Healthcare Information Technology Exam Guide for CompTIA Healthcare IT Technician and HIT Pro Certifications

Registries

Some of the databases used for population health purposes are referred to as registries. Registries typically provide information associated with a single disease, a group of related diseases, or a specific grouping of environmental contaminants. The data within registries is collected from many different sources. An immunization registry, for example, might contain data for anyone eligible to receive an immunization (which includes a large proportion of people in a population) about which immunizations they received, when, and from whom. A death registry would contain data about the date and causes of death, while a tuberculosis registry would include patients who had been diagnosed as having tuberculosis and their treatment for that ...