Computer virus - ✔️✔️a software program that attacks computer systems and sometimes
damages or destroys files
Credentialing - ✔️✔️The process of reviewing and validating the qualifications (degrees,
licenses, and other credentials) of physicians and other licensed independent
practitioners, for granting medical staff membership to provide patient care services
Data confidentiality - ✔️✔️The extent to which personal health information is kept private
Data dictionary - ✔️✔️A descriptive list of the data elements to be collected in an
information system or database whose purpose is to ensure consistency of terminology
Data security - ✔️✔️The process of keeping data, both in transit and at rest, safe from
unauthorized access, alteration, or destruction
Database - ✔️✔️An organized collection of data, text, references, or pictures in a
standardized format, typically stored in a computer system for multiple applications
Deidentification - ✔️✔️The process in which users of secondary data will need to remove
identifying data so that data can be used without violating the patient's privacy
Demographic information - ✔️✔️Information used to identify an individual, such as name,
address, gender, age, and other information linked to a specific person
Disease index - ✔️✔️A list of diseases and conditions of patients sequenced according to
the code numbers of the classification system in use
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