QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+ GUARANTEED 100% PASS
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 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) - (ANSWER)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) - (ANSWER)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 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 scientists and various experts in the healthcare field to endeavor
toward the development of standards for the management, processing, integration, and
exchange of electronic healthcare information.
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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+ GUARANTEED 100% PASS
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) - (ANSWER)Oversees the creation, promulgation and use
of thousands of norms and guidelines
that directly impact businesses in nearly every sector: from acoustical devices to construction
equipment, from dairy and livestock production to energy distribution, and many more. Also actively
engaged in accreditation - assessing the competence of organizations determining conformance to
standards.
Health Information Exchange (HIE) - (ANSWER)allows doctors, nurses, pharmacists, other health care
providers and patients to appropriately access and securely share a patient's vital medical information
electronically—improving the speed, quality, safety and cost of patient care
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
(DICOM) - (ANSWER)The standard for the communication and management of medical imaging
information
and related data.
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) - (ANSWER)international community that develops open
standards to ensure the long-term growth of the Web.
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) - (ANSWER)part of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Created to
motivate the implementation of electronic health records (EHR) and supporting technology in the
United States. Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) `Computer tools
Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) - (ANSWER)A computer application that allows a physician's
orders for diagnostic and treatment services (such as medications, laboratory, and other tests) to be
entered electronically instead of being recorded on order sheets or prescription pads.
The computer compares the order against
standards for dosing, checks for allergies or
interactions with other medications, and warns the physician about potential problems.
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