SECTION C STRUCTURED QUESTIONS
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Answer the following questions.
QUESTION 3
3.1 Define the following terms with examples where possible:
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a. Data
b. Information System
c. Information Technology (IT)
d. Structured Query Language (SQL)
e. Database
3.2 A basic Information System (IS) consists of four basic elements, list and discuss each
element.
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3.3 Information systems must be created in a logical manner. The system development life
cycle (SDLC)is traditional to plan and implement an IS in organisation. List and discuss
what happened in each phase of the SDLC.
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3.4 According to the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Data
Quality Management Model (DQMM), for data to be called quality data, they must meet
10 different characteristics. List the characteristics of quality of Data.
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3.5 What are the two elements of a computer system?
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3.6 Name and describe the two major types of systems in healthcare?
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3.7 Discuss the five major concerns that can arise in conjunction with electronically stored
data whether stored on HIS, on internet servers, or on personal computers?
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3.8 Data protection is a number one issue in every organisation. To protect data and systems
from the threat organisation should take steps: State steps to be considered
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3.9 Discuss the purposes of each of these systems in (HIM)
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3.10 What are the benefits of electronic database in healthcare
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3.11 List the five categories in which Information Systems can fall under
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