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information systems (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); often used inter-changeably with information technology (IT)

systems development life

cycle (SDLC)

A model used to represent the ongoing process of developing (or purchasing) information systems

Informatics

the science of information management.A field of study that focuses on the use of tech-nology to improve access to, and utilization of, information

information management.

The acquisition, organization, analysis, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of information to support decision-making activities

Healthcare informatics

the field of information science concerned with the management

of all aspects of health data and information through

the application of computers and computer technologies.The field of information science concerned with the management of all aspects of health data and information through the application of computers and computer technologies

information science

The study of the nature and principles of information.

Applied healthcare informatics

Automated information systems applied to healthcare delivery business and work-flow processes, including the diagnosis, therapy, and systems of managing health data and information within the health-care setting

clinical data repository

a component of the

EHR that captures data. A central database that fo-cuses on clinical information.

data types

A technical category of data (text, numbers, cur-rency, date, memo, and link data) that a field in a database can contain

discrete data

Data that represent separate and distinct val-ues or observations; that is, data that contain only finite num-bers and have only specified values.

Free-text data

Data that are narrative in nature

structured data

Binary, computer-readable data

Diagnostic image data

Bit-mapped images used for medi-cal or diagnostic purposes (for example, chest x-rays or com-puted tomography scans)

bit-mapped data

Data made up of pixels displayed on a horizontal and vertical grid or matrix

raster image

A digital image or digital data made up of pixels in a horizontal and vertical grid or a matrix instead of lines plotted between a series of points.

pixel

An abbreviation for the term picture element, which is defined by many tiny bits of data or pointsMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

analog

Data or information that is not represented in an en-coded, computer-readable formatMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

digital

1. A data transmission type based on data that have been binary encoded 2. A term that refers to the data or information represented in an encoded, computer-readable formatMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

digital modalities

computed radiography (CR), CT,

magnetic resonance (MR), or nuclear medicine

Real audio data

sound bytes, such as digital heart sounds.The storing, manipulating, and displaying of sound in a computer-readable formatMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

Motion or streaming

video/frame data

cardiac catheterizations, consist

of digital film attributes, such as fast forwarding.A medium for storing, manipulating, and displaying moving images in a format, such as frames, that can be presented on a computer monitorMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

vector graphic

Digital data that have been captured as points and are connected by lines (a se-ries of point coordinates) or areas (shapes bounded by lines)MLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

signal tracing data

created by saving lines plotted between a series of points,

accounting for the familiar electrocardiograms (ECGs),

electroencephalograms (EEGs), and fetal heart rate (FHR)

tracings.

unstructured data

Nonbinary, human-readable dataMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

multimedia

The combination of free-text, raster or vector graphics, sound, and motion video/frame dataMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

speech recognition technology

Technology that translates speech to textMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

Continuous speech input

The quality of speech/voice rec-ognition technology that does not require users to pause be-tween words to allow the computer to distinguish between the beginnings and endings of wordsMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

natural language processing

technology

The extraction of unstructured or structured medical word data, which are then translated into diagnostic or procedural codes for clinical and administrative applicationsMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

Autocoding

The process of extracting and translating dic-tated and then transcribed free-text data (or dictated and then computer-generated discrete data) into ICD-9-CM and CPT evaluation and management codes for billing and cod-ing purposesMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

computer-assisted coding

the terms

commonly used to describe natural language processing

technology's method of extracting and subsequently translating

dictated and then transcribed free-text data, or dictated

and then computer-generated discrete data, into ICD or CPT

codes for clinical and financial applications such as patient

billing and health record coding. The process of extract-ing and translating dictated and then transcribed free-text data (or dictated and then computer-generated discrete data) into ICD-9-CM and CPT evaluation and management codes for billing and coding purposesMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

Text mining and data mining

terms commonly used to describe the process of

extracting and then quantifying and filtering free-text data

and discrete data, respectively.The process of extracting and then quantifying and filtering free-text dataMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

electronic document/content management (ED/

CM) system

any electronic system that manages an organization's

analog and digital documents and content (that is,

not just the data) to realize significant improvements in business

work processes.A storage solution based on digital scanning technology in which source documents are scanned to create digital images of the documents that can be stored electronically on optical disksMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

