WGU C427 ACRONYMS
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Healthcare Management Information System
(HMIS) - answer One of the six building
blocks essential for health system
strengthening. Is a data collection system
specifically designed to support planning,
management, and decision making in health
facilities and organizations.
Protected Health Information (PHI) - answer
The HIPPA 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 Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) - answer The
HIPPA 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 between healthcare
professionals and other covered entities that
require the information, such as insurance
companies.
Health Level Seven (HL7) - answer HL7, as
accredited by ANSI, is a system development
organization whose aim is to promote
interoperability for the interchange of
healthcare data. "Level Seven" refers to the
highest level of the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO)
communications model for open-systems
interconnection (OSI)- the application level.
12 HL7 was built on existing production
protocols, predominantly those of ASTM
Standard 1238. It operates as a nonprofit
volunteer, vendor, and provider-supported
organization to encourage information
LATEST EXAM WITH
100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
Healthcare Management Information System
(HMIS) - answer One of the six building
blocks essential for health system
strengthening. Is a data collection system
specifically designed to support planning,
management, and decision making in health
facilities and organizations.
Protected Health Information (PHI) - answer
The HIPPA 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 Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) - answer The
HIPPA 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 between healthcare
professionals and other covered entities that
require the information, such as insurance
companies.
Health Level Seven (HL7) - answer HL7, as
accredited by ANSI, is a system development
organization whose aim is to promote
interoperability for the interchange of
healthcare data. "Level Seven" refers to the
highest level of the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO)
communications model for open-systems
interconnection (OSI)- the application level.
12 HL7 was built on existing production
protocols, predominantly those of ASTM
Standard 1238. It operates as a nonprofit
volunteer, vendor, and provider-supported
organization to encourage information
