Chapter 1-8: Health Information Systems and Data Analysis

Vocabulary flashcards covering key terms and concepts from lecture notes on Health Information Systems, Data to Health, Electronic Health Records, and their conceptual models.

Health Information System (HIS)

A system focusing on health institutes, systems, and management, providing data to health informatics.

Health Informatics

The use of information systems and technology to redesign, improve, and recreate the way work is done in medicine, nursing, medical imaging, and public health; its main job is analysis to generate knowledge.

Workflow

A sequence of common tasks.

Processes

An end-to-end method, referring to the healthcare value chain.

Healthcare Value Chain (End to End)

The data relationship connecting health information systems with the patient, payer, regulatory agency, manufacturer, and supplier.

Clinical Decision Support (CDS)

Also known as clinical intelligence or artificial intelligence, used to calculate and generate knowledge from data for clinical decisions.

Health Information Technology (HIT)

Components like hardware, software, application security, integration, and networking relevant to health information systems.

Health Information Management (HIM)

The practice of using medical records (e.g., HMO), policy guidelines, and public health data to provide information for health informatics.

Aggregated Data

A collection of data from a whole specific area, not just a single patient record or one institute’s data.

Business Intelligence (BI)

Value realized by flexibly analyzing a comprehensive store of data representing the totality of an organization's activities.

Clinical Intelligence (CI)

The healthcare version of business intelligence, used for analyzing healthcare data.

Electronic Health Record (EHR)

Aggregated data built up into databases, used for purposes such as research analysis and policy.

Electronic Health Record (EHR) System

A centralized database where many Health Information Systems (HIS) provide data, allowing individuals to access and query data.

Database Management System (DBMS)

Specialized software used to manage databases.

Database

A collection of data.

IT Components (Six)

The six essential elements of an IT system: hardware, software, database, network, procedure, and people.

Health Information Exchange (HIE)

A collaborative arrangement focused on sharing patient-related health information to prevent duplication of tests and procedures.