QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
“information systems (IS) - CORRECT 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); often used
inter-changeably with information technology (IT)"
"systems development life
cycle (SDLC) - CORRECT ANSWER A model used to represent the ongoing process of
developing (or purchasing) information systems"
"discrete data - CORRECT ANSWER Data that represent separate and distinct val-ues
or observations; that is, data that contain only finite num-bers and have only specified
values."
"Free-text data - CORRECT ANSWER Data that are narrative in nature"
"structured data - CORRECT ANSWER Binary, computer-readable data"
"Diagnostic image data - CORRECT ANSWER Bit-mapped images used for medi-cal or
diagnostic purposes (for example, chest x-rays or com-puted tomography scans)"
"bit-mapped data - CORRECT ANSWER Data made up of pixels displayed on a
horizontal and vertical grid or matrix"
"raster image - CORRECT ANSWER A digital image or digital data made up of pixels in a
horizontal and vertical grid or a matrix instead of lines plotted between a series of points."
"multimedia - CORRECT ANSWER The combination of free-text, raster or vector
graphics, sound, and motion video/frame dataMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language
Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles,
and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological
Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald,
S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and
Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press."
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, "speech recognition technology - CORRECT ANSWER Technology that translates
speech to textMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health
Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press,
2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health
Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health
Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press."
"Automated forms-processing (e-forms) technology - CORRECT ANSWER allows
users to electronically enter data into online forms and electronically
extract the data from the online forms for various
data-manipulation purposes. Tech-nology that allows users to electronically enter data into
on-line, digital forms and electronically extract data from online, digital forms for data
collection or manipulationMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M.,
et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed,
AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M.,
American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K.
(2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed.
AHIMA Press."
"Digital signature management technology - CORRECT ANSWER offers both
signer and document authentication for analog or digital
documents. The practice of validating the identity of an individual sending data through the
use of an electronic signatureMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen
M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed,
AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M.,
American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K.
(2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed.
AHIMA Press."
"bar-coding technology - CORRECT ANSWER A method of encoding data that consists
of parallel arrangements of dark elements, referred to as bars, and light elements, referred
to as spaces, and in-terpreting the data for automatic identification and data col-lection
purposesMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health
Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press,
2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health
Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health
Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press."
"Electronic data interchange (EDI) - CORRECT ANSWER A standard transmis-sion
format using strings of data for business information communicated among the computer
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, systems of independent organizationsMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour,
Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol.
4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M.,
American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K.
(2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed.
AHIMA Press."
"e-commerce - CORRECT ANSWER The use of the Internet and its derived technologies
to integrate all aspects of business-to-business and business-to-consumer activities,
processes, and commu-nicationsMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour,
Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol.
4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M.,
American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K.
(2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed.
AHIMA Press."
"e-health - CORRECT ANSWER The application of e-commerce to the healthcare
industry, including electronic data interchange and links among healthcare entitiesMLA 8th
Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information
Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th
Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information
Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information
Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press."
"clinical workstation - CORRECT ANSWER A single point of access that includes a
common user interface to view information from disparate applications and to launch
applicationsMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health
Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press,
2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health
Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health
Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press."
"web portal - CORRECT ANSWER A website entryway through which to access, find,
and deliver informationMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et
al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA
Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American
Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health
Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press."
"clinician/physician
web portals - CORRECT ANSWER The media for providing clinician/physician access
to the provider organization's mul-tiple sources of data from any network-connected
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, deviceMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health
Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press,
2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health
Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health
Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press."
"patient/member web portals - CORRECT ANSWER The media for providing
patient/member access to the provider organization's mul-tiple sources of data from any
network-connected deviceMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M.,
et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed,
AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M.,
American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K.
(2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed.
AHIMA Press."
"data repository - CORRECT ANSWER An open-structure database that is not dedi-
cated to the software of any particular vendor or data supplier, in which data from diverse
sources are stored so that an in-tegrated, multidisciplinary view of the data can be
achieved; also called a central data repository or, when related specifi-cally to healthcare
data, a clinical data repositoryMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen
M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed,
AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M.,
American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K.
(2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed.
AHIMA Press."
"management information systems (MISs) - CORRECT ANSWER A computer-based
system that provides information to a healthcare orga-nization's managers for use in
making decisions that affect a variety of day-to-day activitiesMLA 8th Edition (Modern
Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts,
Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American
Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association,
Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts,
Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press."
"Executive information systems (EISs) - CORRECT ANSWER An information sys-tem
designed to combine financial and clinical information for use in the management of
business affairs of a healthcare organizationMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language
Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles,
and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological
Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald,
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