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Data - Answer: raw facts and figures
Information System (IS) - Answer: an automated system that uses computer hardware and
software to record, manipulate, store, recover, and disseminate data (that is, a system that
receives and processes input and provides output)
Financial applications - Answer: information systems that are designed to collect, store,
and manage financial data. software applications that handle patient accounts, budgets,
and other financial activities.
Mainframe computers - Answer: large computers that are used by the government and
other organizations that require speed and the ability to process large amounts of data.
dumb terminals, - Answer: all of the processing is performed at the server or mainframe
personal computers - Answer: some or all of the processing is performed on the PC
central processing unit (CPU) - Answer: computer memory, and storage devices for data,
also known as a microprocessor
microprocessor - Answer: a microchip that processes the information and the code
(instructions) used by a computer; it is the "brains of a computer."
Information - Answer: data that have been manipulated into something meaningful.
Wireless computers are often seen at the - Answer: point of care (POC), the place or
location where the physician administers services to the patient, such as the patient's
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, bedside. One type of device used at the POC is the computer on wheels (COW)—also
referred to as wireless on wheels (WOW)—which involves a wireless computer mounted on
a mobile cart that can be moved from patient to patient.
COW at the POC improves documentation - Answer: because it is done as soon as the care
occurs, also gives current information to other healthcare professionals involved in the
patient's care. One of the downsides to wireless computers is that they are easy targets for
both physical and virtual theft.
Electronic health record (EHR) - Answer: An electronic record of health-related information
on an individual that conforms to nationally recognized interoperability standards and that
can be created, managed, and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff across more
than one healthcare organization
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. - Answer: This law enacted an incentive
program known as Meaningful Use, which gave healthcare providers who met the
requirements financial incentives for implementing the EHR and using it in a meaningful
way.
Cloud computing - Answer: a system that operates on a computer that is owned and
maintained by a vendor. Storing data in the cloud facilitates the sharing of information,
which is important to healthcare. The data storage is at a remote location, and information
is moved via the Internet
intranet - Answer: a private information network that is similar to the Internet in that it uses
Internet technologies; however, its servers are located inside a firewall or security barrier
so that the general public cannot gain access to information housed within the network,
distinguishing it from the Internet.
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The smart way to Pass | Real Tests, Real results!
Data - Answer: raw facts and figures
Information System (IS) - Answer: an automated system that uses computer hardware and
software to record, manipulate, store, recover, and disseminate data (that is, a system that
receives and processes input and provides output)
Financial applications - Answer: information systems that are designed to collect, store,
and manage financial data. software applications that handle patient accounts, budgets,
and other financial activities.
Mainframe computers - Answer: large computers that are used by the government and
other organizations that require speed and the ability to process large amounts of data.
dumb terminals, - Answer: all of the processing is performed at the server or mainframe
personal computers - Answer: some or all of the processing is performed on the PC
central processing unit (CPU) - Answer: computer memory, and storage devices for data,
also known as a microprocessor
microprocessor - Answer: a microchip that processes the information and the code
(instructions) used by a computer; it is the "brains of a computer."
Information - Answer: data that have been manipulated into something meaningful.
Wireless computers are often seen at the - Answer: point of care (POC), the place or
location where the physician administers services to the patient, such as the patient's
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, bedside. One type of device used at the POC is the computer on wheels (COW)—also
referred to as wireless on wheels (WOW)—which involves a wireless computer mounted on
a mobile cart that can be moved from patient to patient.
COW at the POC improves documentation - Answer: because it is done as soon as the care
occurs, also gives current information to other healthcare professionals involved in the
patient's care. One of the downsides to wireless computers is that they are easy targets for
both physical and virtual theft.
Electronic health record (EHR) - Answer: An electronic record of health-related information
on an individual that conforms to nationally recognized interoperability standards and that
can be created, managed, and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff across more
than one healthcare organization
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. - Answer: This law enacted an incentive
program known as Meaningful Use, which gave healthcare providers who met the
requirements financial incentives for implementing the EHR and using it in a meaningful
way.
Cloud computing - Answer: a system that operates on a computer that is owned and
maintained by a vendor. Storing data in the cloud facilitates the sharing of information,
which is important to healthcare. The data storage is at a remote location, and information
is moved via the Internet
intranet - Answer: a private information network that is similar to the Internet in that it uses
Internet technologies; however, its servers are located inside a firewall or security barrier
so that the general public cannot gain access to information housed within the network,
distinguishing it from the Internet.
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