NR512 WEEK 2 INFORMATICS KEY TERMS QUIZ
KEY CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS GUIDE
2026
◉ Computer-aided software engineering. Answer: Systematic
application of computer software tools and techniques to assist
engineering practice.
◉ Dynamic System Development Method. Answer: An agile software
development strategy based on the rapid application development
model that is iterative and used in the system development life cycle
(SDLC) and project management.
◉ Health Management Information System. Answer: An information
system that is specially intended to support and help with the
planning, resource allocation and management of health
programming to make healthcare more effective and efficient;
information system that plans and manages health programs not the
actual delivery of healthcare.
◉ Hospital Information System. Answer: An information system
intended to manage the clinical, financial and administrative needs
of the hospital; refers to the paper-based as well as computer-based
information processing that manages the functional aspects
(administrative, financial and clinical) of a hospital.
,◉ Information Technology. Answer: Use of hardware, software,
services, and supporting infrastructure to manage and deliver
information using voice, data, and video or the use of technologies
from computing, electronics, and telecommunications to process
and distribute information in digital and other forms. Anything
related to computing technology, such as networking, hardware,
software, the Internet, or the people who work with these
technologies.Many hospitals have IT departments for managing the
computers, networks, and other technical areas of the healthcare
industry.
◉ Iteration. Answer: To replicate and refine a method until it meets
your goal or the desired result.
◉ Integration. Answer: Assimilating or combining to make whole; in
computer terminology, the process through which different
technologies, software and hardware components, are synchronized
and combined to make a functional and structural system.
◉ Interoperability. Answer: Ability of various systems and
organizations to work together to exchange information.
◉ Milestones. Answer: A predetermined planned occurrence that
indicates the completion or achievement of a deliverable.
,◉ MoSCoW. Answer: An approach where the team works with the
stakeholders to develop a prioritized requirements list and a
development plan.
◉ Open Source Software. Answer: Computer software where the
source code is made available for use and/or modification without
charge. The developers share code in the hopes that the software
will evolve as others modify and improve upon the base.
◉ Prototype. Answer: Original mock-up or first model; original form
which is studied, tested and processed before duplication.
◉ Rapid Application Development. Answer: A method using
prototyping and reiteration to develop products sooner and of
superior quality.
◉ Repository. Answer: Central place where data are collected,
stored, and maintained. Central location for multiple databases or
files that can be distributed over a network or directly accessible to
the user. Location for files and databases so that the data can be
reused, analyzed, explored, or repurposed.
◉ Systems Development Life cycle. Answer: Stages involved in the
life of a system, typically an information system; model used in the
project management of a system's development effort from
feasibility to its demise.
, ◉ TELOS strategy. Answer: An approach that provides a clear
picture of the feasibility of a project.
◉ Waterfall Model. Answer: An early systems development life cycle
(SDLC) model that is linear in nature, meaning that when one phase
ends you move onto the next phase and do not go back unlike its
modern counterparts that stress iterative development.
◉ Acuity System. Answer: System that calculates the nursing care
requirements for individual patients based on severity of illness,
specialized equipment and technology needed, and intensity of
nursing interventions; determines the amount of daily nursing care
needed for each patient in a nursing unit.
◉ Admission, discharge, and transfer system. Answer: System that
provides the backbone structure for the other types of clinical and
business systems (Hassett & Thede, 2003); it contains the
groundwork for the other types of healthcare information systems
since it includes the patient's name, medical record number, visit or
account number and demographic information such as age, sex,
home address, and contact information. They are the central source
for collecting this type of patient information and communicating it
to the other types of healthcare information systems including
clinical and business systems.
KEY CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS GUIDE
2026
◉ Computer-aided software engineering. Answer: Systematic
application of computer software tools and techniques to assist
engineering practice.
◉ Dynamic System Development Method. Answer: An agile software
development strategy based on the rapid application development
model that is iterative and used in the system development life cycle
(SDLC) and project management.
◉ Health Management Information System. Answer: An information
system that is specially intended to support and help with the
planning, resource allocation and management of health
programming to make healthcare more effective and efficient;
information system that plans and manages health programs not the
actual delivery of healthcare.
◉ Hospital Information System. Answer: An information system
intended to manage the clinical, financial and administrative needs
of the hospital; refers to the paper-based as well as computer-based
information processing that manages the functional aspects
(administrative, financial and clinical) of a hospital.
,◉ Information Technology. Answer: Use of hardware, software,
services, and supporting infrastructure to manage and deliver
information using voice, data, and video or the use of technologies
from computing, electronics, and telecommunications to process
and distribute information in digital and other forms. Anything
related to computing technology, such as networking, hardware,
software, the Internet, or the people who work with these
technologies.Many hospitals have IT departments for managing the
computers, networks, and other technical areas of the healthcare
industry.
◉ Iteration. Answer: To replicate and refine a method until it meets
your goal or the desired result.
◉ Integration. Answer: Assimilating or combining to make whole; in
computer terminology, the process through which different
technologies, software and hardware components, are synchronized
and combined to make a functional and structural system.
◉ Interoperability. Answer: Ability of various systems and
organizations to work together to exchange information.
◉ Milestones. Answer: A predetermined planned occurrence that
indicates the completion or achievement of a deliverable.
,◉ MoSCoW. Answer: An approach where the team works with the
stakeholders to develop a prioritized requirements list and a
development plan.
◉ Open Source Software. Answer: Computer software where the
source code is made available for use and/or modification without
charge. The developers share code in the hopes that the software
will evolve as others modify and improve upon the base.
◉ Prototype. Answer: Original mock-up or first model; original form
which is studied, tested and processed before duplication.
◉ Rapid Application Development. Answer: A method using
prototyping and reiteration to develop products sooner and of
superior quality.
◉ Repository. Answer: Central place where data are collected,
stored, and maintained. Central location for multiple databases or
files that can be distributed over a network or directly accessible to
the user. Location for files and databases so that the data can be
reused, analyzed, explored, or repurposed.
◉ Systems Development Life cycle. Answer: Stages involved in the
life of a system, typically an information system; model used in the
project management of a system's development effort from
feasibility to its demise.
, ◉ TELOS strategy. Answer: An approach that provides a clear
picture of the feasibility of a project.
◉ Waterfall Model. Answer: An early systems development life cycle
(SDLC) model that is linear in nature, meaning that when one phase
ends you move onto the next phase and do not go back unlike its
modern counterparts that stress iterative development.
◉ Acuity System. Answer: System that calculates the nursing care
requirements for individual patients based on severity of illness,
specialized equipment and technology needed, and intensity of
nursing interventions; determines the amount of daily nursing care
needed for each patient in a nursing unit.
◉ Admission, discharge, and transfer system. Answer: System that
provides the backbone structure for the other types of clinical and
business systems (Hassett & Thede, 2003); it contains the
groundwork for the other types of healthcare information systems
since it includes the patient's name, medical record number, visit or
account number and demographic information such as age, sex,
home address, and contact information. They are the central source
for collecting this type of patient information and communicating it
to the other types of healthcare information systems including
clinical and business systems.
