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entering data, analyzing HIM professionals use computers for which tasks?
data, using and
maintaining data
patient care, education, What areas of healthcare have been impacted by the
access to information use of computer systems in HIM?
What enables applications to communicate with each
Interfaces
other so that systems can be integrated?
data raw facts and figures
an automated system that uses computer hardware
and software to record, manipulate, store, recover,
information system
and disseminate data. A system that receives and
processes input and provides output
software applications that handle patient accounts,
financial applications
budgets, and other financial activities.
large computers that are used by the government and
mainframe computers other organizations that require speed and ability to
process large amounts of data
all the of processing is performed at the server or
dumb terminals mainframe, used to input patient data, capturing
various patient or clinical data for reporting purposes
all of the processing is performed on the PC, has
personal computer central processing unit, computer memory, and
storage for data
, data that has been manipulated into something
information
meaningful
the place or location where the physician administers
point of care (POC)
services to the patient
computer at the point of care, which involves a
computer on wheels
wireless computer mounted on a mobile care and can
(COW)
be moved from patient to patient
electronic record of health-related information on an
individual that conforms to nationally recognized
electronic health record
interoperability standards, and that can be created,
(EHR)
managed, and consulted by authorized clinicians and
staff across more than one healthcare organization
this law enacted an incentive program known as
meaningful use, which gave healthcare providers who
American Recovery and
met the requirements financial incentives for
Reinvestment Act of 2009
implementing the EHR and using it in a meaningful
way
a way to store data and run applications for many
cloud computing healthcare facilities--a system that operates on a
computer that is owned and maintained by a vendor
facilitates sharing information, stored at remote
cloud computing
location, moved via the internet
private information network that is similar to the
internet in that it uses internet technologies, however,
intranet
its servers are located inside a firewall or security
barrier
give updates on upcoming events, house the bylaws
and rules and regulations as well as the policies and
intranet procedures of the facility, provide a repository for
forms, employee directory, maps, and a site search
engine