-
Progression from data to information
- data are raw facts
- information is processed data that has meaning to it
- example: someone states the number 99.5-data. What is the meaning of 99.5? if given that patient x has a 99.5 degree Fahrenheit fever-that is information
-
Describe the term information and how information is acquired
- information: processed data that has meaning
- acquired: can be acquired by audio, text and numeric data, image
-
Discuss audio data as alerts and alarms
- audio data refer to sounds, noises or tones
- there are monitor alerts and alarms as well
-
Data scrubbing to have clean data
- 1. find data and put into table or some type of organization
- 2. get rid of bad data: incorrect format, out of date, etc
-
Subjective data vs. objective data
- Subjective data: symptoms of patient, are the verbal statements made by patient
- Objective data: Signs; are detectable by an observer, they can be seen, heard, felt or smelt, obtained by observation or physical examination
-
list 2 ways we acquire information
either by actively looking for it or by having it conveyed by the environment
-
Define interoperability and inoperability in information exchange
- Interoperability: able to operate different branches of medicine/nursing under one computer application
- Inoperability: different branches of medicine/nursing use completely different computer applications for patient records etc
|
|
