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If a patient health record contains important info, what is it considered? - ANSWER_legal document What includes info about doctor visits, hospital stays, consults by social workers, therapists, medical history, diagnoses, medications, allergies, progress notes, insurance and billing data (everything)? - ANSWER_EHR (electronic health records) What should you do when correcting a medical error in an electronic health record? - ANSWER_you should not remove or rewrite the original info Wha...

HIPPA -ANSWER-Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act What is HIPPA? What does it do? -ANSWER-Patient confidentiality of medical info. Threats to accuracy -ANSWER-• human input errors • handoff time (shift changes) mostly when errors happen Threats to Confidentiality -ANSWER-Methods to protect hospital info -Physical Security -Software Programs -Educated employee What does confidentiality NOT apply to -ANSWER-Gunshot wounds Child abuse Intoxicating accide...

biosensor -ANSWER -a piece of technology that can keep track of a person's heart rate, breathing, and temperature biotechnology -ANSWER -technology that uses biological processes, organisms, or systems to develop products intended to improve the quality of human life cloning -ANSWER -the creation of an organism that is an exact genetic copy of another computer on wheels (COW) -ANSWER -a mobile computer used to access and enter patient information while moving around the healthcare faci...

health information technology (health IT) -ANSWER _provides the umbrella framework to describe the comprehensive management of health information and its secure exchange between consumers, providers, government and quality entities, and insurers. -generally viewed as the most promising tool for improving the overall quality, safety, and efficiency of the health delivery system. informatics -ANSWER _the science that encompasses information science and computer science to study the process, ma...

health or medical informatics -ANSWER_the science of computer application that supports clinical and research data in different areas of health care. it is a methodology of how the healthcare industry thinks about patients and how their treatments are defined and evolved. imaging informatics -ANSWER_applies computer technology to organs and tissue health information systems -ANSWER_systems that store, transmit, collect, and retrieve this data the goal of health information technology (H...

Computer on wheels -ANSWER -Mobile computer used to access and enter a patients information Health information technology for economic and clinical health act -ANSWER -Legislation passed to improve healthcare through increased use of health info technology Handoff reports -ANSWER -Reports used during a shift change or change in the level of patient care to explain a patient current situation Telemedicine -ANSWER -When communication and info technologies are used to provide patients with...

2. A nurse may take the patient's vital signs using a blood pressure cuff and weighs the patient. This information goes into the EHS. 3. A doctor visits the patient and makes observations about her knee. She is told she has significant swelling and should visit a specialist. She is referred to an orthopedic surgeon. 4. The patient visits the surgeon's office. The office worker accesses the EHR with a computer to confirm the appointment. 5. The surgeon examines her knee and orders an MRI tes...

HIPAA - ANSWER_The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a federal law protecting the privacy of patient-specific health care information and providing the patient with control over how this information is used and distributed browser - ANSWER_A program that allows the user to find and view pages on the world wide web. central processing unit - ANSWER_executes commands from a computer's hardware and software; the principal computer chip that contains several processing comp...

How should you keep your password safe? -ANSWER_ keep it confidential and change it frequently what does MEDLARS stand for? -ANSWER_ MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System what is the first steps in patient care? -ANSWER_ taking a medical history and a physical exam what are the three major components of a computer? -ANSWER_ input, output, and central processing unit what are examples of input care? -ANSWER_ mouse, keyboard, magnetic tape, touchscreen monitor, optical scann...

telemedicine- ANSWER - the ability of doctors to see and evaluate a patient over the phone or video conference portal technology- ANSWER - Allows patients and doctors to access information on their own health, helping to allow the patient to be more active in their healthcare self-service kiosks- ANSWER - helps to make hospital/doctors office registration more efficient by allowing you to put in your information and pay bills without the need for a worker remote monitoring tools- ANSWER...