HIS

What refers to any system that “captures, stores, manages, or transmits information related to the health of individuals or the activities of organizations that work within the health sector”?

• Health Information System

• Health Information Technology

• Health Informatics

• Health Information Management

Which is not a data source of a HIS?

• Patient Medical History

• Health Risk Information

• Demographic Data

• Civil Registration Record

Health information systems let doctors create electronic medical records for their patients. Patient information can be pulled up for review at any time and copies can be made for the patient upon request. Which is being described by this?

• More controls

• Easy to update

• Communication

• Easy access to file

This covers all aspects of data handling from the collection, storage, quality assurance, and flow to processing, compilation, and analysis.

• Data Management

• Data Sources

• Indicators

• Information Products

It consists of facts such as age, gender, race and ethnic origin, marital status, address name, and other information about immediate family members and emergency information.

• Census

• Demography

• Health status

• Health risk information

The Health Metrics Network, in their Framework and Standards for Country Health Information Systems, has defined Health Care Information System as consisting of six components.

• TRUE

• FALSE

As part of the control, the doctors may have permission to update, change, and delete information from the electronic medical record.

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• FALSE

A core set of indicators and related targets is the basis for a health information system plan and strategy.

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• FALSE

Data Management covers all aspects of data handling: collection, storage, quality assurance, flow, processing, compilation, and analysis.

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• FALSE

Health informatics is the application of both technology and systems in a healthcare setting.

• TRUE

• FALSE