The dates, numbers, images, symbols, letters, and words that represent basic facts and observations
about people, processes, measurements, and conditions - AnswersData
Descriptive data that characterize other data to create a clearer understanding of their meaning and to
achieve greater reliability and quality of information - AnswersMetadata
Data that have been deliberately selected, processed, and organized to be useful - AnswersInformation
A management strategy that promotes an integrated and collaborative approach to the process of
information asset creation, capture, organization, access, and use - AnswersKnowledge management
The massive amount of data available to study, which is often in unstructured formats - AnswersBig Data
A methodology that supports complex analysis on a large set of data from multiple sources retained in
either a multidimensional or relational database - AnswersBusiness intelligence
A system that analyzes a large volume of aggregated data and provides trending information, used in
healthcare to support strategic planning and management of the healthcare organization -
AnswersExecutive decision support
an organized structure for arranging objects, such as clinical terms or phrases, that aids in their
definition, mapping, and use - AnswersClassification (grouping)
A set of terms representing the system of concepts of a particular subject field; a clinical terminology
provides the proper use of clinical words as names or symbols - AnswersTerminology (granular)
A recognized system of terms used in a science or art that follows preestablished naming conventions; a
disease nomenclature is a listing of the proper name for each disease entity with its specific code
number (naming convention/most often has a corresponding code set) - AnswersNomenclature
A clinical drug nomenclature developed by the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of
Veterans Affairs, and HL7 to provide standard names for clinical drugs and administered dose forms that
links to many of the drug vocabularies commonly used in pharmacy management and drug interaction
software - AnswersRxNorm
aimed at standardizing laboratory and other data observed about a patient, such as vital signs or
symptoms, outcomes management, and research - AnswersLogical Observations Identifiers Names and
Codes (LOINC)
In information systems, software instructions that direct computers to perform a specified action; in
healthcare, an alphanumeric representation of the terms in a clinical classification or vocabulary -
AnswersCode
, In computer programming, the process of writing software using a specific computer language to
encode instructions; in healthcare, the process of assigning numeric or alphanumeric representations to
clinical documentation - AnswersCoding
any set of codes used to encode data elements, such as tables of terms, medical concepts, medical
diagnostic codes, or medical procedure codes; includes both the codes and their descriptions -
AnswersCode set (actual set)
computer-processable clinical vocabulary, to represent virtually all healthcare processes; it is designed
to index, store, retrieve, and aggregate clinical data in a standardized manner - AnswersSNOMED CT
A list of recommended data elements with uniform definitions where the data are relevant for a
particular use - AnswersData set
A collection of healthcare information related to a specific disease, condition, or procedure that makes
the information readily available for analysis and comparison - AnswersRegistry
Refers to functions that can be performed on a panel of patients simultaneously, rather than functions
typically performed in an EHR, which relate to only one patient at a time - AnswersRegistry functionality
Standardized performance measures developed to improve the safety and quality of healthcare (used by
the Joint Commission's ORYX initiative, CMS quality reporting program for hospitals, and others) -
AnswersCore measures
The structure that must support the ability of IT to create the knowledge continuum - AnswersData
architecture
The data needed to operate an enterprise, and how they are defined (vocabulary), structured and
processed (architecture), and quality ensured - AnswersData infrastructure
Computer software that enables the user to create, modify, delete, and view the data in a database -
AnswersDatabase management system (DBMS)
data from diverse sources are stored so that an integrated, multidisciplinary view of the data can be
achieved - AnswersData repository
A database that is optimized for analytical query and report processing using data from multiple
databases - AnswersData warehouse
A well-organized, user centered, searchable database system that usually draws information from a data
warehouse to meet the specific needs of users - AnswersData mart
process of organizing data to minimize redundancy - AnswersData normalization
A database in which there are redundant data in order to optimize analytical performance -
AnswersData denormalization