HIIM 215 Study Guide
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1. ___________ devices are attempts to replace natural body parts or organs with artificial devices

2. The __________ uses of computers include anything that has to do with direct patient care, such as diagnosis, monitoring, treatment.

3. One concrete step to slow global warming is cutting emissions of

4. One important focus of medical informatics is the _______ of health information systems, so that the results of one system are immediately available to the others. For example, radiological images would be available in real time in the operating room.

5. The longitudinal record is ___________________.

6. An insurance company's response to a paper claim includes a/an _______, which explains why certain services were covered and others were not.

7. T of F. Patients are responsible for copayments.

8. The ___________ is a computerized library of human.

9. ________ the economic stimulus package. Included funds to support expansion of the use of electronic records on healthcare

10. T or F. Electronic blocks (called hotwalls) can be used to limit access to networks

11. ____________ involves the monitoring of vital signs from a distance via telecommunications equipment and the replacement of home nursing visits with videoconferences. It is usually used to manage chronic conditions like congestive heart failure.

12. ________ refers to the connection of people and diverse computer systems.

13. ____________________ or teleconferencing allows doctors to consult with each other and with patients in real time, at a distance.

14. In the __________ all information systems will be integrated and available to surgeons

15. Public health is affected by social factors such as poverty and social.

16. Medical offices must use ______ billing to accommodate two or three insurers, who must be billed in a timely fashion before the patient is billed.

17. T or F. The broadband lines are in place to deliver telemedicine to every location in the world

18. T or F. The HITECH Act expanded insurance coverage to 32 million more people by requiring them to buy insurance.

19. The system that involves implanting a chip in the brain that will convert brain cell impulses to computer signals is called __________.

20. T or F. Understanding the molecular basis of disease has no impact on the development of medical advances.

21. T of F. Teleradiology is the transmission of microscopic images over telecommunication lines

22. ___________ help(s) physically challenged people control their environments

23. The overexposure to X-ray can cause

24. Privacy includes the right to __________.

25. __________ use x-rays and digital technology to produce a cross-sectional image of the body.

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