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Comptia Healthcare It+ Technician

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1. Systems that store networking hardware and provide networking services to local area networks within a medical environment.






2. 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.






3. The consolidation of all of the recorded health information about a person stored withing a given network. EHR's generally contain multiple EMR's collected from various facilities and providers within a provider network or umbrella organization.






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






5. 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.






6. A piece of software created to fix problems with or provide updates to a program or application. This may include fixing known vulnerabilities or bugs - or improving functionality or performance.






7. A server that proves the most accurate actual time to all clients in a computer network.






8. Any message containing incorrect or misleading information that is disseminated to multiple users though unofficial channels.






9. The federal agency that oversees the regulation of food safety - tobacco products - prescription and over-the-counter medication - dietary supplements - vaccines - medical devices - sanitation requirements - and other related public health products a






10. Protection mechanism used to identify - authenticate - and authorize access to computers and their corresponding systems.






11. 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






12. See Host Computer






13. Unauthorized software introduced on multiple computers to manipulate the computers into mounting a DDoS attack. also called a zombie.






14. A network attack in which an attacker disables systems that provide network services by consuming a networks link's available bandwidth - consuming a single system's available resources - or exploiting programming flaws in an application or operation






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






16. A wired or wireless device that is used to scan and identify patients using the unique barcode located on their ID wrist band.






17. Derived from the Latin 'statim -' a term used to connote immediacy or urgency.






18. A backup that backs up all selected files regardless of the state of the archived bit.






19. Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine-clinical Terms - An organized collection of numeric codes correlating to clinical information such as diseases - procedures - microorganisms - medications - and so forth that may be used in a patient's records.






20. A patient maintained health record that can be shared with medical professionals. Generally not a part of Legal Heath Record.






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






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






23. Individually identifiable health information that is transmitted or maintained in any form or medium by a covered entity or business associate.






24. 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.






25. 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.






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






27. A Specialized file server that is designed and dedicated to support only data storage needs.






28. 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.






29. Pronounced 'I-triple-E.' An organization of scientists - engineers - and student of electronics and related fiends whose technical and standards committees develop - publish and revise computing and telecommunications standards.






30. Temporary and specific emergency access to specifically locked PHI data in order to gain access to information which enables tasks completion.






31. A trauma center that can provide initial evaluation stabilization - and diagnosis of a trauma patient - but then the patient must be transferred to a Level I - II - or III facility for treatment and care. It is differentiated from a Level IV because






32. A method used to remove any sensitive data from a mobile device and permanently delete it.






33. A network in which a central host computer controls all network communication and performs the data processing and storage on behalf of network clients.






34. Classification for a drug or substance that has a high potential for abuse; currently has no accepted medical use in treatment in the United States; and has a lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision.






35. A network attack in which an attacker hijacks or manipulates multiple computers(through the use of zombies or drones)






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






37. An attack on wireless networks where an attacker captures data and registers data flows in order to analyze what data is contained in a packet.






38. A type or network attack where an attacker captures network traffic and store it for re-transmission at a later time to gain unauthorized access.






39. A system that extinguishes fire using special gases.






40. A device that manages all fax messages sent with a network. A server or software program that enables users to send and receive fax messages though a network connection.






41. A piece of software created to fix problems with or provide updates to a program or application. This may include fixing known vulnerabilities or bugs - or improving functionality or performance.






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






43. A security designation that determines the clearance for an information zone within the EHR system.






44. The implementation and practice of various control mechanisms that are intended to restrict physical access to facilities.






45. Specific healthcare industry standards and a framework concerning the exchange and integration of patient's electronic information between software systems - which are adhered to by vendors developing interfaces - ensuring that of this disparate soft






46. Within wireless networking - the phenomenon by which radio waves from other devices interfere with the 802.11 wireless signals.






47. A formalized statement that defines how security will be implemented within a particular organization.






48. 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.






49. A device that has multiple network ports and combines multiple physical network segments into a single logical network.






50. 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.