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HOSA HEALTH INFORMATICS (2025/
2026) QS & AS| GRADE A| 100%
CORRECT (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Downtime - ANS ✓A time during which a computer of software is not available
or not functioning due to hardware, operating system, or application program
failure
Dynamic homeostasis - ANS ✓The constantly changing processes used by a
system to maintain a steady state or balance. The normal fluctuations seen in
body chemistry levels demonstrate dynamic homeostasis
Dynamic system - ANS ✓A system that is in a constant state of change in
response to a reiterative feedback loop
eBooks - ANS ✓Books in a digital format that may or may not require a
proprietary device to read
Education games - ANS ✓Games that engage students in active learning. They
generally include some sort of competition related to teams and winning a
contest
eHealth - ANS ✓Electronic communication and information technology related
to health information and processes accessible through online means
eHealth initiatives - ANS ✓Efforts and programming implemented to
standardize and transform the use of technology in healthcare with the goal of
improving patient care
eLearning - ANS ✓A change in the learner's knowledge and/or skills that is
attributable to an experience with an electronic device
Electronic data Interchange (EDI) - ANS ✓The standards or act of transferring
data via computer technology between organizations
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Electronic health record (EHR) - ANS ✓A longitudal electronic record of
patient health information produced by encounters in one or more care settings
Electronic health Record (EHR) adoption - ANS ✓The depth and breadth of
use or penetration of EHRs in healthcare provider organizations and practices
Electronic medical record (EMR) - ANS ✓A digital version of a patient's chart
used in a clinician's office or other healthcare setting
Electronic medication Administration Record (eMAR) - ANS ✓Software used
to view and document patient medications
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) - ANS ✓a suite of applications called
modules, a database, and a set of inherent processes for consolidating business
operations into a single, consistent, computing platform
Entropy - ANS ✓A measure of the disorder or unavailability of energy within a
system
ePatient - ANS ✓A person who uses technology to actively engage in his or her
healthcare and manages the responsibility for his or her own health and wellness
ePatient movement - ANS ✓A movement in which patients play an increasing
role in their own healthcare and contribute to the care of others
ePortfolio - ANS ✓A portfolio that is maintained in a digital format
Equifinality - ANS ✓The tendency of open systems to reach a characteristic final
state from different initial conditions and in different ways
Ergonomics - ANS ✓In the U.S. this focuses on the physical design and
implementation of equipment, tools, and products as they relate to humans
safety, comfort, and convenience. The term is used interchangeably with human
factors in Europe and elsewhere
Evidence-based practice (EBP) - ANS ✓The use of research, data, and scientific
evaluation as a basis for clinical decision making and the provision of patient care
Expert System - ANS ✓computer program that imitates human thinking through
complicated sets of if-then rules
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Extrapolation - ANS ✓Extending historical data to create future predictions and
trend lines
Fat client - ANS ✓A personal computer with full functionality and disk storage
that exists in a client-server environment. It contrasts with a thin client that i, in
essence, solely a terminal with no embedded software
Fidelity - ANS ✓Believability or the degree to which a simulated experience
approaches reality' as fidelity increases, realism increases
Financial information system (FIS) - ANS ✓A system that records, stores, and
manages financial operations within an organization for the purposes of
reporting and decision making
Fixed asset management - ANS ✓The management of objects that cannot be
easily converted to cash or sold or used for the care of a patient
Focused ethnographies - ANS ✓Research methods borrowed from
anthropology and sociology in which the focus is on the person's point of view
and his or her experiences and interactions in social settings
Formative evaluation - ANS ✓Feedback provided with the goal of improving a
program or a person's performance, typically given in the early or middle portion
of the program
Fractal type patterns - ANS ✓Irregular geometric shapes that are repeatedly
subdivided into parts that are a smaller copy of the whole
Framework - ANS ✓A basic conceptual structure for organizing ideas
Futures research - ANS ✓a rational and synthetic approach to identifying
possible, probable, and preferable futures. The formal study of the future is also
called foresight and futures studies, strategic foresight, prospective studies,
prognostic studies, and futurology
General ledger - ANS ✓A listing of a financial transactions made by the
healthcare organization
Generalist nurse - ANS ✓A professional nurse educated at the undergraduate
level for the broad practice of nursing in primary, secondary, and tertiary
healthcare
