HEALTH INFORMATICS AN INTERPROFESSIONAL
APPROACH
1. Ancillary system:
ANS>> software applications used by patient care support departments such as laboratory,
radiology, and pharmacy
2. Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA):
ANS>> A method for administering medications, goal to reduce errors
3. Clinical Decision Support System (CDS):
ANS>> tools and applications that assist the healthcare provider with some aspect of
clinical decision making
4. Clinical Documentation:
ANS>> Software that provides a medium for recording, managing, and reporting patient
care activities by a variety of disciplines
5. Computerized provider order entry (CPOE):
ANS>> softeware designed to allow clinicians to enter orders
6. data integrity:
ANS>> accuracy and consistency of stored or transmitted data
7. Disruptive Technology:
ANS>> An innovation that replaces long held traditional ideas and ways of doing things. A
technology that abruptly causes a change in thinking or direction
8. Electronic Health Record (EHR):
ANS>> electronic record of health related information on an individual. It can be created,
managed and consulted by clinicians
9. Electronic Medical Record (EMR):
ANS>> Electronic information used in a single healthcare setting to capture patient data
10. Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical
Health Act( HITECH):
ANS>> Law that established programs designed to improve healthcare quality, safety
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APPROACH
1. Ancillary system:
ANS>> software applications used by patient care support departments such as laboratory,
radiology, and pharmacy
2. Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA):
ANS>> A method for administering medications, goal to reduce errors
3. Clinical Decision Support System (CDS):
ANS>> tools and applications that assist the healthcare provider with some aspect of
clinical decision making
4. Clinical Documentation:
ANS>> Software that provides a medium for recording, managing, and reporting patient
care activities by a variety of disciplines
5. Computerized provider order entry (CPOE):
ANS>> softeware designed to allow clinicians to enter orders
6. data integrity:
ANS>> accuracy and consistency of stored or transmitted data
7. Disruptive Technology:
ANS>> An innovation that replaces long held traditional ideas and ways of doing things. A
technology that abruptly causes a change in thinking or direction
8. Electronic Health Record (EHR):
ANS>> electronic record of health related information on an individual. It can be created,
managed and consulted by clinicians
9. Electronic Medical Record (EMR):
ANS>> Electronic information used in a single healthcare setting to capture patient data
10. Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical
Health Act( HITECH):
ANS>> Law that established programs designed to improve healthcare quality, safety
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