HIPAA And Information Technology
Week 2 – HIPAA and Information Technology Checkpoint
There are several advantages in having a standardized medical database. The most important advantage is a standardized medical database will offer medical facilities access to the patient records more easily. If a patient decides to change health care providers or if an emergency situation arose the patient would be able to receive service immediately. The database will contain patient’s medical information, so that if a patient were to encounter a medical emergency their medical files would be easy to obtain in order to treat the patient for the particular injury or illness. For example, if I were taken to the emergency room, the doctor would able to see that I am allergic to the
There are several advantages in having a standardized medical database. The most important advantage is a standardized medical database will offer medical facilities access to the patient records more easily. If a patient decides to change health care providers or if an emergency situation arose the patient would be able to receive service immediately. The database will contain patient’s medical information, so that if a patient were to encounter a medical emergency their medical files would be easy to obtain in order to treat the patient for the particular injury or illness. For example, if I were taken to the emergency room, the doctor would able to see that I am allergic to the