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Comptia Healthcare It+ Technician

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






2. 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.






3. Picture Archiving and Communications System - Application system where medical images of almost all kinds - including MRIs - CAT scans - ultrasounds - mammograms - etc. - can be stored and retrieved electronically by various members of a health organ






4. Secure FTP - A secure version of FTP that uses SSH as an encryption method to transfer - access - and manage files.






5. An area where patients are housed after a surgical procedure or any procedure requiring anesthesia and are closely monitored for any indications of post-operative complications.






6. A hospital specialized to treat a specific disease or condition or a specific type of patient.






7. A network attack that uses special monitoring software to gain access to private communications on the network wire or across a wireless network. Also knows as a sniffing attack.






8. An EHR system that had been certified by ONC






9. Authentication schemes based on individuals' physical characters.






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






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






12. An analysis technique that determines the coverage area of a wireless network - identifies any sources of interference - and establishes other characteristics of the coverage area.






13. A type of cable that features a central conductor surrounded bu the braided or foil shielding. a dialectric insulator separates the conductor shield and the entire package is wrapped in an insulating layer called a jacket. The data signal is transmit






14. The U.S. federal program to provide healthcare for certain low-income individual and families.






15. A TCP/IP utility used to verity the network connectivity of a computer.






16. The section of HIPAA that establishes a rule set to govern the use and disclosure of PHI by covered entities. The goal of the Privacy Rule is to protect a person's health information while allowing adequate transfer of information to promote efficien






17. 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.






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






19. The procedures - processes - or actions - as defined by state and national licensing boards - that are permitted for an individual in a particular licensing area - usually driven by criteria such as specific education and experience requirements.






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






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






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






23. The de facto standard VPN protocol for tunneling PPP sessions across a variety of network protocols such as IP - frame relay - or ATM.






24. A family of specification developed by the IEEE for wireless LAN technology.






25. 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.






26. 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






27. The official ANSI term for IDE drives.






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






29. Mechanism that are put in place to limit access to electronic health information.






30. Software systems solutions developed using specific industry standards and rules that allow all the myriad medical systems to communicate as seamlessly as possible with one another.






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






32. A secure version of HTTP that supports e-commerce by providing a secure connection between a web browser and a server.






33. Any medical treatment or services provided on an outpatient basis.






34. A sample of code that spreads from one computer to another by attacking itself to other files. The code in a virus corrupts and erases files on a user's computer - including executable files - when the files to which it was attached is opened or exec






35. The method used to repeatedly delete and overwrite any traces or bits of sensitive data that may remain on a device after data wiping has been done.






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






37. An itemized form containing all the information needed to file a claim. including patient information and services rendered for a visit - that is compiled by the healthcare provider's medical biller and supplied to the insurance company as the source






38. 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.






39. A senior - skilled medical staff member who serves as an instructor or supervisor - providing experience and feedback - to medical students or newly hired employees still in training.






40. Classification for a drug or substance that has a lower potential for abuse as compared to those categorized in schedule IV; is currently accepted for medical use in treatment in the United States; and abuse of which may lead to limited to physical o






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






42. Software as a Service - A method that uses the cloud to provide application services to users.






43. 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.






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






45. A server that is primarily used to share - store - and access files.






46. An area where all medical imaging procedures are conducted.






47. An agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. NIST's mission us to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science - standards - and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of






48. 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.






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






50. The process of transforming handwritten - scanned images of text or typed text into machine-encoded text.