Key terms
Adenosine stress test
Used for patients who cannot excersise; a medication that stimulates the effect of excerise is given to increase the blood flow and heart rate
Database
An organized collection of information, information is entered into areas called fields.
Ergonomics
An applied science used to promote the study of people’s efficiency in their working enviroment
Health Information exchange (HIE)
Allows all health care agencies to readily transfer patient electronic health recordsnbetween agencies in a national network
Mainframe computer
Control the launch of a rocket to outer space
Computer literacy
A basic understanding of how a computer works and the applications used in your field or profession
Dobutamine stress test
Used for patients who cannot excerise; a medication that stimulates the effect of excerise is given to increase the blood flow and heart rate.
Exercise stesttress
An ECG run while the patient is excerising that usually involves walking until a target heart rate is reached
Image-guided surgery (IGS)
A surgical procedure in which surgeon uses preoperative and intraoperative images to guide or direct the surgery
Microcomputer
A small computer
Computer-aided design (CAD)
Using three-dimensional imaging modelsindividuals who make prosthetics or artificial parts, can custom design individualized prosthetics
Echocardiogram (ECG)
Uses technology to direct ultrahigh frequency sound waves through he chest wall into the heart; a computer then converts the reflection of the waves into an image of the heart
Fields
A database is an organized collection of information, Information is entered into areas
Internet
An approach to education callednvirtual learning
Networks
Used to transfer the records trand the compatability of the software systems used by different health care agencies to interpret data
Computer-assisted instruction (CAI):
is educational computer programming designed for individualised use
Electronic health record (EHR
Is a computerized version of a patient’s medical information that may include statistical data.
FIle
When a group of related records is combined
Lasers
Lasers are a way to remove
Nuclear Stress Test
A small amount of a radioactive substance such as thallium is given intravenously
Computerized tomography (CT)
A scanner uses a pencil beam of radiation to create cleae, cross sectional views of both bone and body tissues.
Electronic mail:
he process of sorg sending messages from one computer to another
Firewalls
Are protective programs that limit the ability of other computers to access a computer
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Alters the magnetic position of hydrogen atoms to produce an image
Patient portals
Secure online websites that are established by a physician, health care facility, or health care provider