ancillary areas (such as
radiology and laboratory), and therapy department information related
to patient care
,document management system
electronic method of capturing and managing documents.
target sheets
pages that contain only a barcode that tells the scanner and, ultimately, the
computer the content of the pages that follow
file server
large PC or other computer that is extremely powerful and has a large
amount of memory and magnetic hard drive
abstracting and quality control workstation
workstation is used for indexing and quality control
backscanning
process of scanning past health records into the DMS so there is an
existing database of patient information
symbiology
format; for barcodes it is Code 39, also known as Code 3 of 9
, Radiology Information System (RIS)
used to collect, store, and provide information on radiological tests
such as x- rays, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),
computed tomography (CT), and positron emission tomography (PET)
Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS)
integrated information system that obtains, stores, retrieves, and displays
digital images
Teleradiology
ability to view radiology images from any location by the radiologist
and other users
Laboratory information system (LIS)
collects, stores, and manages laboratory tests and their respective results
Nursing Information System
assists in the planning and monitoring of overall patient care. Will
document the nursing care provided to a patient
clinical documentation
any manual or electronic notation or recording made by a physician or
other healthcare clinician related to a patient's medical condition or