Chapter 12 Study Guide (Computers and Technology in Health Care)

Read pages 310-313 regarding different diagnostic tests available to assist in confirming diagnoses of patient.

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What is the first step?

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List five output devices and underline the two most common.

2 most common: the printer and the monitor; external hard drive, optical disks such as CDs or DVDs, flash drives

What is an input device?

A device where information is entered into the computer

What are the three main units of a CPU? Describe them.

Controlled by 2 types of memory: Read Only Memory (ROM) and Random Access Memory (RAM)

List an example of each: Micro-computer; Personal Computer; Mainframe Computer;

Ex. tablet or personal digital assistant; Ex. A computer which can fit on a desktop; Ex. A very large computer that can control the launching of a rocket

list five different health care workers that use technology and an example of each.

Health information technician, physician, pharmacist, dietitian, laboratory technician, environmental service worker

What are some of the different areas that technology is used in health care? List at least 7.

Information systems; diagnostic testing; treatment; patient monitoring; educational tools; research; communication

List the three major components to a computer system:

Input; Central Processing Unit (CPU); Output

List some of the tasks that make us think of computers as complete information-processing centers:

It can calculate, store, sort, update, manipulate, sequence, organize, and process data

List at least five advantages of using technology and electronic records in healthcare (listed in the textbook).

It is immediately accessible to the medical, nursing, and allied health teams: nurses no longer have to manually transcribe physicians orders or nurses notes: they can be easily updated: decreases the time health care workers spend on paperwork and away from patient care: verification of patient and treatment to be done

List five practices associated with ergonomics:

Proper lighting, correct positioning of the computer keyboard and monitor, a chair that provides good support, in proper posture

What is the most popular input device?

The computer keyboard

Why is computer literacy essential in healthcare?

To feel comfortable with a main part of your job in healthcare

In today's health care, computers are used to 7 different ways to manage information. List them and briefly describe them.

Word processing, compiling data bases, electronic medical record exchange, scheduling, maintaining financial records, maintaining inventories and ordering supplies, developing spreadsheets

Define Ergonomics:

an applied science used to promote the safety and well-being of a person by adapting the environment and using techniques to prevent injuries

List five other input devices and describe them:

touch screen monitor: a monitor with touch sensitive areas built into the screen;