Document imaging technology

This technology electronically

captures, stores, identifies, retrieves, and distributes documents

that are not generated digitally or are generated digitally

but are stored on paper for distribution purposes. The practice of electroni-cally scanning written or printed paper documents into an op-tical or electronic system for later retrieval of the document or parts of the document if parts have been indexedMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

document management technology

automatically organizes, assembles, secures, and shares documents.Technology that or-ganizes and assembles, secures, and shares documents, and includes such functions as document version control, check in-check out control, document access control, and text and word searchesMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

Electronic

records management technology

includes components that

must ensure the authenticity, security, and reliability of an

organization's electronic records.Systems that create and preserve electronic recordsMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

workflow technology

automatically routes

electronic documents into electronic in-baskets of its department

clerks or supervisors for disposition decisions.Technology thatautomatically routes electronic documents into electronic in-baskets of its depart-ment clerks or supervisors for disposition decisionsMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

Computer output laser disk/enterprise report management

(COLD/ERM) technology

electronically stores,

manages, and distributes documents that are generated in a

digital format and whose output data are report formatted

and print-stream originated. Technology that elec-tronically stores the documents and distributes them with fax, e-mail, web, and traditional hard-copy print processesMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

Extensible Markup Language (XML) or

HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

A standardized com-puter language that allows the interchange of data as struc-tured textMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

Automated forms-processing (e-forms) technology

allows

users to electronically enter data into online forms and electronically

extract the data from the online forms for various

data-manipulation purposes. Tech-nology that allows users to electronically enter data into on-line, digital forms and electronically extract data from online, digital forms for data collection or manipulationMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

Digital signature management technology

offers both

signer and document authentication for analog or digital

documents. The practice of validating the identity of an individual sending data through the use of an electronic signatureMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

bar-coding technology

A method of encoding data that consists of parallel arrangements of dark elements, referred to as bars, and light elements, referred to as spaces, and in-terpreting the data for automatic identification and data col-lection purposesMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

optical character recognition (OCR) technology

A method of encoding text from analog paper into bit-mapped images and translating the images into a form that is computer readableMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

intelligent character

recognition (ICR) technology.

A meth-od of encoding handwritten, print, or cursive characters and of interpreting the characters as words or the intent of the writerMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

mark sense technology.

Technology that detects the pres-ence or absence of hand-marked characters on analog docu-ments; used for processing questionnaires, surveys, and tests, such as filled-in circles by Number 2 pencils on exam formsMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

gesture recognition

technologies.

A method of encoding handwritten, print, or cursive characters and of interpreting the characters as words or the intent of the writerMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

Neural networks

Nonlinear predictive models that, using a set of data that describe what a person wants to find, de-tect a pattern to match a particular profile through a training process that involves interactive learningMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

Radio frequency identification (RFID)

Chips that emit radio signals are

embedded in analog items and products. The signals are read

and captured by receivers. The receivers act as data collectors

and send the signals to PCs on. An automatic rec-ognition technology that uses a device attached to an object to transmit data to a receiver and does not require direct contactMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

Intelligent

document recognition (IDR) technology

Tech-nology that automatically recognizes analog items, such as tangible materials or documents, or recognizes characters or symbols from analog items, enabling the identified data to be quickly, accurately, and automatically entered into digital systemsMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

master patient index (MPI),

A list or database created and maintained by a healthcare facility to record the name and identification number of every patient who has ever been ad-mitted or treated in the facilityMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

enterprise master

patient indexes (EMPIs).

An index that provides access to multiple repositories of information from overlapping patient populations that are maintained in sepa-rate systems and databasesMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

identity

management.

