access levels - Answers user can only see information that they have access to (CNA cannot see
everything RN can)
Administrative safeguards of electronic health information - Answers restricting access of all authorized
users of the EHR according to their position within the Healthcare system
admission-transfer-discharge system ADT - Answers classified under the hospitals' admin info system.
It's one foundational system that allows operational activities such as bed placement, transportation
coordination, room readiness, and the general coordination of services focused on the pt's phase of
movement. Tracks a pt's activities and location from admission to discharge
American recover and reinvestment act (ARRA) - Answers Authorized INCENTIVE PAYMENTS to specific
types of hospitals and healthcare professionals for adopting and using interoperable Health Information
Technology and EHR's. ARRA provides economic stimuli and incentives for the adoption of EHRs.
Analytical science - Answers Answers 2 basic questions: What do I have? How much of it do I have?
Environment, pharmacy, safety & security, fraud detection, & healthcare diagnostics.
asynchronous applications - Answers Pt-centered & allows consumers to participate in their own care by
using designated health technology to share health metrics & data w/ their healthcare provider via
technology (remote pt-monitoring - the use of devices to capture pt data at one location & then
transmit it electronically to healthcare pros at a different location, allowing the review of data for clinical
decision-making, i.e. MobileHealth).
**Audit trails - Answers software that is used for detecting security violations, performance problems,
and flaws. Records activity by users and system.
*Goal is to improve data integrity. An audit trail must contain the name of the user, the application
triggering the audit, the workstation, the specific document, a description of event being audited, and
the date/time to determine integrity of data.
authentication - Answers action that verifies the authority of users to receive specified data
barcode medication administration - Answers mandated by FDA
**benchmark - Answers continual process of measuring servicees and practices against the toughest
competitors in the HC industry. Comparing the performance of an organization or clinician to others.
big data - Answers very large data sets beyond human capability to analyze or manage without the aid
of information technology. Considered data originating from very large data sets that help identify
patterns and trends. Big data cannot be managed without the use of technology to analyze its output.
5 properties of big data - Answers variety, velocity, volume, value, veracity