Nursing Informatics Final Exam with
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Wireless Communication - ANSWER-Communication through wireless devices
Wireless Devices - ANSWER-It facilitates people to work in different places where
they cannot take the devices with wires attached to them
CDSS - ANSWER-Designed to support healthcare providers in making decisions about
the delivery and management of patient care
Integrated real-time patient database - ANSWER-Combines patient data from
multiple sources. This is need to provide context for results interpretation
Data-driven mechanism - ANSWER-Allows event triggers to go into effect and
activate alerts and reminders automatically
Time-driven mechanism - ANSWER-permit automatic execution of programs at a
specific time to alert healthcare provider to carry out a specific function or ensure
that action has been completed (e.g. medication administration, time alerts)
Long-term clinical data repository - ANSWER-data collected over time from a variety
of sources allowing a longitudinal patient record.
administrative - ANSWER-supporting clinical coding and documentation,
authorization of procedures and referrals
knowledge engineer - ANSWER-translate the knowledge representation scheme
used in the system so clinical knowledge in the system can be extracted and
translated into machine executable logic.
Managing Clinical Complexity and Details - ANSWER-Keeping patients on research
and chemotherapy protocols; tracking orders, referrals follow-up and preventive
care.
cost control - ANSWER-Monitoring medication orders; avoiding duplicate or
unnecessary tests.
Decision Support - ANSWER-Supporting clinical diagnosis and treatment plan
processes; and promoting use of best practices, condition-specific guidelines, and
population-based management
,internist 1 - ANSWER-a rule-based expert system designed at the University of
Pittsburgh in 1974 for the diagnosis of complex problems in general internal
medicine.
MYCIN - ANSWER-a rule-based expert system designed to diagnose and recommend
treatment for certain blood infections.
CASNET - ANSWER-A general tool for building expert system for the diagnosis and
treatment of diseases.
Free software - ANSWER-Richard Stallman; free to make decisions on the use of
software code
Open Source - ANSWER-Bruce Perens; Software that is created for free use by
everyone
Mozilla Firefox - ANSWER-Created by Mozilla Corporation. It is a free and open
source Web browser and its use has expanded rapidly in recent years.
Miro - ANSWER-With beautiful interace. Plays any video type.
Pidgin - ANSWER-Instant Messenger;Connect to multiple IM accounts
Mozilla Thunderbird - ANSWER-Electronic Mail Client; Powerful spam filtering, solid
interface, and all the features needed by sophisticated nurses.
Cabos - ANSWER-Peer-to-Peer File Sharing; Simple, easy to use file sharing program
by Gnutella network.
OpenOffice Org. - ANSWER-(Office Suite) ; Big, full featured suite of tools for word
processing and
spreadsheets. Compatible with and a free replacement for
Microsoft Word documents. Also supports Open Document
Format.
GIMP - ANSWER-(Photo Editor)
- Photo editing application that rivals Photoshop in features
openEHR - ANSWER-Its Foundation is an international, non-profit
organization that is working toward the development of
interoperable, lifelong EHRs.
Open EMR - ANSWER-A free, open source medical clinic practice management (PM)
and HER application. It offers a range of functions including
Practice Management features for patient scheduling and
patient demographics; online EMRs; prescription writing
capability with ability to email and print prescriptions and
, ability to generate files for electronic billing. (within the
hospital lang bawal hospital-to-hospital)
FreeMEd - ANSWER-is the flagship product of the freeMED Software
Foundation as a result of many years of work in developing
OSS/FS electronic medical record (EMR) and billing system,
which focuses on the needs of the healthcare team.
CARE2x - ANSWER-It aims to develop a practical, integrated healthcare information
system (HIS) and is
designed to integrate the different information systems into
one single efficient system.
Elpidio Latorilla - ANSWER-One of the few OSS/FS projects to have been originated
by a surgery nurse
Open Source Health Care Alliance (OSHCA) - ANSWER-The oldest of the organizations
having been formally
established in Summer 2000 at a meeting in Rome, Italy. It
holds annual conferences and has email discussion list open to anyone interested in
supporting the aims and work of the
organization, and is on current website upgrade.
International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) - ANSWER-Established in
October 2002, that aims to work both within
IMIA and through encouraging joint work with other OSS/FS
organizations to explore issues around the use of OSS/FS
within healthcare and health informatics.
Special Interest Group in Nursing Informatics (IMIA-NI) - ANSWER-The first nursing
organization to establish a group dealing with
OSS/FS issues, established June 2003. The aims of IMIA-NI
Working Group include leading in informing the nursing
profession worldwide about the potentials of OSS/FS and
examining some claims, develop recommendation and creative
solution.
Data - ANSWER-- It refers to a collection of organized information,
usually the result of experience, observation or experiment,
other information within a computer system, or a set of
premises. This may consist of numbers, words, or images,
particularly as measurements or observations of a set of
variables.
Database - ANSWER-A collection of information that is organized so
that it can easily be accessed, managed, and updated.
