Biomedical and health informatics (BMHI) or Health Informatics - correct answers the discipline focused
on the use of information, aided by technology, to improve individual health, healthcare, public health,
and research in biomedicine and health
Origin of the definition of informatics is attributed to either. . . - correct answers Karl Steinuch of
Germany in 1957 or Phillipe Dreyfus of France in 1962
The term medical informatics was first used in. . . - correct answers1974
Bioinformatics - correct answers the application of informatics in cellular and molecular biology, often
with a focus on genomics
Imaging informatics - correct answers informatics with a focus on imaging, including the use of systems
to store and retrieve images across all types if informatics
Clinical informatics - correct answers informatics applied in healthcare settings
Consumer health informatics - correct answers the field devoted to the informatics from a consumer
view, often with a focus on mobile health
Clinical research informatics - correct answers the use of informatics to facilitate clinical research with
increasing emphasis on translational research
Translational research - correct answers research aimed to accelerate research findings into clinical
practice
Public Health Informatics - correct answers the application of informatics in areas of public health,
including surveillance, reporting, and health promotion
,Information technology (IT) - correct answers refers to computers and related technology
Computer Science - correct answers an academic discipline that focuses on the scientific aspects of
computing and IT
Management information systems - correct answers another field underlying IT is usually taught in
business schools
Health information technology (HIT or Health IT) - correct answers refers to the health-related
application of IT
Health information management (HIM) - correct answers the discipline historically focused on
management of medical records with 3 main levels of practice
HIM's 3 levels of practice are. . . - correct answers Registered Health Information (RHIA), Registered
Health Information Technologist (RHIT), and Certified Coding Specialist (CCS)
Digital Health - correct answers broad term for digital, IT-related, aspects of health and healthcare
information and communications technology (ICT) - correct answers the same as IT with emphasis on
telecommunications
eHealth - correct answers use of ICT for health
mHealth - correct answers involved the use of mobile devices for health
telemedicine - correct answers the provision of healthcare when participants separated by time and/or
distance
telehealth - correct answers pursuit of health when separated by time and/or distance
,Health Systems Science (HSS) - correct answers a new science for medicine, different from basic and
clinical science
Evidence-based practice (EBP) - correct answers application of EBM in patient care
Comparative effectiveness research (CER) - correct answers research that compares one or more
diagnostic or treatment options to evaluate effectiveness, safety or outcomes
Information retrieval - correct answers field devoted to searching knowledge-based information
Electronic health record (EHR) - correct answers the patient's health record in digital form
Personal Health Record (PHR) - correct answers the personally controlled health record
Health information exchange (HIE) - correct answers the exchange of health information across
traditional business and other boundaries
Three elements incorporated in Ledley and Lusted 1959 paper. . . - correct answers symbolic logic,
probabilities, and value theory
Expert Systems - correct answers computer programs designed to mimic human expertise
The Human Genome Project started in; ended in. . . - correct answers1988; 2003
First Institute of Medicine (IOM) on an informatics topic was. . . - correct answers the Computer-Based
Patient Record published in 1991
The Health Information Technology for Clinical and Economic Health (HITECH) Act was created in. . . -
correct answers2008
, Moore's law - correct answers Prediction made by Gordon Moore in 1965 that the number of
components on an integrated circuit would double roughly every 2 years
Computer-based patient record (CPR) - correct answers earlier terms for the EHR
Data - correct answers Raw material collected and stared
Information - correct answers gives meaning and organization of data
Knowledge - correct answers provides understanding and applicability to new situations
Wisdom - correct answers knowing how to apply knowledge
Clinical Data - correct answers the collection of observations about a patient
What are the 4 elements of clinical data? - correct answers The patient (name), the attribute (vitals,
etc.), value of the attribute (#), and the time of observation
Structured Data (discrete data) - correct answers elements usually are organized into some sort of
regularized form.
Structured data is often found in. . . - correct answers History and physicals, progress notes, reports, and
discharge summaries
History and Physical - correct answers initial assessment by a clinician
Progress notes - correct answers update of progress by primary, consulting, and ancillary providers
Problem-oriented medical record - correct answers type of record where all entriest are grouped under
specific problems (SOAP)