RHIA Domain 3 Exam – 277 Correctly
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Web Content Mgt Systems - Answer label, track info that is placed on a website so info
can be easily located, modified, reused
Web Services - Answer platform for software apps/services, basic communication
method is XML, utilizes web based protocols
Open Source Technology - Answer apps whose source code is freely available to anyone,
availability, collaborate nature
XML - Answer universal language of the web, data exchange format
Physiological Signal Process Systems - Answer ECG, EEG, tracing systems that store data
based on body's signals, create output, vector graphic data,
Point of Care Info Systems - Answer allow providers to capture/retrieve data and info at
the location where health service is provided
Wireless Systems - Answer use wireless networks/devices to access and transmit data
EHRs - Answer IOM defined as record that resides in system, resource with much
enhanced utility in patient care, improve quality, enhance patient safety, support health
maintenance, increase productivity, reduce hassle, etc.
electronic record of health related info on individual, that conforms to national
interoperability standards, can be created, managed, consulted by authorized clinicians
and staff
,EMR - Answer electronic medical record, can be created, gathered, managed, consulted
by staff/clinicians, the actual record
Cryptography - Answer applied science, transforms intelligible data into unintelligible
strings of characters
Encryption - Answer uses cryptography to code digital data and info, key to decode,
single code or public key infrastructure,
Firewalls - Answer hardware/software security devices situated between routers of
private and public network, protect from unauthorized outsiders
Audit Trails - Answer chronological sets of records that provide evidence of computer
system utilization
Source Systems - Answer refer to other computer systems that feed information into
the EHR, which would also need to be corrected according to policy when corrections
are made in the EHR.
financial admin, ancillary, clinical, core clinical EHR, supporting, connectivity sytems
Financial/Admin Systems - Answer admission, discharge, etc. financial systems
Ancillary Systems - Answer clinical department apps, lab, pacs/radiology, pharm, etc.
Results Mgt: - Answer enable diagnostic study results to be processed
POC Documentation - Answer point of care doc, charting, guide user though necessary
data to collect for patient
,Medication Mgt - Answer closed-loop medication mgt process, patient safety ensured,
proper ordering, dispensing, administering, monitoring
CPOE - Answer
E-Prescribing - Answer E-Rx, type of CPOE app that used to write prescriptions and
transmit them to retail pharmacies via NCPDP script standard
EMAR - Answer Electronic medication administration record is a multidisciplinary record
that communicates the complex process of medication use. ensures right patient, dose,
etc.
CDS - Answer clinical decision support, interactive programs designed to assist clinicians
in making patient care decisions
Data Warehouse - Answer hierarchical, multidimensional, designed to receive very large
volumes of data, perform complex, analytical processes on the data OLAP,
Virtualization - Answer emulation of one/more computers within a software platform
that enables one physical computer to share resources across other computers
Cloud Computing - Answer application of virtualization, sharing
SaaS - Answer Software as a Service; a subscription service where you purchase licenses
for software that expire at a certain date., EHRs delivered over the cloud
System - Answer set of components that work together to achieve a common purpose,
operational components needed like training, policy on how to use, improving processes
, Health Info System - Answer referring to all the components (human and computer) that
ensure health data processed into useful health info,
HIT - Answer computer systems used to process health data into health information
SDLC - Answer System Development Life Cycle, steps taken from an initial point of
recognizing need for desired result, steps taken to ensure all components needed are
addressed, repeating cycle whenever result of system fails to produce result, most often
applied when info systems being developed/acquired, also be applied as part of
continuous improvement process, can be useful with nay new program, expanding
service offerings, etc.
apply a formal, logical process to ensure all components needed for a system are in
place
General SDLC - Answer identify need, specify requirements, design/acquire,
develop/implement, maintain, monitor results
Strategic Plan - Answer long term, 3-5 years usually, focused on direction needed to
accomplish the years org mission
Tactical Plan - Answer short term, focused on one component/project, often do not fully
address the SDLC
Governance - Answer establishment of policies/continual monitoring of implementation
for effectively/efficiently managing an org's assets, interactions between stakeholders,
follow a process to make decisions about how an org will use its assets
Chief Medical Informatics Officer - Answer CMIO, physicians who have special interest in
HIS/technologies, practicing physicians who can put policy into practice
