Data versus Information

Data and information share a common thread; they work together to facilitate decisions. In health care, they can mean the difference between life and death or profit and loss. Both data and information assist in providing quality health care. In a minimum of 300 words, address the following points in your initial post:

Discuss the definition of data.

Discuss how data is managed and accessed.

Discuss the meaning of information.

List and define at least three decision support products.

List three internet or web applications that support health care

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Definition of data

The term data comes from Latin word ‘datum’ that means ‘something given’. When used today it refers to the facts that are in existence. These facts are not organized in any way. These facts are the things that can be seen but until they are organized in a particular way they remain useless to people (Englebardt, and Nelson, 2001). An example of data in healthcare is dates on a calendar in hospitals that are meaningless and useless…..

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