BUS 300 Ch 13

Through the use of a(n) _____ physicians with patients at many hospitals can access and interact with multiple, disparate hospital information systems through a single, secure, Web-based application. Data that is accessible may include demographics, lab results, radiological images or other diagnostic data. In addition, physicians can use the technology to view patients' aggregated clinical data, electronically sign orders, and order medications and lab tests in both ambulatory and inpatient settings.

. enterprise portal

_____ offer companies a more cost-effective way to link computers than linking terminals to a mainframe computer.

Local area networks

Ground water is a vital water resource in the Choushui River area of Taiwan. A significantly increased demand for water, resulting from rapid economic development, has led to large scale ground water extraction. Overdraft of ground water has considerably lowered the ground water level, and caused seawater intrusion, land subsidence, and other environmental damage. Sound ground water management thus is essential. Chinese government officials have set up a(n) _____ system that allows it to make water management decisions using interactive computer models based on real-world processes.

decision support

The three major categories of applications supplied by application service providers are:

enterprise applications, collaborative applications, and applications for personal use

Processing data as they become available is called _____ processing.

online

_____ are internal corporate wide area networks that use Internet technology to link employees in many different locations and with many different types of computers.

Intranets

Which of the following statements about computer networks is true?

TRUE- A computer network is a group of two or more computers linked together by communications channels to share data and information. FALSE- A LAN is a logistical analog network. FALSE- Computer networks can only be used to connect computers at one site. FALSE- Enterprise software cannot be run on computer networks FALSE - Today's networks only have the capability to link 20 or fewer computers together.

Virtual private networks (VPNs):

connect two or more private networks using a public network

The United States Army retains a history of all equipment acquisition from approval of requirements through funding, authorizing, fielding, and maintenance to equipment retirement. This data would be kept in a(n):

data mart

Cerner Corporation has created a(n) _____ containing the medical records of more than 400,000 people who received treatment at more than 200 different emergency rooms. It can be used to help emergency room physicians make decisions about what kind of treatment to give their patients.

database