Acronyms from the Study Guide/key terms

Question 1

BRFSS

who owns it?

Answer 1

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

cdc

Question 2

YRBSS

who owns it?

Answer 2

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System

cdc

Question 3

NHANES

who owns it?

what is the purpose?

where does the info come from?

Answer 3

National Health and Nutrition Examinations Survey

cdc

assess health and nutritional studies of chicken and adults

gets info from interviews and physical exams

Question 4

GIS

what is the purpose

Answer 4

Geographic Information System

useful for visualizing data

Question 5

EHR

Answer 5

Electronic Health Record

Question 6

EMR

Answer 6

Electronic Medical Record

Question 7

PHR

Answer 7

Patient /Personal Health Record

Question 8

CPOE

Answer 8

Computerized Physician Order Entry

Question 9

CDSS

Answer 9

Clinical Decision Support System

Question 10

ARRA

Answer 10

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Question 11

HL7

Answer 11

Health Level 7

Question 12

SNO-MED CT

Answer 12

Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms

Question 13

LOINC

Answer 13

used for lab codes

Question 14

CPT-4

Answer 14

5 digit code for procedures, surgeries, etc. used for billing

Question 15

ICD9 or 10

Answer 15

represents clinical diagnoses or procedures for billing purposes

Question 16

HIPAA

Answer 16

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Question 17

DHHS

Answer 17

Department of Health and Human Services

Question 18

ONC

Answer 18

Office of the National Coordinator

Question 19

CDC

Answer 19

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Question 20

NHIN or NwHIN

Answer 20

National (Nationwide) Health Information Network

Question 21

PHIN

Answer 21

Public Health Information Network

Question 22

NEDSS

Answer 22

National Electronic Disease Surveillance System

Question 23

HAN

Answer 23

Health Alert Network

Question 24

Epi-X

Answer 24

rapid communication for public health professionals

not for use of public

Question 25

NACCHO

Answer 25

National Association of County and City Health Officials provide support system for local health dept provides resources, tools, and assistance to LHD in the following focus groups: PH preparedness Environmental health Community health PH Infrastructure

Question 26

ASTHO

Answer 26

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials formulate/influence state level policy track and evaluate state policy

Question 27

NHIS

Answer 27

National Health Interview Survey CDC from personal household interviews

Question 28

NNDSS who reports?

Answer 28

National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System physician reported

Question 29

ISO

Answer 29

International Organization for Standardization

Question 30

ANSI

Answer 30

American National Standards Institute

Question 31

HITSP

Answer 31

Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel

Question 32

HITECH Act

Answer 32

Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act

Question 33

PHAB

Answer 33

Public Health Accreditation Board provides standards of quality for PH departments

Question 34

NHCS who owns it? where does the info come from? what is it used for?

Answer 34

National Health care survey who owns it? cdc where the info comes from: hospital discharge records What is it used for: used by healthcare policy makers and health professionals to assess the quality/disparities in health care.

Question 35

Essence what kind of SS? who owns it? what does it surveil?

Answer 35

early notification community epidemic SS DOD track bioterrorism

Question 36

BioSense

Answer 36

disease and hazardous conditions cdc gets its info from ESSENCE local/state/and nat'l level

Question 37

National vital Stat System

Answer 37

intergovernmental data sharing (birth/death/marriage) cdc

Question 38

PHAB

Answer 38

Public Health Accreditation Board

Question 39

functionality

Answer 39

Capacity of computer program/application to provide a needed use

Question 40

interoperability

Answer 40

ability to share and use electronic health information between systems

Question 41

standards

Answer 41

uniform use of common terms and methods for sharing data

Question 42

tethered

Answer 42

linked to one platform, not interoperable

Question 43

security

Answer 43

how privacy & confidentiality policies are implemented in computer systems

Question 44

competencies

Answer 44

a pubic health workers observable and measurable knowledge and skills