D033 Chapter 1 Questions and Answers
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Data ✔✔raw facts and figures
Information System (IS) ✔✔an automated system that uses computer hardware and software to
record, manipulate, store, recover, and disseminat
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D033 Chapter 1 Questions and Answers
100% Pass
Data ✔✔raw facts and figures
Information System (IS) ✔✔an automated system that uses computer hardware and software to
record, manipulate, store, recover, and disseminate data (that is, a system that receives and
processes input and provides output)
Financial applications ✔✔information systems that are designed to collect, store, and manage
financial data. software applications that handle patient accounts, budgets, and other financial
activities.
Mainframe computers ✔✔large computers that are used by the government and other
organizations that require speed and the ability to process large amounts of data.
dumb terminals, ✔✔all of the processing is performed at the server or mainframe
personal computers ✔✔some or all of the processing is performed on the PC
central processing unit (CPU) ✔✔computer memory, and storage devices for data, also known as
a microprocessor
microprocessor ✔✔a microchip that processes the information and the code (instructions) used
by a computer; it is the "brains of a computer."
Information ✔✔data that have been manipulated into something meaningful.
Wireless computers are often seen at the ✔✔point of care (POC), the place or location where the
physician administers services to the patient, such as the patient's bedside. One type of device
used at the POC is the computer on wheels (COW)—also referred to as wireless on wheels
(WOW)—which involves a wireless computer mounted on a mobile cart that can be moved from
patient to patient.
COW at the POC improves documentation ✔✔because it is done as soon as the care occurs, also
gives current information to other healthcare professionals involved in the patient's care. One of
the downsides to wireless computers is that they are easy targets for both physical and virtual
theft.
Electronic health record (EHR) ✔✔An electronic record of health-related information on an
individual that conforms to nationally recognized interoperability standards and that can be
created, managed, and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff across more than one
healthcare organization
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. ✔
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