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- 3. an enter a computer through files downloaded from the Internet, opened e-mails, or the use of disks or flash drives
- 7. tomography: this noninvasive, computerized X-ray permits physicians to see clear, cross-sectional views of both bone and body tissues
- 10. technology to direct ultrahigh-frequency sound waves through the chest wall and into the heart
- 12. uses special software to perform high-speed math calculations,
- 16. portals: secure online websites are established by a physician, health care facility, or other health care provider.
- 19. power supple: To protect a computer from electrical surges and power outages,
- 23. information exchange: also simplified EHR communication between different health care providers. Previously if medical records had to be transferred between physicians or health care agencies,
- 24. nvolves the use of video, audio, and computer systems to provide medical or health care services
- 28. is entered into areas called
- 29. computers can be linked together.
- 30. mail: the process of sending messages from one computer to another. It allows health care providers to quickly send messages, memos, announcements, reports, and other data to one or more persons.
- 31. surgery: gical procedure in which a surgeon uses preoperative and intraoperative images to guide or direct the surgery
- 33. health record: (EHRs): An electronic health record (EHR) is a computerized version of a patient's medical information that may include statistical data (name, address, telephone number, insurance information, etc.), diagnoses, medical history,
- 34. uch as a handheld tablet, smartphone, or personal digital assistant
- 36. an applied science used to promote a
- 37. instruction: or professional nurses, physicians, and other allied health personnel, virtual learning, patient simulator manikins, and web conferences
- 38. an be transmitted electronically from one physician to another for consultation.
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- 1. emission tomography: scan is an imaging test that can help reveal the metabolic or biochemical function of your tissues and
- 2. stress test: a medication that simulates the effect of exercise is given to increase the blood flow and heart rate
- 4. is is a noninvasive scanning method that uses high-frequency sound waves that bounce back as an echo when they hit different tissues and organs inside the body
- 5. computer: which can sit on a desktop,
- 6. rotective programs that limit the ability of other computers to access a computew
- 8. resonance imaging: analyzing blood, performing medical laboratory analyses, and scanning or viewing body parts by computerized tomography
- 9. ithin the database, each collection of related information is called a record.
- 11. stress test: is an imaging test that shows how blood goes to the heart at rest and during exercise.
- 13. stress test: ed for patients who cannot exercise;
- 14. literacy: means a basic understanding of how a computer works and the applications used in your field or profession.
- 15. learning: he Internet offers an approach to education
- 17. the internet
- 18. design: ginally used by engineers and designers, has also found a place in therapeutic treattncnt.
- 20. therapy: es high-energy particles to decrease the size of tumors and treat cancer.
- 21. ow for rapid dispensing of medications.
- 22. to use only a specific dedicatéd computer to communicate with an outside network or the Internet and to block access to the Internet on other computers.
- 25. light beams that can be focused precisely,
- 26. stress test: run while the patient is exercising (Figure 12-7); usually involves walking a treadmill or riding an exercise bike until a target heart rate is reached; allows the physician to evaluate
- 27. hen a group of related records is combined,
- 32. computer: hat can control the launch ofa rocket to outer space.
- 35. surgery: so called computer-assisted surgery, is another major technological advance.