Healthcare Data Management
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Course Introduction
Healthcare Data Management explores the principles and practices involved in collecting, storing, managing, and analyzing health-related data within various healthcare settings. The course covers topics such as data governance, interoperability, data quality, data privacy and security, and the role of electronic health records (EHRs). Students will learn about the regulatory and ethical considerations in handling sensitive patient information, tools and technologies for healthcare data storage and retrieval, and methodologies for ensuring data integrity. Emphasis is placed on real-world applications in hospitals, clinics, and public health organizations, preparing students to utilize data-driven approaches for improved healthcare delivery and decision-making.
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Information Technology for the Health Professions 4th Edition Lillian Burke
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Information
Technologyhardware, Software, and Telecommunications
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Q1) _______________ refers to the programs-the step-by-step instructions that tell the hardware what to do.
Answer: Software
Q2) _______________________ identifies people by their body parts.It includes fingerprints,handprints,face recognition,and iris scans.
A)Biometrics
B)All security systems
C)Both A and B
D)None of the above
Answer: A
Q3) The physical components of a computer are called _______________.
Answer: hardware
Q4) _______________ is changeable,temporary,volatile memory.
Answer: RAM
Q5) ___________ computing refers to "the act of utilizing a network,usually the Internet,to store information that you want to access from multiple network devices." The technology allows the user to access all information via the Internet.
Answer: Cloud
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Chapter 2: Medical Informatics: the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act, Hitech, and the Health Information
Technology Decade
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Q1) ____________________ (HITECH)which is a part of the ARRA encourages the "Meaningful Use of Electronic Medical Records," with 19 billion dollars in incentives through Medicare and Medicaid for doctors and hospitals to adopt them.
Answer: The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act
Q2) ________________ is the use of computers and software to enter prescriptions and send them to pharmacies electronically.
A)Computer prescription
B)Elemental prescribing
C)e-prescribing
D)None of the above
Answer: C
Q3) Which of the following are obstacles in the way of adopting electronic records?
A)Cost
B)Privacy concerns
C)Lack of interoperability
D)All of the above
Answer: D
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Q4) One of the obstacles in the way of introducing the EHR is ____________.
Answer: cost or resistance by personnel
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Chapter 3: An Introduction to the Administrative Applications
of Computers: Practice Management:
Scheduling and Accounting
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Q1) Medical offices use _______________ billing to accommodate two or three insurers,who must be billed in a timely fashion before the patient is billed.
Answer: balance or bucket
Q2) Charges,payments,and adjustments are called _______________.
Answer: transactions
Q3) A _______________ is an organized collection of related data;information input in one part of the program can be linked to information in another part of the program.
Answer: database
Q4) Each record is made up of related _______________,one of which holds one piece of information,such as patient's last name or Social Security number or chart number.
Answer: fields
Q5) A database _______________ holds all related information on an entity,for example,a medical practice.
Answer: file
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Q6) A table is made up of related _______________,each of which holds all the information on one item in a table,for example,one patient.
Answer: records
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Chapter 4: Telemedicine
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Q1) A _______________ system can be used at home by asthmatic patients;it is designed to transmit over the telephone to a remote location.
Q2) _______________ purpose was to compare high-risk,premature infants receiving traditional care with an experimental group,which in addition to traditional care received a telemedicine link to the hospital while the babies were hospitalized and for six months after.
Q3) _______________ uses computers and telecommunications equipment to deliver medical care at a distance.
Q4) ______________ treats skin rashes at a distance.
A)TeleStroke
B)Telecardiology
C)Teleoncology
D)Teledermatology
Q5) A _______________ weighs 135 pounds,is only five inches high,and includes a respirator,heart machine,intravenous drugs,and monitors that transmit all the data they gather immediately to the hospital.
Q6) Medical personnel are required to be licensed by the _______________ in which they practice.
Q7) _______________ involves the delivery of therapy using teleconferencing.
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Chapter 5: Information Technology in Public Health
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Q1) One concrete step to slow global warming (climate change)is cutting emissions of
A)NaCl
B)H<sub>2</sub>0
C)C0<sub>2</sub>
D)None of the above
Q2) ___________________ is already having a devastating effect on the earth and is affecting agricultural production in some places.
Q3) On April 20,2010,an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 human beings.Among the first effects was the spill of tens of thousands of barrels of ______ a day into the Gulf effectively polluting the water,damaging the shoreline,and killing wildlife.
Q4) _____________________ models are the programs that create the simulations.
A)What-if
B)Computational
C)Computer
D)Disease
Q5) WHO stands for ______________________________.
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Chapter 6: Information Technology in Radiology
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Q1) Functional ____________________ measure small metabolic changes in an active part of the brain.It identifies brain activity by changes in blood oxygen.
A)x-rays
B)PET scans
C)ultrasounds
D)MRIs
Q2) __________________________ uses x-rays and digital technology to produce a cross-sectional image of the body.
A)Barium swallow
B)PET scan
C)Ultrasound
D)Computerized tomography (CT)scan
Q3) Between 2000 and 2010,linear accelerators that attack cancer cells have continued to be developed.Each allows doctors to use more radiation._______________"shapes and varies the intensity of radiation beams."
