Biomaterial Database

Deploying an HMO's data warehouse. 1998

J Hollis

Kaiser Permanente, Pasadena, CA, USA.

Kaiser Permanente says it has saved millions of dollars and improved the quality of care with information from its data warehouse. Here's how Kaiser implemented the warehouse four years ago, and how it uses it today.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007253	Information Centers	Facilities for collecting and organizing information. They may be specialized by subject field, type of source material, persons served, location, or type of services.	Family Planning Information Centers,Center, Information,Centers, Information,Information Center
D007256	Information Systems	Integrated set of files, procedures, and equipment for the storage, manipulation, and retrieval of information.	Ancillary Information Systems,Emergency Care Information Systems,Information Retrieval Systems,Perinatal Information System,Ancillary Information System,Information Retrieval System,Information System,Information System, Ancillary,Information System, Perinatal,Perinatal Information Systems,Systems, Information Retrieval
D007318	Inservice Training	On the job training programs for personnel carried out within an institution or agency. It includes orientation programs.	Employee Orientation Programs,Orientation Programs, Employee,On-the-Job Training,Training, Inservice,Employee Orientation Program,On the Job Training,Orientation Program, Employee,Program, Employee Orientation,Programs, Employee Orientation,Training, On-the-Job
D011315	Preventive Medicine	A medical specialty primarily concerned with prevention of disease (PRIMARY PREVENTION) and the promotion and preservation of health in the individual.	Medicine, Preventive,Preventative Care,Preventative Medicine,Preventive Care,Care, Preventative,Care, Preventive,Medicine, Preventative
D002140	California	State bounded on the east by Nevada and Arizona, on the south by Mexico and the Pacific Ocean on the south and west, and on the north by Oregon.
D003195	Computer Communication Networks	A system containing any combination of computers, computer terminals, printers, audio or visual display devices, or telephones interconnected by telecommunications equipment or cables: used to transmit or receive information. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)	Cognitive Radio,Computer Network Management,Databases, Distributed,Distributed Systems,Extranets,Intranets,Network Communication Protocols,Telecommunication Networks,Cognitive Radios,Communication Network, Computer,Communication Networks, Computer,Communication Protocol, Network,Communication Protocols, Network,Computer Communication Network,Database, Distributed,Distributed Database,Distributed Databases,Distributed System,Extranet,Intranet,Management, Computer Network,Network Communication Protocol,Network Management, Computer,Network, Computer Communication,Network, Telecommunication,Protocol, Network Communication,Radio, Cognitive,System, Distributed,Telecommunication Network
D003362	Cost-Benefit Analysis	A method of comparing the cost of a program with its expected benefits in dollars (or other currency). The benefit-to-cost ratio is a measure of total return expected per unit of money spent. This analysis generally excludes consideration of factors that are not measured ultimately in economic terms. In contrast a cost effectiveness in general compares cost with qualitative outcomes.	Cost and Benefit,Cost-Benefit Data,Benefits and Costs,Cost Benefit,Cost Benefit Analysis,Cost-Utility Analysis,Costs and Benefits,Economic Evaluation,Marginal Analysis,Analyses, Cost Benefit,Analysis, Cost Benefit,Analysis, Cost-Benefit,Analysis, Cost-Utility,Analysis, Marginal,Benefit and Cost,Cost Benefit Analyses,Cost Benefit Data,Cost Utility Analysis,Cost-Benefit Analyses,Cost-Utility Analyses,Data, Cost-Benefit,Economic Evaluations,Evaluation, Economic,Marginal Analyses
D006279	Health Maintenance Organizations	Organized systems for providing comprehensive prepaid health care that have five basic attributes: (1) provide care in a defined geographic area; (2) provide or ensure delivery of an agreed-upon set of basic and supplemental health maintenance and treatment services; (3) provide care to a voluntarily enrolled group of persons; (4) require their enrollees to use the services of designated providers; and (5) receive reimbursement through a predetermined, fixed, periodic prepayment made by the enrollee without regard to the degree of services provided. (From Facts on File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988)	Group Health Organizations, Prepaid,HMO,Prepaid Group Health Organizations,Health Maintenance Organization,Organizations, Health Maintenance,Organization, Health Maintenance
D016208	Databases, Factual	Extensive collections, reputedly complete, of facts and data garnered from material of a specialized subject area and made available for analysis and application. The collection can be automated by various contemporary methods for retrieval. The concept should be differentiated from DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC which is restricted to collections of bibliographic references.	Databanks, Factual,Data Banks, Factual,Data Bases, Factual,Data Bank, Factual,Data Base, Factual,Databank, Factual,Database, Factual,Factual Data Bank,Factual Data Banks,Factual Data Base,Factual Data Bases,Factual Databank,Factual Databanks,Factual Database,Factual Databases
D016494	Computer Security	Protective measures against unauthorized access to or interference with computer operating systems, telecommunications, or accompanying data; especially the modification, deletion, destruction, or release of data in computers. It includes methods of forestalling interference by computer viruses or computer hackers aiming to compromise stored data.	Computer Viruses,Data Protection,Data Security,Compromising of Data,Computer Hackers,Computer Worms,Cyber Security,Cybersecurity,Data Encryption,Information Protection,Computer Hacker,Computer Virus,Computer Worm,Data Compromising,Data Encryptions,Encryption, Data,Encryptions, Data,Hacker, Computer,Hackers, Computer,Protection, Data,Protection, Information,Security, Computer,Security, Cyber,Security, Data,Virus, Computer,Viruses, Computer,Worm, Computer,Worms, Computer