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- 5. The process by which incorrect, incomplete, duplicate, or improperly formatted items are removed using special software designated for this purpose.
- 6. The ability to collect, store and retrieve data that are correct, current and complete to be used by authorized individuals when needed.
- 10. Advance nurses' competencies related to informatics. Primary objective was to develop a US nursing workforce capable of using electronic health records to improve the delivery of health care.
- 11. Expected to be educationally prepared to conduct informatics research and generate informatics theory and have advanced understanding and skills in information management and computer technology.
- 13. Manages health information and data: Clinical information systems (laboratory, pharmacy, patient care) and Administrative Information Systems (payroll, quality assurance, human resources).
- 18. Expected to have fundamental information-management and computer-technology skills and use existing information systems and established information-management practices.
- 19. Expected to have a specific area of expertise, be skilled in using information management and computer technology; have strong analytic skills to learn from relationships between different data elements; and be able to collaborate with the informatics nurse specialist to suggest improvement to systems.
- 21. Information that is processed and organized so that relations and interactions are identified. Synthesis of information from several sources to produce a single concept or idea.
- 23. The ability to read and understand the written word and numbers as well as the ability to recognize when information is needed.
- 25. A nurse with advanced skills specific to health-information management and computer technology. Has expertise in the systems development life cycle, and computer skills.
- 26. Systems that support patient care by managing financial and demographic information and providing reporting capabilities.
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- 1. Rewards providers and organizations for quality-driven care based on their ability to meet set quality measures and indicators.
- 2. Authorized incentive payments to specific types of hospitals and healthcare professionals for adopting and using interoperable health information technology and EHRS.
- 3. The area of healthcare that uses computer hardware, software, or infrastructure to record, retrieve, analyze, archive, secure, and share clinical administrative, and financial information. (examples are computers, tele-packs, vital signs machines, etc).
- 4. Large computerized database management systems used to access the patient data that are needed to plan, implement, and evaluate care. May also be known as patient care information systems.
- 7. Created by the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association to provide standardized terms for nursing diagnoses.
- 8. Its mission is to advance excellence in healthcare by producing evidence to make healthcare safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable.
- 9. Is the science and art of turning data into information.
- 12. Acronym to Advance nurses' competencies related to informatics. Primary objective was to develop a US nursing workforce capable of using electronic health records to improve the delivery of health care.
- 14. Smart systems capable of applying advanced clinical reasoning.
- 15. Is a specialized field that uses health information technology in the collection, analysis, and application of data to improve patient outcomes and healthcare delivery strategies.
- 16. Acronym that promotes the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology.
- 17. use of past and current data (ie from EHR's) to forecast the likelihood of an event.
- 20. Infrastructure which allows healthcare providers and allied healthcare professionals to appropriately access and securely share a patient's vital medical information electronically—improving the speed, quality, safety, and cost of patient care.
- 22. Refers to the way data becomes a product that can be used to positively affect patient care. These elements have certain hierarchical structures.
- 24. Large data sets that help identify patterns and trends that need the use of technology to analyze its output.