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HOSA HEALTH INFORMATICS (2025/
2026) QS & AS| GRADE A| 100%
CORRECT (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Downtime - ANS ✓A time during which a computer of software is not available
or not functioning due to hardware, operating system, or application program
failure
Dynamic homeostasis - ANS ✓The constantly changing processes used by a
system to maintain a steady state or balance. The normal fluctuations seen in
body chemistry levels demonstrate dynamic homeostasis
Dynamic system - ANS ✓A system that is in a constant state of change in
response to a reiterative feedback loop
eBooks - ANS ✓Books in a digital format that may or may not require a
proprietary device to read
Education games - ANS ✓Games that engage students in active learning. They
generally include some sort of competition related to teams and winning a
contest
eHealth - ANS ✓Electronic communication and information technology related
to health information and processes accessible through online means
eHealth initiatives - ANS ✓Efforts and programming implemented to
standardize and transform the use of technology in healthcare with the goal of
improving patient care
eLearning - ANS ✓A change in the learner's knowledge and/or skills that is
attributable to an experience with an electronic device
Electronic data Interchange (EDI) - ANS ✓The standards or act of transferring
data via computer technology between organizations
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Electronic health record (EHR) - ANS ✓A longitudal electronic record of
patient health information produced by encounters in one or more care settings
Electronic health Record (EHR) adoption - ANS ✓The depth and breadth of
use or penetration of EHRs in healthcare provider organizations and practices
Electronic medical record (EMR) - ANS ✓A digital version of a patient's chart
used in a clinician's office or other healthcare setting
Electronic medication Administration Record (eMAR) - ANS ✓Software used
to view and document patient medications
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) - ANS ✓a suite of applications called
modules, a database, and a set of inherent processes for consolidating business
operations into a single, consistent, computing platform
Entropy - ANS ✓A measure of the disorder or unavailability of energy within a
system
ePatient - ANS ✓A person who uses technology to actively engage in his or her
healthcare and manages the responsibility for his or her own health and wellness
ePatient movement - ANS ✓A movement in which patients play an increasing
role in their own healthcare and contribute to the care of others
ePortfolio - ANS ✓A portfolio that is maintained in a digital format
Equifinality - ANS ✓The tendency of open systems to reach a characteristic final
state from different initial conditions and in different ways
Ergonomics - ANS ✓In the U.S. this focuses on the physical design and
implementation of equipment, tools, and products as they relate to humans
safety, comfort, and convenience. The term is used interchangeably with human
factors in Europe and elsewhere
Evidence-based practice (EBP) - ANS ✓The use of research, data, and scientific
evaluation as a basis for clinical decision making and the provision of patient care
Expert System - ANS ✓computer program that imitates human thinking through
complicated sets of if-then rules
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Extrapolation - ANS ✓Extending historical data to create future predictions and
trend lines
Fat client - ANS ✓A personal computer with full functionality and disk storage
that exists in a client-server environment. It contrasts with a thin client that i, in
essence, solely a terminal with no embedded software
Fidelity - ANS ✓Believability or the degree to which a simulated experience
approaches reality' as fidelity increases, realism increases
Financial information system (FIS) - ANS ✓A system that records, stores, and
manages financial operations within an organization for the purposes of
reporting and decision making
Fixed asset management - ANS ✓The management of objects that cannot be
easily converted to cash or sold or used for the care of a patient
Focused ethnographies - ANS ✓Research methods borrowed from
anthropology and sociology in which the focus is on the person's point of view
and his or her experiences and interactions in social settings
Formative evaluation - ANS ✓Feedback provided with the goal of improving a
program or a person's performance, typically given in the early or middle portion
of the program
Fractal type patterns - ANS ✓Irregular geometric shapes that are repeatedly
subdivided into parts that are a smaller copy of the whole
Framework - ANS ✓A basic conceptual structure for organizing ideas
Futures research - ANS ✓a rational and synthetic approach to identifying
possible, probable, and preferable futures. The formal study of the future is also
called foresight and futures studies, strategic foresight, prospective studies,
prognostic studies, and futurology
General ledger - ANS ✓A listing of a financial transactions made by the
healthcare organization
Generalist nurse - ANS ✓A professional nurse educated at the undergraduate
level for the broad practice of nursing in primary, secondary, and tertiary
healthcare
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