D220 Informatics Study Guide | 2025/2026
**Authorized INCENTIVE PAYMENTS to specific types of
hospitals & healthcare professionals for adopting & using
interoperable Health Information Technology and EHR's.
The purposes of this act include the following: (1) To
preserve/create jobs and promote economic recovery. (2) To
American Recovery and
assist those most impacted by the recession. (3) To provide
Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
investments needed to increase economic efficiency by
spurring technological advances in science and health. (4)
To invest in transportation, environmental protection, and
other infrastructure that will provide long-term economic
benefits. (5) To stabilize state and local government budgets,
in order to minimize and avoid reductions in essential
services and counterproductive state and local tax
increases.
AHQR (Agency for Produced evidence making healthcare safer, improve quality,
Healthcare Research and accessibility and affordability
Quality)
No contact with patient for data collection. EX: Remote pt
Asynchoronous Applications monitoring, Using health technologies to share health
metrics and data w/ providers. STORE & FORWARD APPS
(ex: photos)
can include registration and scheduling; tracking through
admission, transfer and discharge; patient acuity and staff
Administrative Information System
scheduling; financial or accounting systems; risk
management; payroll and human resources; quality
assurance; and contract management functions.
law passed in 2010 to expand access to insurance, address
Affordable Care Act cost reduction and affordability, improve the quality of
healthcare, and introduce the Patient's Bill of Rights,
increasing the number of insured persons.
Becoming desensitized to patient care alarms and missing or
Alarm Fatique
delaying their response to the alarm.
Professional organization for all RNs. Concerned with
ANA (American Nurses
Association) licensure, collective bargaining and education
, A term describing the extensive use of data, statistical and
Analytics quantitative analysis, explanatory and predictive models,
and fact-based management to drive decisions and actions.
a report that traces who has accessed electronic information,
Audit trail
when information was accessed, and whether any
information was changed
Authentication A method for confirming users' identities
Authorization The process of giving someone permission to do or have something
Scans drug and patients wristband to verify medication order,
Barcode Scanning Technology
inventory control, + pt identification, correct med admin
a collection of large, complex data sets, including structured
Big Data
and unstructured data, which cannot be analyzed without
the use of information technology
application of mathematics and computer science to store,
Bioinformatics
retrieve, and analyze biological data
the identification of a user based on a physical characteristic,
Biometrics
such as a fingerprint, iris, face, voice, or handwriting
A plan for how an organization will recover and restore
Business Continuity Plan partially or completely interrupted critical function(s) within a
predetermined time after a disaster or extended disruption
Information collected from multiple sources such as
Business Intelligence suppliers, customers, competitors, partners, and industries
that analyzes patterns, trends, and relationships for strategic
decision making
A committee that evaluates the worthiness of a proposed
Change Control Board (CCB)
change and either approves or rejects the proposed
change.
The senior manager (usually a registered nurse with
Chief Nursing Officer (CNO)
advanced education and extensive experience) responsible
for administering patient care services
"Two interrelated taxonomies, the CCC of Nursing Diagnoses
and Outcomes and the CCC of Nursing Interventions and
Clinical Care Classification (CCC)
Actions, that provide a standardized framework for
documenting patient care in hospitals, home health agencies,
ambulatory care clinics, and other healthcare settings"
CPOE (Computerized Physician An order entry and decision support system that allows
Order Entry) direct entry of orders and immediately shared w/ others
The process, tools and techniques that help people
Change Management
implement changes to achieve a desired outcome. (Supports
the adoption of a medication Administration System)
Change Control Helps to prioritize limited resources and ensures system standards are
**Authorized INCENTIVE PAYMENTS to specific types of
hospitals & healthcare professionals for adopting & using
interoperable Health Information Technology and EHR's.
The purposes of this act include the following: (1) To
preserve/create jobs and promote economic recovery. (2) To
American Recovery and
assist those most impacted by the recession. (3) To provide
Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
investments needed to increase economic efficiency by
spurring technological advances in science and health. (4)
To invest in transportation, environmental protection, and
other infrastructure that will provide long-term economic
benefits. (5) To stabilize state and local government budgets,
in order to minimize and avoid reductions in essential
services and counterproductive state and local tax
increases.
AHQR (Agency for Produced evidence making healthcare safer, improve quality,
Healthcare Research and accessibility and affordability
Quality)
No contact with patient for data collection. EX: Remote pt
Asynchoronous Applications monitoring, Using health technologies to share health
metrics and data w/ providers. STORE & FORWARD APPS
(ex: photos)
can include registration and scheduling; tracking through
admission, transfer and discharge; patient acuity and staff
Administrative Information System
scheduling; financial or accounting systems; risk
management; payroll and human resources; quality
assurance; and contract management functions.
law passed in 2010 to expand access to insurance, address
Affordable Care Act cost reduction and affordability, improve the quality of
healthcare, and introduce the Patient's Bill of Rights,
increasing the number of insured persons.
Becoming desensitized to patient care alarms and missing or
Alarm Fatique
delaying their response to the alarm.
Professional organization for all RNs. Concerned with
ANA (American Nurses
Association) licensure, collective bargaining and education
, A term describing the extensive use of data, statistical and
Analytics quantitative analysis, explanatory and predictive models,
and fact-based management to drive decisions and actions.
a report that traces who has accessed electronic information,
Audit trail
when information was accessed, and whether any
information was changed
Authentication A method for confirming users' identities
Authorization The process of giving someone permission to do or have something
Scans drug and patients wristband to verify medication order,
Barcode Scanning Technology
inventory control, + pt identification, correct med admin
a collection of large, complex data sets, including structured
Big Data
and unstructured data, which cannot be analyzed without
the use of information technology
application of mathematics and computer science to store,
Bioinformatics
retrieve, and analyze biological data
the identification of a user based on a physical characteristic,
Biometrics
such as a fingerprint, iris, face, voice, or handwriting
A plan for how an organization will recover and restore
Business Continuity Plan partially or completely interrupted critical function(s) within a
predetermined time after a disaster or extended disruption
Information collected from multiple sources such as
Business Intelligence suppliers, customers, competitors, partners, and industries
that analyzes patterns, trends, and relationships for strategic
decision making
A committee that evaluates the worthiness of a proposed
Change Control Board (CCB)
change and either approves or rejects the proposed
change.
The senior manager (usually a registered nurse with
Chief Nursing Officer (CNO)
advanced education and extensive experience) responsible
for administering patient care services
"Two interrelated taxonomies, the CCC of Nursing Diagnoses
and Outcomes and the CCC of Nursing Interventions and
Clinical Care Classification (CCC)
Actions, that provide a standardized framework for
documenting patient care in hospitals, home health agencies,
ambulatory care clinics, and other healthcare settings"
CPOE (Computerized Physician An order entry and decision support system that allows
Order Entry) direct entry of orders and immediately shared w/ others
The process, tools and techniques that help people
Change Management
implement changes to achieve a desired outcome. (Supports
the adoption of a medication Administration System)
Change Control Helps to prioritize limited resources and ensures system standards are
