Ch. 12 Computers and Technology in Health Care - KEY TERMS

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Across
  1. 1. - An approach to education called virtual learning
  2. 4. - To protect a computer from electrical surges and power outages
  3. 10. - is an organized collection of information
  4. 13. - allow for rapid dispensing of medications.
  5. 14. - this computerized body scanning method uses nuclear magnetic resonance instead of x-ray radiation
  6. 17. - such as a handheld tablet smartphone or personal digital assistant to a laptop in a compact case
  7. 20. - used for patients who cannot exercise
  8. 21. - the use of systems
  9. 22. - or email is the process of sending messages from one computer to another
  10. 25. - is and applied science used to promote an individuals safety and well being by adapting to the environment and using techniques to prevent injuries
  11. 26. - used for patients who cannot exercise
  12. 29. - originally used by engineers and designers, has also found a place in therapeutic treatment.
  13. 30. - an ECG run while the patient is exercising
  14. 33. - when a group of related records is combined
  15. 34. - is an online teaching and learning environment that uses computers and the Internet to allow teachers to present information and activities and, at times, even engage and interact with students.
  16. 37. - a computerized interpretation system that produces visual pictures on a computer monitor and a printout of the electrical activity of a patient's heart
  17. 38. - that can control the launch of a rocketship to outer space
Down
  1. 2. - also called computer assisted surgery is another major technological advance
  2. 3. - involves the use of video, audio and computer systems to provide medical or health care services
  3. 5. - is a surgical procedure in which a surgeon uses preoperative and intraoperative images to guide or direct the surgeries
  4. 6. - is educational computer programming designed for individualized use
  5. 7. - introduced in 1972 this noninvasive computerized x-ray permits physicians to see clear cross sectional views of both bone and body tissues and to find abnormalities such as tumors or bleeding
  6. 8. - which can sit on a desktop to a very large mainframe computer
  7. 9. - this is a noninvasive scanning method that uses high frequency sound waves that bounce back as an echo when they hit different tissues and organ inside the body
  8. 11. - are protective programs that limit the ability of other computers to access a computer
  9. 12. - each collection of related information
  10. 15. - information is entered into
  11. 16. - a small amount of radioactive substance
  12. 18. - that allows all health care agencies to readily transfer patient electronic health records between agencies in a nation network
  13. 19. - to perform a PET scan a slightly radioactive substance is injected into the patient and detected by the PET scanner
  14. 23. - means basic understanding of how computers works and the applications used in your field or profession
  15. 24. - are programs that contain instructions to alter the operation of the computer programs erase or scramble data on the computer or allow access to information in the computer
  16. 27. - is a computerized version of a patient's medical information that may include statistical data
  17. 28. - uses high energy particles to decrease the size of tumors and treat cancer
  18. 31. - uses special software to perform high speed math calculations
  19. 32. - or secure online websites are established by a physician, health care facility, or other health care provider
  20. 35. - uses technology to direct ultrahigh- frequency sound waves through the chest wall and into the heart
  21. 36. - or ligh beams that can be focused precisely are one example