CHIMA EXAM STUDY TERMS
Endorphins - ✔️✔️("endogenous morphine") are endogenous opioid neuropeptides.
They are produced by the central nervous system and pituitary gland.
Dense regular connective tissue - ✔️✔️provides strong connection between different
tissues in the human body. found in tendons and ligaments,
encapsulated nerve endings stimulate - ✔️✔️Vibration
Free nerve endings sends - ✔️✔️pain
population health. - ✔️✔️Developing primary prevention programs for the community in
conjunction with community agencies
C-section rate, the denominator - ✔️✔️Deliveries
net autopsy rate - ✔️✔️Refers to the number of all hospital autopsies performed on
inpatients (including NB) divided by the total inpatient deaths minus coroner's cases
(who may be called 'un-autopsied).
hospital adjusted autopsy rate - ✔️✔️(total hospital autopsies/total # of deaths of
hospital patients whose bodies are available for autopsy) x 100
MUST subtract out the coroner
chi-square - ✔️✔️relating to or denoting a statistical method assessing the goodness of
fit between observed values and those expected theoretically. Use for review of the
literature
Dissemination of health information - ✔️✔️Sharing of health information accordance
with legislation or organization policies, or based on the strategic plan of an organization
Flexner Report - ✔️✔️support for medical education and licensing legislation
Gross Death Rate - ✔️✔️Includes inpatient deaths only
Web browser-based applications - ✔️✔️HTML, SGML, and XML are programming
languages used to create
Participant study - ✔️✔️observing the interactions between the person and person
, metadata - ✔️✔️in reference to data
sympathetic autonomic innervation - ✔️✔️Craniosacral
Cardizem is commonly prescribed to - ✔️✔️treat blood pressure
data warehouses - ✔️✔️responsible for outcome management
Object-oriented database - ✔️✔️is an object, which contains both data and their
relationships in a single structure.
first step in a generic approach to developing a strategic IS plan - ✔️✔️Review the
organization's strategic plan (require for successful initiative) and assess the
organization's current external environment.
Source-oriented - ✔️✔️traditional format for a hospital patient care record
nosology - ✔️✔️A branch of medical science dealing with classification issues
antitussive drug - ✔️✔️relating to a substance that is used to suppress (prevent)
coughing
spinal cord end - ✔️✔️L2
temporal lobe - ✔️✔️hearing, understanding
speech, language; Wernicke area - language comprehension
thrombocytopenic purpura - ✔️✔️Multiple pinpoint hemorrhages and accumulation of
blood under the skin
Treatment: Splenectomy
Anticonvulsant - ✔️✔️Tegretol and Dilantin
Primary Health Care Transition Fund? - ✔️✔️To establish multi-disciplinary teams, so
that the most appropriate care is provided by the most appropriate provider
To increase the emphasis on health promotion, disease and injury prevention, and
chronic disease management To facilitate coordination between specialists and
hospitals
Net death rate - ✔️✔️known or called an Institutional Death Rate
Endorphins - ✔️✔️("endogenous morphine") are endogenous opioid neuropeptides.
They are produced by the central nervous system and pituitary gland.
Dense regular connective tissue - ✔️✔️provides strong connection between different
tissues in the human body. found in tendons and ligaments,
encapsulated nerve endings stimulate - ✔️✔️Vibration
Free nerve endings sends - ✔️✔️pain
population health. - ✔️✔️Developing primary prevention programs for the community in
conjunction with community agencies
C-section rate, the denominator - ✔️✔️Deliveries
net autopsy rate - ✔️✔️Refers to the number of all hospital autopsies performed on
inpatients (including NB) divided by the total inpatient deaths minus coroner's cases
(who may be called 'un-autopsied).
hospital adjusted autopsy rate - ✔️✔️(total hospital autopsies/total # of deaths of
hospital patients whose bodies are available for autopsy) x 100
MUST subtract out the coroner
chi-square - ✔️✔️relating to or denoting a statistical method assessing the goodness of
fit between observed values and those expected theoretically. Use for review of the
literature
Dissemination of health information - ✔️✔️Sharing of health information accordance
with legislation or organization policies, or based on the strategic plan of an organization
Flexner Report - ✔️✔️support for medical education and licensing legislation
Gross Death Rate - ✔️✔️Includes inpatient deaths only
Web browser-based applications - ✔️✔️HTML, SGML, and XML are programming
languages used to create
Participant study - ✔️✔️observing the interactions between the person and person
, metadata - ✔️✔️in reference to data
sympathetic autonomic innervation - ✔️✔️Craniosacral
Cardizem is commonly prescribed to - ✔️✔️treat blood pressure
data warehouses - ✔️✔️responsible for outcome management
Object-oriented database - ✔️✔️is an object, which contains both data and their
relationships in a single structure.
first step in a generic approach to developing a strategic IS plan - ✔️✔️Review the
organization's strategic plan (require for successful initiative) and assess the
organization's current external environment.
Source-oriented - ✔️✔️traditional format for a hospital patient care record
nosology - ✔️✔️A branch of medical science dealing with classification issues
antitussive drug - ✔️✔️relating to a substance that is used to suppress (prevent)
coughing
spinal cord end - ✔️✔️L2
temporal lobe - ✔️✔️hearing, understanding
speech, language; Wernicke area - language comprehension
thrombocytopenic purpura - ✔️✔️Multiple pinpoint hemorrhages and accumulation of
blood under the skin
Treatment: Splenectomy
Anticonvulsant - ✔️✔️Tegretol and Dilantin
Primary Health Care Transition Fund? - ✔️✔️To establish multi-disciplinary teams, so
that the most appropriate care is provided by the most appropriate provider
To increase the emphasis on health promotion, disease and injury prevention, and
chronic disease management To facilitate coordination between specialists and
hospitals
Net death rate - ✔️✔️known or called an Institutional Death Rate