In the master patient index, policies and procedures that manage patient identity, such as prohibit-ing the same record number for duplicate patients or dupli-cate records for one patientMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

secure messaging systems

A system that eliminates the se-curity concerns that surround e-mail but retains the benefits of proactive, traceable, and personalized messagingMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

clinical messaging systems

Secure messaging systems that are important, pervasive tools included in a broad set of con-textual collaboration tools for cliniciansMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

clinical information system (CIS)

A category of a health-care information system that includes systems that directly support patient careMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

firewall,

A computer system or a combination of systems that provides a security barrier or supports an access control policy between two networks or between a network andany other traffic outside the networkMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

Electronic data interchange (EDI)

A standard transmis-sion format using strings of data for business information communicated among the computer systems of independent organizationsMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

e-commerce

The use of the Internet and its derived technologies to integrate all aspects of business-to-business and business-to-consumer activities, processes, and commu-nicationsMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

e-health

The application of e-commerce to the healthcare industry, including electronic data interchange and links among healthcare entitiesMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

clinical workstation

A single point of access that includes a common user interface to view information from disparate applications and to launch applicationsMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

web portal

A website entryway through which to access, find, and deliver informationMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

clinician/physician

web portals

The media for providing clinician/physician access to the provider organization's mul-tiple sources of data from any network-connected deviceMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

patient/member web portals

The media for providing patient/member access to the provider organization's mul-tiple sources of data from any network-connected deviceMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

intranets

A private information network that is similar to the Internet and whose servers are located inside a firewall or security barrier so that the general public cannot gain access to information housed within the networkMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

extranets

A system of connections of private Internet networks outside an organization's firewall that uses Internet technology to enable collaborative applications among enterprisesMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

Web content management systems

Systems in which in-formation placed in a website can be labeled and tracked so that it can be easily located, modified, and reusedMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

Web services

an open, standardized way of integrating dis-parate, web browser-based and other applicationsMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

protocols

In healthcare, a detailed plan of care for a specific medical condition based on investigative studies; in medical research, a rule or procedure to be followed in a clinical trial; in a computer network, a protocol used to address and ensure delivery of dataMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

interoperate

Verb form of interoperabilityMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

open source technology

Applications whose source (human-readable) code is freely available to anyone who is interested in downloading the codeMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

Data warehouses

A database that makes it possible to access data from multiple databases and combine the results into a single query and reporting interfaceMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

Data warehousing

the acquisition

of all the business data and information from potentially multiple, cross-platform sources, such as legacy databases,

departmental databases, and online transaction-based databases,

and then the warehouse storage of all the data in one

consistent format. The acquisition of all the business data and information from potentially multiple, cross-platform sources, such as legacy databases, departmental databases, and online transaction-based databases, and then the ware-house storage of all the data in one consistent formatMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

object-oriented database

A type of database that uses commands that act as small, self-contained instructional units (objects) that may be combined in various waysMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

online/real-time transaction processing

(OLTP).

An opti-mized query generator that can retrieve the correct informa-tion from the warehouse to accommodate what-if queriesMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

online/real-time analytical processing (OLAP)

The real-time processing of day-to-day business transactions from a databaseMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

metadata

Descriptive data that characterize other data to create a clearer understanding of their meaning and to achieve greater reliability and quality of informationMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

Decision support systems (DSSs)

interactive computer

systems that intend to help decision makers use data and models

to identify and solve problems and make decisions. A computer-based sys-tem that gathers data from a variety of sources and assists in providing structure to the data by using various analytical models and visual tools in order to facilitate and improve the ultimate outcome in decision-making tasks associated with nonroutine and nonrepetitive problemsMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

data repository

An open-structure database that is not dedi-cated to the software of any particular vendor or data supplier, in which data from diverse sources are stored so that an in-tegrated, multidisciplinary view of the data can be achieved; also called a central data repository or, when related specifi-cally to healthcare data, a clinical data repositoryMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

management information systems (MISs)

A computer-based system that provides information to a healthcare orga-nization's managers for use in making decisions that affect a variety of day-to-day activitiesMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

Executive information systems (EISs)

