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Comptia Healthcare It+ Technician

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1. An area of the facility where those needing immediate medical treatment arrive and are provided with initial care for their medical illness or injury - before being admitted for further treatment by another department.






2. Electronic messages sent between users or groups.






3. A Windows Server computer that runs the Active Directory service. Directory information is automatically replicated between the DC's






4. The transmission of a patient's prescription for medication electronically from the describer's computer to the pharmacy's computer.






5. A widely adopted markup language used in many documents - websites - and web applications.






6. A personal computer connection type that transfers data - usually 8 bits at a time - over eight wires and is often used for a printer.






7. The official record that an organization would release if requested.






8. Time to Live - A value that determines how many hops an IP packet ca travel before being discarded.






9. A server that provides database services to other computers in a network.






10. A trauma center that can provide essential trauma care 24 hours a day with all available specialties - personnel - and equipment. It provides comprehensive trauma care and clinical assistance to a level I facility as needed. It is differentiated from






11. A type of cable in which one or more glass or plastic strands - plus additional fiber strands or wraps - are surrounded by a protective oyster jacket. Light pulses carry the signal though fiber optic cable.






12. Treatment provided when a patient's medical condition reqires being admitted a healthcare facility for anywhere from an overnight stay to a long-term sstay - due to the fact that the patient's condition must be closely monitored.






13. A hardware rack that holds networking equipment to provide connections from public lines coming into the physical building generaly from the ISP - to all the IDFs located what a medical facility






14. A method used to remove data from magnetic media. Degaussing changes the magnetic alignment of data - so that it cannot be recovered






15. A personal computer storage decide that stores data optically - rather than magnetically.






16. A method of computing that relies on the Internet to provided the resources - software - data and media needs of a user - business - or organization.






17. A method in which an attacker with access to the target network redirects an IP address to the MAC address of a computer that is not the intended recipient.






18. The role - department - or individual that is formally responsible for a health record.






19. A device used often to scan patient's driver licenses or insurance card to store withing the EMR/EHR system.






20. A server that runs applications for client use or is used by developers to store and share application components that can be used in web applications.






21. A server that isolates internal networks form the Internet by downloading and storing Internet files on behalf of internal clients.






22. A policy that defines how people and resources will be protected in a natural or man-made disaster and how the organization will recover from the disaster.






23. An investor-owned hospital - usually owned by a corporation or group of private individuals - that aims to gain profits for the services provided which are then paid to those invested in the ownership.






24. An outpatient facility where treatment can be provided for medical problems or conditions that need immediate medical attention - but are not an emergency.






25. A checks-and-balances systems that ensures that a patient is receiving the correct medication - the correct dose of medication at the correct time - from an authorize caregiver by requiring that bar codes storing information about the patient medicat






26. Any healthcare provider that conducts certain transactions in electronic form - a healthcare clearinghouse or a health plan. All covered entities fall under the HHS Administrative Simplification standards adopted as port of HIPAA. All covered entitie






27. Unwanted software loaded onto a system for the purposes of presenting commercial advertisements to the user.






28. Classification for a drug or substance that has low potential for abuse as compared those in categorized in Schedule III; is currently accepted for medical use in treatment in the United States; and abuse of which may lead to limited to physical or p






29. A fast - secure - but relatively expensive protocol for wireless communication. The 802.11a protocol supports speeds up to 54 Mbps in the 5 GHz frequency.






30. Software that provides one location where charges are entered codes can be checked - insurance claims and statements can be generated and sent - claim denials can be managed and payments can be posted and processed.






31. Classification for a drug or substance that has a high potential for abuse; is currently accepted for medical use in treatment in the United States; and abuse of which may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.






32. Five-digit CPT codes used to describe a medical professional-patient interaction - such as an office visit or a hospital - to facilitate in the billing process.






33. A server-side programing languague developed by Microsoft to provide a method to create dynamic web pages.






34. A file property that essentially indicates whether the file has been modified since the last back up.






35. Online or electronic software that provides a stat-to-finish workflow from the time a patient is scheduled though their checkout after their appointment - including insurance verification - check-in - check-out - and payment.






36. An attack were an attacker scans your systems to see which ports are listening in an attempt to find a way to gain unauthorized access/






37. The condition of being actually or potentially subject to a legal obligation based on one's actions or omissions.






38. U.S. economic stimulus legislation; provisions include funding of some healthcare initiatives and the creation of the HITECH Act.






39. Serial ATA Connection - A personal computer connection tat provides a serial data channel between the drive controller and the disk drives.






40. The fundamental security goal of keeping information and communications private and protecting then from unauthorized access.






41. Peer-to-peer - A network that has a broadcasting application architecture that distributes tasks between peer systems who have equal privileges - and in which resources sharing - processing - and communication controls are decentralized.






42. A backup that backs up all the files in a selected storage location that have changed since the last full backup.






43. A document that lists agreed upon actions between two parties.






44. Software that allows for electronic entry of all medical orders/instructions for treatment for a patient from their licensed caregiver which can then be accessed by other medical staff.






45. A health record standard that was developed by a number of American healthcare organization as a means of creating summary documents containing the most relevant pertinent information about a patient that can be shared electronically between medical






46. A residential facility for patients who need constant medical or nursing care and supervision.






47. An all-encompassing solution of many other IT-based pieces that streamlines the workflow processes of all activities needed to run a practice or facility while providing the ability to becomes a paperless office - including patient tracking - medical






48. A personal computer connection that transfers data one bit at a time over a single wire and is often used for an external modem.






49. A short-range wireless radio network transmission medium usually used between two personal devices such as between a mobile phone and wireless headset. A wireless connection method that is used to communicate from one device to another in a small are






50. Software protection systems in an organization.