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Wireless Communication - ANSWER-Communication through wireless devices
Wireless Devices - ANSWER-It facilitates people to work in different places where
they cannot take the devices with wires attached to them
CDSS - ANSWER-Designed to support healthcare providers in making decisions about
the delivery and management of patient care
Integrated real-time patient database - ANSWER-Combines patient data from
multiple sources. This is need to provide context for results interpretation
Data-driven mechanism - ANSWER-Allows event triggers to go into effect and
activate alerts and reminders automatically
Time-driven mechanism - ANSWER-permit automatic execution of programs at a
specific time to alert healthcare provider to carry out a specific function or ensure
that action has been completed (e.g. medication administration, time alerts)
Long-term clinical data repository - ANSWER-data collected over time from a variety
of sources allowing a longitudinal patient record.
administrative - ANSWER-supporting clinical coding and documentation,
authorization of procedures and referrals
knowledge engineer - ANSWER-translate the knowledge representation scheme
used in the system so clinical knowledge in the system can be extracted and
translated into machine executable logic.
Managing Clinical Complexity and Details - ANSWER-Keeping patients on research
and chemotherapy protocols; tracking orders, referrals follow-up and preventive
care.
cost control - ANSWER-Monitoring medication orders; avoiding duplicate or
unnecessary tests.
Decision Support - ANSWER-Supporting clinical diagnosis and treatment plan
processes; and promoting use of best practices, condition-specific guidelines, and
population-based management
,internist 1 - ANSWER-a rule-based expert system designed at the University of
Pittsburgh in 1974 for the diagnosis of complex problems in general internal
medicine.
MYCIN - ANSWER-a rule-based expert system designed to diagnose and recommend
treatment for certain blood infections.
CASNET - ANSWER-A general tool for building expert system for the diagnosis and
treatment of diseases.
Free software - ANSWER-Richard Stallman; free to make decisions on the use of
software code
Open Source - ANSWER-Bruce Perens; Software that is created for free use by
everyone
Mozilla Firefox - ANSWER-Created by Mozilla Corporation. It is a free and open
source Web browser and its use has expanded rapidly in recent years.
Miro - ANSWER-With beautiful interace. Plays any video type.
Pidgin - ANSWER-Instant Messenger;Connect to multiple IM accounts
Mozilla Thunderbird - ANSWER-Electronic Mail Client; Powerful spam filtering, solid
interface, and all the features needed by sophisticated nurses.
Cabos - ANSWER-Peer-to-Peer File Sharing; Simple, easy to use file sharing program
by Gnutella network.
OpenOffice Org. - ANSWER-(Office Suite) ; Big, full featured suite of tools for word
processing and
spreadsheets. Compatible with and a free replacement for
Microsoft Word documents. Also supports Open Document
Format.
GIMP - ANSWER-(Photo Editor)
- Photo editing application that rivals Photoshop in features
openEHR - ANSWER-Its Foundation is an international, non-profit
organization that is working toward the development of
interoperable, lifelong EHRs.
Open EMR - ANSWER-A free, open source medical clinic practice management (PM)
and HER application. It offers a range of functions including
Practice Management features for patient scheduling and
patient demographics; online EMRs; prescription writing
capability with ability to email and print prescriptions and
, ability to generate files for electronic billing. (within the
hospital lang bawal hospital-to-hospital)
FreeMEd - ANSWER-is the flagship product of the freeMED Software
Foundation as a result of many years of work in developing
OSS/FS electronic medical record (EMR) and billing system,
which focuses on the needs of the healthcare team.
CARE2x - ANSWER-It aims to develop a practical, integrated healthcare information
system (HIS) and is
designed to integrate the different information systems into
one single efficient system.
Elpidio Latorilla - ANSWER-One of the few OSS/FS projects to have been originated
by a surgery nurse
Open Source Health Care Alliance (OSHCA) - ANSWER-The oldest of the organizations
having been formally
established in Summer 2000 at a meeting in Rome, Italy. It
holds annual conferences and has email discussion list open to anyone interested in
supporting the aims and work of the
organization, and is on current website upgrade.
International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) - ANSWER-Established in
October 2002, that aims to work both within
IMIA and through encouraging joint work with other OSS/FS
organizations to explore issues around the use of OSS/FS
within healthcare and health informatics.
Special Interest Group in Nursing Informatics (IMIA-NI) - ANSWER-The first nursing
organization to establish a group dealing with
OSS/FS issues, established June 2003. The aims of IMIA-NI
Working Group include leading in informing the nursing
profession worldwide about the potentials of OSS/FS and
examining some claims, develop recommendation and creative
solution.
Data - ANSWER-- It refers to a collection of organized information,
usually the result of experience, observation or experiment,
other information within a computer system, or a set of
premises. This may consist of numbers, words, or images,
particularly as measurements or observations of a set of
variables.
Database - ANSWER-A collection of information that is organized so
that it can easily be accessed, managed, and updated.
