Informatics for Health Professionals

Glossary

Access The ability to examine, explore, or retrieve data and information from an information system or a computer program.

Acceptable use A corporate policy that defines the types of activities that are acceptable on the corporate computer network, identifies the activities that are not acceptable, and specifies the consequences for violations.

Acquisition The act of acquiring; to locate and hold. We acquire data and information.

Active listening A therapeutic communication technique in which the health care professional employs conscious attention to what a patient is saying, reflects back feelings and phrases, and asks questions to clarify meaning.

Acuity system System that calculates the care requirements for individual patients based ...