An information sys-tem designed to combine financial and clinical information for use in the management of business affairs of a healthcare organizationMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

geographic information systems

(GISs)

A decision support system that is capable of assembling, storing, manipulating, and displaying geographically referenced data and informationMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

physiological signal processing

systems

such as ECG, EEG, and FHR tracing systems,

were mentioned because these systems store data based on

the body's signals and create output based on the lines plotted

between the signals' points.Systems that store vector graphic data based on the human body's signals and create output based on the lines plotted between the signals' pointsMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

point-of-care information systems

A computer system that captures data at the location (for example, bedside, exam room, or home) where the healthcare service is performedMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

wireless technology

A type of technology that uses wire-less networks and wireless devices to access and transmit data in real timeMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

interoperability

The ability, generally by adoption of stan-dards, of systems to work togetherMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

personal digital assistants (PDAs)

A hand held microcom-puter, without a hard drive, that is capable of running applica-tions such as e-mail and providing access to data and infor-mation, such as notes, phone lists, schedules, and laboratory results, primarily through a pen deviceMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

clinical care plans

Care guidelines created by healthcare providers for individual patients for a specified period of timeMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

Personal health records (PHRs)

electronically populate

elements or subsets of protected health information (PHI)

from provider organization databases into the electronic

records of authorized patients, their families, other providers,

and sometimes health payers and employers.An electronic or paper health record maintained and updated by an individual for himself or herselfMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

Web 2.0

The second generation of Internet-based ser-vices that emphasizes online collaboration and sharing among users; some of these applications and technologies include blogs, social networks, content communities, wi-kis, and podcastsMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

Health 2.0.

Web 2.0 technologies and tools used in the healthcare industryMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

Web 3.0

Technologists are beginning to discuss the concept of Web/Health 3.0, and while the definitions vary widely, it will likely focus on expanding the participatory and col-laborative nature of social networks that defined Web 2.0to include more real-time video and 3D elements; other commentators argue that Web 3.0 will adopt semantic web standards, thereby allowing computers to read and generate content similar to humans.MLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press..

Encryption

The process of transforming text into an unin-telligible string of characters that can be transmitted via com-munications media with a high degree of security and then decrypted when it reaches a secure destinationMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

public key infrastructure

(PKI)

A system of digital cer-tificates and other registration authorities that verify and authenticate the validity of each party involved in a secure transactionMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

Audit trails

A chronological set of computerized records that provides evidence of information system activity (log-ins and log-outs, file accesses) used to determine security violationsMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

Strategic IS planning

A process for setting IS priorities within an organization; the process of identifying and pri-oritizing IS needs based on the organization's strategic goals with the intent of ensuring that all IS technology initiatives are integrated and aligned with the organization's overall strategic planMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

master planning or steering

committee

analysis phase

The first phase of the systems development life cycle during which the scope of the project is defined, project goals are identified, current systems are evaluated, and user needs are identifiedMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

design phase.

The second phase of the systems development life cycle during which all options in selecting a new infor-mation system are consideredMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

Cloud

computing

a model for enabling convenient,

on-demand network access to a shared pool of

configurable computing resources (that is, networks,

servers, storage, applications, and services) that can

be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal

management effort or service provider interaction. The application of virtualization to a va-riety of computing resources to enable rapid access to com-puting services via the InternetMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

request for information (RFI)

A written communica-tion often sent to a comprehensive list of vendors during thedesign phase of the systems development life cycle to ask for general product informationMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.

request for proposal (RFP).

A type of business corre-spondence asking for very specific product and contract in-formation that is often sent to a narrow list of vendors that have been preselected after a review of requests for infor-mation during the design phase of the systems development life cycleMLA 8th Edition (Modern Language Assoc.)LaTour, Kathleen M., et al. Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice. Vol. 4th ed, AHIMA Press, 2013.APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Assoc.)LaTour, K. M., American Health Information Management Association, Eichenwald, S., & Oachs, P. K. (2013). Health Information Management : Concepts, Principles, and Practice: Vol. 4th ed. AHIMA Press.