NCM 110 A - PRELIM EXAM

Refer to a single machine that is unconnected to any other computer. Healthcare professionals use this consisting of multiple, interconnected computers that function to facilitate the work of group providers.

• Compact systems

• Hardware systems

• Computer systems

• Hitch systems

Is a multipurpose program, designed to support many applications in hospitals and their aassociated clinics

• Electronic Data

• Hospital Information System

• Telehealth System

• Health Information Guide

Are small, special function computers that have the ability to serve as in office networks. It also provides calendar, contacts, and note-taking functions.

• Mainframes

• Supercomputers

• Personal Computers

• Personal Digital Assistants

An era where hospitals became "paperless," they began employing new nurses who had never charted on paper.

• 1980s

• 1990s

• 2000s

• 2010s

Is a process that affect all aspects of healthcare delivery including provision and documentation of patient care, scientific research and legal and ethical implications

• Computerization

• Industrial Revolution

• Modern Revolution

• Epoch

An era where the microcomputer or personal computer emerge. The PC brought computing power to the workplace, and to the point of care.

• 1980s

• 1990s

• 2000s

• 2010s

Greater emphasis was placed on patient consent, more organizations in handling personal healthcare information were included in the legislation.

• Confidentiality and Security Standards

• Privacy

• Electronic Data Records

• Law against Hacker

Refers to working memory used for primary storage. It is used as a temporary storage.

• Memory

• Cache

• Random Access Memory

• Read - Only Memory

Is an interdisciplinary field primarily concerned with the analysis, collection, classification, manipulation, storage, retrieval, movement, dissemination, and use of information

• Informatics

• Information Science

• Programming Information

• Nursing Informatics

is a form of small, removable hard drive that is inserted into the USB port of the computer

• Microchip

• Diskette

• USB flash drive

• optical disc