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information systems (IS) An automated system that uses computer hardware
and software to record, manipulate, store, recover,
and disseminate data (that is, a system that receives
and processes input and provides output); often
used inter-changeably with information technology
(IT)
systems development life A model used to represent the ongoing process of
cycle (SDLC) developing (or purchasing) information systems
Informatics the science of information management.A field of
study that focuses on the use of tech-nology to
improve access to, and utilization of, information
information management. The acquisition, organization, analysis, storage,
retrieval, and dissemination of information to
support decision-making activities
,Healthcare informatics the field of information science concerned with the
management
of all aspects of health data and information
through
the application of computers and computer
technologies.The field of information science
concerned with the management of all aspects of
health data and information through the
application of computers and computer
technologies
information science The study of the nature and principles of
information.
Applied healthcare informatics Automated information systems applied to
healthcare delivery business and work-flow
processes, including the diagnosis, therapy, and
systems of managing health data and information
within the health-care setting
clinical data repository a component of the
EHR that captures data. A central database that fo-
cuses on clinical information.
data types A technical category of data (text, numbers, cur-
rency, date, memo, and link data) that a field in a
database can contain
discrete data Data that represent separate and distinct val-ues or
observations; that is, data that contain only finite
num-bers and have only specified values.
Free-text data Data that are narrative in nature
,structured data Binary, computer-readable data
Diagnostic image data Bit-mapped images used for medi-cal or diagnostic
purposes (for example, chest x-rays or com-puted
tomography scans)
bit-mapped data Data made up of pixels displayed on a horizontal
and vertical grid or matrix
raster image A digital image or digital data made up of pixels in
a horizontal and vertical grid or a matrix instead of
lines plotted between a series of points.
pixel An abbreviation for the term picture element,
which is defined by many tiny bits of data or
pointsMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language
Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health
Information Management : Concepts, Principles,
and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA
7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour,
K. M., American Health Information Management
Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013).
Health Information Management : Concepts,
Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.
, analog Data or information that is not represented in an
en-coded, computer-readable formatMLA 8th
Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen
M., et al. Health Information Management :
Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed,
AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American
Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American
Health Information Management Association,
Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health
Information Management : Concepts, Principles,
and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.
digital 1. A data transmission type based on data that have
been binary encoded 2. A term that refers to the
data or information represented in an encoded,
computer-readable formatMLA 8th Edition
(Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et
al. Health Information Management : Concepts,
Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press,
2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological
Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information
Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs,
P. K. (2013). Health Information Management :
Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed.
AHIMA Press.
digital modalities computed radiography (CR), CT,
magnetic resonance (MR), or nuclear medicine