MDTRMS "HISMLS" LESSON 1: Health
Management Information Systems
Information System - correct answer ✔✔Automated system
AUTOMATED SYSTEMS - correct answer ✔✔Computer hardware and software
Supports the functions of the organization
COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE - correct answer ✔✔- Receives data
- Processes data
- Outputs data
What are the General Characteristics of an Information System - correct answer ✔✔INPUTS
DATA
PROCESS
OUTPUTS
General Characteristics of an Information System: INPUTS - correct answer ✔✔Order for a drug
General Characteristics of an Information System: DATA - correct answer ✔✔Prescribed drug
General Characteristics of an Information System: PROCESS - correct answer ✔✔Verifies drug is correct
for the order
General Characteristics of an Information System: OUTPUTS - correct answer ✔✔Documentation of
administration
What are the Characteristics of an Information
, System - correct answer ✔✔Organization of data into information
Ability to analyze the information
Example of Organization of data into information - correct answer ✔✔Data dictionary
Example of the Ability to analyze the information - correct answer ✔✔Medication management
What are the three (3)Major Information System Categories - correct answer ✔✔- Transaction
Processing System (TPS)
- Management Information System (MIS)
- Decision Support System (DSS)
Processes information in order to complete a transaction - correct answer ✔✔Transaction Processing
System (TPS)
Transaction Processing System (TPS) - correct answer ✔✔Processes information in order to complete a
transaction
Example of Transaction Processing System (TPS) - correct answer ✔✔- Admit, discharge, transfer (ADT)
- Patient billing
Admission-Discharge-Transfer (ADT) - correct answer ✔✔The name given to software systems used in
health care facilities that register and track patients from admission through discharge including
transfers; usually interfaced with other systems used throughout a facility such as an electronic health
record or lab information system.
The name given to software systems used in health care facilities that _____________________ from
admission through ___________________ including ___________; usually interfaced with other systems
used throughout a facility such as an _______________________________ - correct answer ✔✔register
and track patients + discharge + transfers + electronic health record or lab information system.
Management Information Systems
Information System - correct answer ✔✔Automated system
AUTOMATED SYSTEMS - correct answer ✔✔Computer hardware and software
Supports the functions of the organization
COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE - correct answer ✔✔- Receives data
- Processes data
- Outputs data
What are the General Characteristics of an Information System - correct answer ✔✔INPUTS
DATA
PROCESS
OUTPUTS
General Characteristics of an Information System: INPUTS - correct answer ✔✔Order for a drug
General Characteristics of an Information System: DATA - correct answer ✔✔Prescribed drug
General Characteristics of an Information System: PROCESS - correct answer ✔✔Verifies drug is correct
for the order
General Characteristics of an Information System: OUTPUTS - correct answer ✔✔Documentation of
administration
What are the Characteristics of an Information
, System - correct answer ✔✔Organization of data into information
Ability to analyze the information
Example of Organization of data into information - correct answer ✔✔Data dictionary
Example of the Ability to analyze the information - correct answer ✔✔Medication management
What are the three (3)Major Information System Categories - correct answer ✔✔- Transaction
Processing System (TPS)
- Management Information System (MIS)
- Decision Support System (DSS)
Processes information in order to complete a transaction - correct answer ✔✔Transaction Processing
System (TPS)
Transaction Processing System (TPS) - correct answer ✔✔Processes information in order to complete a
transaction
Example of Transaction Processing System (TPS) - correct answer ✔✔- Admit, discharge, transfer (ADT)
- Patient billing
Admission-Discharge-Transfer (ADT) - correct answer ✔✔The name given to software systems used in
health care facilities that register and track patients from admission through discharge including
transfers; usually interfaced with other systems used throughout a facility such as an electronic health
record or lab information system.
The name given to software systems used in health care facilities that _____________________ from
admission through ___________________ including ___________; usually interfaced with other systems
used throughout a facility such as an _______________________________ - correct answer ✔✔register
and track patients + discharge + transfers + electronic health record or lab information system.
