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Healthcare -
C427 exam(49
questions fully
solved)
Healthcare Management Information System
(HMIS)
one of the six building blocks essential for
health system strengthening. HMIS is a data
collection system specifically designed to
support planning, management, and decision
making in health facilities and organizations.
Protected Health Information (PHI)
, The HIPAA Privacy Rule provides federal
protections for personal health information
held by covered entities and gives patients
an array of rights with respect to that
information. At the same time, the Privacy
Rule is balanced so that it permits the
disclosure of personal health information
needed for patient care and other important
purposes.
Health Information Portability and Protection
Act (HIPAA)
the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted on
August 21, 1996, by the U.S. Congress to
accelerate the development of data
standards to improve the privacy,
confidentiality, integrity, and security
aspects of personal health information and to
simplify the movement of individual patients'
protected health information (PHI) between
healthcare professionals and other covered
entities that require the information, such as
insurance companies.
Health Level 7 (HL7)
Health Level Seven (HL7), as accredited by
ANSI, is a system development organization
whose aim is to promote interoperability for
Applications in
Healthcare -
C427 exam(49
questions fully
solved)
Healthcare Management Information System
(HMIS)
one of the six building blocks essential for
health system strengthening. HMIS is a data
collection system specifically designed to
support planning, management, and decision
making in health facilities and organizations.
Protected Health Information (PHI)
, The HIPAA Privacy Rule provides federal
protections for personal health information
held by covered entities and gives patients
an array of rights with respect to that
information. At the same time, the Privacy
Rule is balanced so that it permits the
disclosure of personal health information
needed for patient care and other important
purposes.
Health Information Portability and Protection
Act (HIPAA)
the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted on
August 21, 1996, by the U.S. Congress to
accelerate the development of data
standards to improve the privacy,
confidentiality, integrity, and security
aspects of personal health information and to
simplify the movement of individual patients'
protected health information (PHI) between
healthcare professionals and other covered
entities that require the information, such as
insurance companies.
Health Level 7 (HL7)
Health Level Seven (HL7), as accredited by
ANSI, is a system development organization
whose aim is to promote interoperability for
