TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTHCARE
VOCABULARY EXAM
electronic health records (EHR) - Correct Answers -Systematic collection of a patient's
health care and treatment in a digital format
HIPAA - Correct Answers -Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Browser - Correct Answers -A program that allows the user to find and view pages on
the world wide web.
Telemedicine - Correct Answers -the use of communications and information
technologies to provide healthcare services to people at a distance.
Echocardiogram - Correct Answers -record of the heart using sound
Computerized tomography (CT) - Correct Answers -Noninvasive used to provide 2D
views of bones, tissues and organs.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) - Correct Answers -The diagnostic imaging
technique that provides the best imaging of soft tissues?
Central processing unit (CPU) - Correct Answers -executes commands from a
computer's hardware and software; the principal computer chip that contains several
processing components, which determines the computer's operating speed; the "brain"
of a computer
Data base - Correct Answers -a collection of electronically stored data
Hardware - Correct Answers -The physical components that constitute the computer
system, such as the monitor, the keyboard, the motherboard, and the printer.
Software - Correct Answers -(computer science) written programs or procedures or
rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system
and that are stored in read/write memory
Positron emission tomography (PET) - Correct Answers -using a computerized
radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in
the brain)
VOCABULARY EXAM
electronic health records (EHR) - Correct Answers -Systematic collection of a patient's
health care and treatment in a digital format
HIPAA - Correct Answers -Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Browser - Correct Answers -A program that allows the user to find and view pages on
the world wide web.
Telemedicine - Correct Answers -the use of communications and information
technologies to provide healthcare services to people at a distance.
Echocardiogram - Correct Answers -record of the heart using sound
Computerized tomography (CT) - Correct Answers -Noninvasive used to provide 2D
views of bones, tissues and organs.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) - Correct Answers -The diagnostic imaging
technique that provides the best imaging of soft tissues?
Central processing unit (CPU) - Correct Answers -executes commands from a
computer's hardware and software; the principal computer chip that contains several
processing components, which determines the computer's operating speed; the "brain"
of a computer
Data base - Correct Answers -a collection of electronically stored data
Hardware - Correct Answers -The physical components that constitute the computer
system, such as the monitor, the keyboard, the motherboard, and the printer.
Software - Correct Answers -(computer science) written programs or procedures or
rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system
and that are stored in read/write memory
Positron emission tomography (PET) - Correct Answers -using a computerized
radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in
the brain)
