Diagnostic imaging
A non-invasive test using X-rays and a computer to create cross-sectional "slices" of the body.
What is Computerized Tomography (CT)?
A test measuring the heart's ability to respond to external stress, usually using a treadmill.
What is an Exercise Stress Test?
The global system of interconnected computer networks used to share resources.
What is the Internet?
A digital version of a patient's paper chart containing real-time medical history.
What is an Electronic Health Record (EHR)?
The use of telecommunications technology to provide medical services at a distance.
What is Telemedicine?
An imaging technique using powerful magnetic fields and radio waves to create detailed images of organs.
What is Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)?
A chemical stress test used for patients unable to exercise; it dilates coronary vessels.
What is an Adenosine Stress Test?
Security systems that monitor and control network traffic based on security rules.
What are Firewalls?
Secure online websites giving patients 24-hour access to personal health information.
What are Patient Portals?
A surgical procedure performed using robotic systems controlled by a surgeon.
What is Robotic Surgery?
A scan that uses a radioactive substance to show how organs and tissues are functioning.
What is Positron Emission Tomography (PET)?
A test using a radioactive tracer and a camera to show blood flow to the heart.
What is a Nuclear Stress Test?
An organized collection of structured information or data stored electronically.
What is a Database?
The electronic mobilization of health information across different organizations.
What is Health Information Exchange (HIE)?
The study of designing work environments to be safe and efficient for the human body.
What is Ergonomics?
The use of high-frequency sound waves to create images of internal body structures.
What is Ultrasonography?
A chemical stress test that uses a drug to make the heart beat faster, mimicking exercise.
What is a Dobutamine Stress Test?
A large, powerful computer that processes vast amounts of data for many users.
What is a Mainframe Computer?
Specific areas within a record where a particular unit of information is entered.
What are Fields?
Using computer systems to assist in the creation or optimization of a design.
What is Computer-Aided Design (CAD)?
A specific ultrasound used to examine the heart's structure and movement.
What is an Echocardiogram?
A test that records the electrical activity of the heart over time using electrodes on the skin.
What is an Electrocardiogram (ECG)?
A device that provides battery backup when the primary power source fails.
What is an Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS)?
A collection of related fields in a database
What is a Record?
A program or piece of code that is loaded onto a computer without the user's knowledge.
What is a Virus?