Q4) _______________ uses no radiation.It uses very high-frequency sound waves and the echoes they produce when they hit an object.
Q5) _______________ MRIs measure brain activity by changes in blood oxygen.
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Chapter 7: Information Technology in Surgerythe Cutting Edge
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Q1) With _____________ reality technology,the computer can create simulations and an environment that seems real,but is NOT.
A)augmented
B)virtual
C)simulated
D)None of the above
Q2) Much computer-assisted surgery is said to be _______________-directed;the surgeon looks at a monitor,NOT directly at the surgical field.
Q3) Computer-assisted surgical planning involves the use of ____________________ technology to provide surgeons with realistic accurate models on which to teach surgery and plan and practice operations.
Q4) ________________ is a robot that can be clamped on a patient's back.Doctors take a picture of where the spine surgery will take place and a computer plans the robot's path.
A)BackRobot
B)SpineHelper
C)SURGIman
D)SpineAssist
Q5) _______________ is surgery performed through small incisions.
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Chapter 8: Information Technology in Pharmacy
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Q1) Developing drugs by design requires mapping the structure and creating a three-dimensional graphical model of the target molecule.This is called _____________ drug design.
A)reasonable
B)rational
C)graphical
D)None of the above
Q2) _______________ are cells that can develop into different kinds of cells.
Q3) Computer warning systems can be used to prevent _______________ drug events (ADEs).
Q4) Automated hospital pharmacy presupposes the use of _______________ to identify drugs.
Q5) _______________ is one experimental technology used to develop drugs to shut off disease-causing genes.
Q6) Computer warning systems can be used to prevent ________________________ (ADEs).
A)any deviant event
B)adverse drug events
C)any drug eventuality
D)None of the above
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Q7) The application of information technology to biology is called _______________.
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Chapter 9: Information Technology in Dentistry
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Q1) _______________ involves using a digital camera to obtain images of teeth transilluminated with white light.
Q2) Teledentistry programs have been developed to help ______________________.
A)fill cavities over the telephone
B)dentists access specialists
C)Both A and B
D)None of the above
Q3) _______________ x-rays have some advantages.They take less time and expose the patient to from 60 to 90 percent less radiation.
Q4) In dentistry as in other fields,expert systems or ___________________________ (CDSS)can help.
A)clinical decision-support systems
B)clinical dentistry support systems
C)computerized dentistry support systems
D)None of the above
Q5) ______________________ among dentists is rising.
Q6) _______________ (usually streptococcus)are the cause of tooth decay and periodontal disease.
Q7) _______________ can be used to replace missing teeth.
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Chapter 10: Informational Resources: Computer-Assisted
Instruction, Expert Systems, Health Information Online
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Q1) _______________ refers to learning in an environment where student and instructor are NOT physically face-to-face.
Q2) _______________ is a comprehensive online database of current medical research,including publications from 1946 to the present.
Q3) _________________ is a completely wireless patient simulator.It was designed around a human-like skeleton.Its arms,neck,spine,and hips move.Its skin looks and feels human.It can sweat,breathe,drool,cry,and bleed..
Q4) The _____________________ refers to the gap between information haves and have-nots.
Q5) A project called the _______________ is digitizing some of the 7,000 human embryos lost in miscarriages.
Q6) The ______________ Project is a computerized library of human anatomy at the National Library of Medicine.
A)Visible Human
B)Visible Anatomy
C)Human Anatomy
D)None of the above
Q7) _______________ contains only the latest month's additions to MEDLINE.
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Chapter 11: Information Technology in Rehabilitative
Therapies: Computerized Medical Devices, Assistive Technology, and Prosthetic Devices
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Q1) A/ An _______________ is a doctor who treats eye diseases.
Q2) Adaptive input devices include the _______________,which moves the cursor according to the user's head motions.
Q3) Computerized devices are used in optometry to ___________.
A)detect glaucoma
B)make cataract surgery more precise
C)detect retinal tears
D)All of the above
Q4) Assistive or _______________ technology allows some people with disabilities to work and/or live independently.
A)helpful
B)adaptive
C)aiding
D)None of the above
Q5) A/An _______________ is any device that helps a person communicate.
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Q6) _______________ (replacement limbs and organs)that contain motors and respond to electrical signals existed prior to computers.
microprocessors are more accurate than their predecessors.
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Chapter 12: Security and Privacy in an Electronic Age
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Q1) _______________ has many aspects.Among them is the ability to control personal information and the right to keep it from misuse.
Q2) ____________ theft involves someone using someone's private information to assume his or her identity.
A)Personal
B)Identity
C)Car
D)None of the above
Q3) _______________ of restricting access to computer systems includes fingerprints,handprints,retina or iris scans,lip prints,and facial thermography.
Q4) A _______________ is a program that attaches itself to another program and replicates itself.It may do damage to your hardware or destroy your data.
Q5) The _______________ is composed of 470 insurance companies.Its database contains the health information on 15 million people.
Q6) The first federal legislation protecting the privacy of medical records is
Q7) _______________ is the scrambling of data so that it does NOT make sense.
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