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Comptia Healthcare It+ Technician

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






2. Private and non-government businesses that contract with individual or employments to help pay medical expenses. These insurers also have seperate contracts with many health organization that specify negotiated rate structures for that health organiz






3. 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






4. A legal document that may be signed by a patient (or those acting legally on behalf of a patient) to acknowledge the risks involved in a specific medical procedure or medication.






5. A process in which attackers gain access to unauthorized information on a wireless device using a Bluetooth connection.






6. 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.






7. The intermediary between the medical biller at the healthcare organization and the paying insurance company who ensures that the claim has no errors before it is transmitted to the insurance company.






8. A facility that provides long-term services - such as rehabilitation - that address more permanent or long-term medical conditions like mental illness.






9. 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.






10. An area within a medical facility designed to prevent the spread of airborne infections though the use of negative pressurization control of the air inside and outside the room.






11. A software and/or hardware system that scans - audits - and monitors the security infrastructure for signs of attacks in progress.






12. A physical security control system that has a door at each end of a secure chamber.






13. An invitation for vendors to submit a plan and bid for the delivery of a product or service.






14. A facility equipped to treat patients suffering traumatic injuries.






15. A healthcare record standard - similar to CCR but more robust as it was developed by both the HL7 and American Society for Testings and Materials.






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






17. Classification for a drug or substance that has less potential for abuse that those categorized as Schedule I or II; is currently accepted for medical use in treatment in the United States; and abuse of which may lead to moderate or low physical depe






18. A password that meets the complexity requirements that are set by a system administrator and documented in a password policy.






19. Also known as an acute care facility. This facility proves services aimed to resolve immediate and short-term medical conditions like pregnancy or a heart attack.






20. A hardware device or a computer software program that acts as a communication hub to provide heightened wireless security and extend the physical range of a wireless local area network.






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






22. A server that stores files and programs.






23. A U.S. federal agency responsible not only for overseeing its named services but also for administering a children's insurance program - some portions of HIPAA - and other programs.






24. 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.






25. A federal health insurance program for the elderly and some disable individuals in the United States - with three main parts: Part A for inpatient - Part B for outpatient - and prescriptions drug coverage.






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






27. A device used to take pictures of patients - because some EMR/EHR systems allow for a patient's picture to be tied to their electronic record.






28. Platform as a Service - a method that uses the l=cloud to provide any platform-type service.






29. A regulatory concept describing the ideal of effectively and efficiently leveraging EHR technology in the medical workplace.






30. A hospital owned and operated by a federal - state or city government. Typically provides subsidized medical services to patients unable to pay for medical services.






31. 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






32. A list of all NDC identification numbers - compiled and published by the Food and Drug Administration.






33. A non-profit organization that promotes the adaption of healthcare IT systems - as well as certifies health record technology.






34. A network that connects wireless devices in a very close proximity but not though a wireless access point.






35. Hardware components that enable users to interact with computers.






36. A systematic way of approving and executing changing in order to assure maximum security - stability and availability of information technology services.






37. Also called Wi-Fi - short for wired fidelity - '802.11b is probably the most common and certainly the lest expensive wireless network protocol used to transfer data among computers with wireless network cards or between a wireless computer or device






38. The use of various technologies to create images of the human body for use in the clinical field - such as diagnosis - treatment - and tracking of a disease or medical issue within the body.






39. 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.






40. Data that fits into a well-defined data model.






41. An Instant messaging service that uses strong encryption to send and receive secure messages.






42. The amount of work a server performs on a regular basis.






43. A personal computer storage device that stores data in non-volatile special memory instead of on disks or tape.






44. A type of communication service which involves a private dialogue between two persons via instant-text-based messages over the internet.






45. A personal computer storage device that uses fixed media and magnetic data storage.






46. A wireless standard for home and business implementations that adds QoS features and multimedia support to 802.11a and 802.11b






47. A healthcare provider that meets legally defined criteria and thus is eligible for incentive payments for the implementation of EHR systems.






48. A form of eavesdropping where the attacker makes an independent convection between two victims and steals information to use fraudulently.






49. The fundamental security goal of ensuring that electronic data is not altered or tampered with.






50. 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