ABC of health informatics

s, structured 26 anatomical terms 13 anonymisation of data 31–2 anonymity, collusion of 23, 34 answers, source 26–7 antenatal care, integrated 23 ATTRACT question answering service 14, 26 audio recordings of consultations 15, 21, 23 audit reports 27 automatic query construction 14 Bayes’ nomogram 10 Binley’s directory information store 33, 34 biometric confidentiality methods 6 biometric sensing devices 16 blood pressure, ambulatory monitoring 9, 17 booking, electronic 17, 22–3, 36 Caldicott Guardians 31 call-recall system 23 cancer registry 13 care continuity 21 data collection 31 emergency 31 improvement 24, 29–30 shared 23 carers 37 case-based reasoning 14 CATmaker 27 CD-Roms of books 17 checklists 7 choose and book 32 chronic care model 23 classification of data 9, 20 clinical data 2–3 accessing 17 accuracy 21 anonymisation 31 classification 9, 20 coding 9, 20 completeness 21 confidential sources 9 confidentiality 31 criteria for quality 3 direct 9 feedback 29–30 integration 24, 29 interpretation 29 presentation 29 quality 3, 19 record linkage 30 recording 21 routine extraction 30 secondary uses 20, 29 security 31 sources 29 structured recording 20 see also medical records clinical decisions making 18 rules 20–1 support tools 11 clinical enquiry forms 36 clinical evidence resource 26 clinical governance 2, 24 definition 29 clinical information 1 capturing 1–2 carers 36 electronic systems 12 exchange 33 feedback 31 gathering/recording during consultation 19–20 quality 3 resource availability for patients 17 sharing 23 sources 2–3, 11–12 using 1–2 clinical knowledge sources 1 clinical practice, changing 30 clinical prediction rules 20–1 clinical questions 25–6, 28 answering services 14, 26–7 clear 26 log books 27 PubMed search filters 27 clinical research agents 36 clinical trials 37 codes of practice, telecarers 36 coding of data 3, 9, 20 collusion of anonymity 23, 34 communication channels 34 communication of information 1, 32–3 interactive 13 community health index 12, 30 computers in consultation 14–15, 19–21 handheld 17, 19 sharing of understanding 13–15 confidential sources of data 9 confidentiality clinical data 31 medical records 20 teleconsultation 6 consent, explicit/inferred 31 consultation models of Pendleton 1 of Stott and Davies 10 consultations 4–6 accessing information after 15, 17 audio recording 15, 21, 23 Rank_Index.qxd 1/18/06 11:39 AM Page 43