WGUD033 Healthcare Information Systems Management

Dumb terminals (type of computer) correct answerall of the processing is performed at the server or mainframe

 

personal computers (PCs) correct answersome or all of the processing is performed on the PC

 

Many healthcare facilities began the transition to the EHR after the correct answerAmerican Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was passed.

 

extranet correct answeruses a system of connections of private Internet networks outside an organization's firewall and uses Internet technology to enable collaborative applications to allow external users to access the IS.This system can be used by healthcare organizations to allow patients to access health information and schedule appointments and by vendors to allow healthcare facilities to monitor the status of orders.

 

Clinical pathways correct answerare a tool designed to coordinate multidisciplinary care planning for specific diagnoses and treatments.

 

Data analytics can be divided into three categories: correct answerdescriptive, predictive, and prescriptive.

 

Descriptive analytics correct answeraddresses the past to determine what has already occurred.

 

Predictive analytics correct answeraddresses the future to predict what will likely occur

 

Prescriptive analytics correct answerconcerns what to do with what you have learned

 

optical character recognition (OCR) correct answerOCR is defined as a method of encoding text from analog paper into bitmapped images and translating the images into a form that is computer readable.With OCR, a text can be scanned, and the content can be edited.

 

Components of a Document Management System correct answerDMS is made of many components, including a scanner, magnetic storage, and file server.

 

Target sheets correct answerare pages that contain only a barcode that tells the scanner and, ultimately, the computer the content of the pages that follow.

 

scanning workstation correct answeris the desktop computer that controls the scanner. Once a document is scanned, the workstation compresses the file created by the scanner in order to save storage space. Another step performed by the scanning workstation is to give each document scanned an individual file name. The name is used to store the image and is ultimately used when the file is retrieved.