HISM (D033): Chapter 1

Certified health data analyst (CHDA) Advanced certification sponsored by AHIMA that covers data management, data analytics, and data reporting Computer on wheels (COW) A computer used at the point of care, which involves a wireless computer mounted on a mobile cart that can be moved from patient to patient. Clinical pathways A tool designed to coordinate multidisciplinary care planning for specific diagnoses and treatments Clinical practice guidelines A tool that provides a detailed, step-by-step guide used by healthcare practitioners to make knowledge-based decisions related to patient care and issued by an authoritative organization such as a medical society cloud computing A computer system that is owned and maintained by a vendor Dashboards Reports of process measures to help leaders follow progress to assist with strategic planning. Provides status on key measures. Data raw facts and figures Data analytics The science of examining raw data with the purpose of drawing conclusions about that information. This information can then be used to make business decisions concerning which services to provide and how to improve patient care. Data mining The process of extracting and analyzing large volumes of data from a database for the purpose of identifying hidden and sometimes subtle relationships that would be unnoticed without the analysis Descriptive statistics A set of statistical techniques used to describe data such as means, frequency distributions, and standard deviations Dumb terminals All of the processing is performed at the server or mainframe, used to input patient data, capturing various patient or clinical data for reporting purposes Electronic health record (EHR) 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 Evidence-based medicine Healthcare services based on clinical methods that have been thoroughly tested through controlled, peer-reviewed biomedical studies Extranet A system of connections of private Internet networks outside an organization's firewall that uses Internet technology to enable collaborative applications among enterprises Financial applications Software applications that handle patient accounts, budgets, and other financial activities Health informatics A scientific discipline that is concerned with the cognitive, information-processing, and communication tasks of healthcare practice, education, and research, including the information science and technology to support these tasks Health Information exchange (HIE) The exchange of health information electronically between providers and others with the same level of interoperability Inferential statistics A set of statistical techniques that allows researchers to make generalizations about a population's characteristics on the basis of a sample's characteristics, such as HIM professionals' continuing education efforts Information Data converted into a meaningful and useful context Information system (IS) automated system that uses computer hardware and software to record, manipulate, store, recover, and disseminate data Intranet A private information network that is similar to the Internet and whose servers are located inside a firewall or security barrier so that the general public cannot gain access to information housed within the network Mainframe computers large computers that are used by government and other organizations when speed and processing large amounts of data are used Patient safety A discipline that emphasizes safety in health care through the prevention, reduction, reporting, and analysis of medical error that often leads to adverse effects Personal computer (PC) computer designed for general use by a single person Point of care (POC) The place or location where the physician administers services to the patient, such as the patient's bedside Predictive modeling A process of identifying patterns that can be used to predict the odds of a particular outcome based on the observed data b) Extranet Extranets are used to access the healthcare facility's systems by those outside of the organization. A patient can access his test results by using the _______. a) Intranet b) Extranet c) COW d) Meaningful use b) Using a computer that is owned and managed by a vendor Cloud computing is a system that operates on a computer that is owned and maintained by a vendor. Cloud computing refers to ____________. a) Data that is inaccurate or incomplete b) Using a computer that is owned and managed by a vendor c) Flexibility that is built into the IS d) Outdated information that is purged from an IS b) Implementation of the EHR The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 encouraged the implementation of the EHR through Meaningful Use. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 encouraged ____________. a) Implementation of wireless devices b) Implementation of the EHR c) Transition away from mainframes d) Creation of an intranet b) 1960s Computers in healthcare began in the 1960s with the use of financial systems. The use of computers in healthcare began in the ____________. a) 1950s b) 1960s c) 1970s d) 1980s b) Intranet The intranet uses Internet technologies to store information for employees. It is not the Internet. Where would an employee access the form to request reimbursement recent travel? a) Internet b) Intranet c) Extranet d) WOW a) CHDA The CHDA certification covers data analysis which is a component of data analytics. AHIMA's certification related to data analytics is ____________. a) CHDA b) RHIA c) RHIT d) CCS