Healthcare informatics demystified by Keogh, James Edward

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Feedback: Feedback is adjustment, if any, to the input based on the output such as taking another blood sample if the blood glucose level is unusual. An electronic clinical system is a system, primarily a computer-based system, in which data is entered into the computer using a keyboard, mouse, scanning device, or touch screen and processed by a program running on the computer. Output can be displayed on the screen, sent to a printer, stored in a Clinical System Input Process Output Feedback F i g u r e 1 – 8 • A clinical system has input that is processed to produce output that is evaluated.

For example, eMAR is an application that consists of multiple programs that collectively are used to document medication administration. The application is born when the project sponsor initiates the project (see Chapter 5) to automate a manual process. The clinical project manager organizes a team of MIS and clinical professionals to transform the manual process to a computer application. One of the first tasks is to define specifications (see Chapter 2) for the application. Specifications define specifically what the computer application is to do.

Not to be redistributed or modified in any way without permission. 24 Programmers and Programs A programmer is a member of the project team who is responsible for translating specifications and design requirements into a program. The program contains explicit instructions to the central processing unit on what to do and when to do it. Think of this as writing steps in a recipe. The programmer uses a high-level computer language to write the program. Many different programming languages are available.

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