Hardware Device Selection

Question 1

Information systems dedicated to medical facilities are known as

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Hospital Information Systems (HIS)

Question 2

There are three broad types of HIS

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administrative, semi- clinical, and clinical

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handle non-medical management issues such as payroll.

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Administrative

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Tracks the flow of patients into and out of the hospital.

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Semi-clinical

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Performs order-entry results reporting.

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Semi- clinical

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information is entered directly into the system at the patient’s bedside rather than having the information transcribed from written notes.

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Point of service (POS)

Question 7

there are many systems currently available that support healthcare facility issues such as laboratory, pharmacy, and radiology.

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Specialty Support Programs

Question 8

The following are the major internal types of hardware of all computers:

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Motherboard
Central processing unit (CPU)
Control units

Question 9

usually housed inside a plastic case, but there may be components that exist outside of the case.

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hardware

Question 10

usually houses the motherboard, microchips, processors, and electronic circuits that carry out the computer’s primary functions.

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Computer case

Question 11

a thin piece of non-conducting plastic onto which the computer’s circuits are printed.

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motherboard

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has areas where chips are mounted and slots are placed which allow the addition of other pieces of hardware.

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motherboard

Question 13

comprised of different unit types: arithmetic, logic, control, and memory.

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Central processing unit (CPU)

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perform fetch, execute, decode, and store functions based on the computer’s machine language.

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control units

Question 15

This term encompasses the hardware that is connected to the computer to make it fully functional.

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peripherals

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include the keyboard, printer, monitor, storage devices, and mouse.

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peripherals

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include disk drives, hard drives, and USB drives.

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storage devices

Question 18

There are three major classes of computers:

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Analog, Digital, and hybrid

Question 19

measure specific continuous data and do not break the information down any further.

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Analog

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measure temperature, pressure, heart rate, voltage, or current.

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Analog

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use binary code to represent data.

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Digital computers

Question 22

This is the most common type of computer used at home and in businesses

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Digital computers

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have elements of both analog and digital computers.

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Hybrid

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These computers are produced and used for highly specific tasks which are often based on physics and engineering.

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Hybrid

Question 25

The most common network interface card (NIC) is called an

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ethernet card

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is installed onto a networked computer and allows full time access to the local area network (LAN).

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ethernet card