Process of Selecting and Acquiring an Information System for Our Health Care Organization
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Health Care Information Systems Terms
Define the following terms. Your definitions must be in your own words; do not copy them from the textbook.
After you have defined each term in your own words, describe in 40 to 60 words the health care setting in which each term would be applied. Utilize a minimum of two research sources to support your claims—one from the University Library and the other from the textbook. Be sure to cite your sources in the References section consistent with APA guidelines.
|Term |Definition |How Used in Healthcare |
|Health Insurance Portability and |Health Insurance Portability and |Health Insurance Portability and |
|Accountability Act (HIPAA) |Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a federal law|Accountability Act (HIPAA) is used in |
| |that protects the patient information from |health care to keep unauthorized people and|
| |unauthorized people. |insurance companies from getting the |
| | |patients’ information and misusing the |
| | |information. HIPAA is used for efficiency, |
| | |cost savings for the patient and is also |
| | |used more for the electronic data that is |
| | |transmitted. |
|Electronic medical record |Electronic medical records are computerized|Electronic
Health Care Information Systems Terms
Define the following terms. Your definitions must be in your own words; do not copy them from the textbook.
After you have defined each term in your own words, describe in 40 to 60 words the health care setting in which each term would be applied. Utilize a minimum of two research sources to support your claims—one from the University Library and the other from the textbook. Be sure to cite your sources in the References section consistent with APA guidelines.
|Term |Definition |How Used in Healthcare |
|Health Insurance Portability and |Health Insurance Portability and |Health Insurance Portability and |
|Accountability Act (HIPAA) |Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a federal law|Accountability Act (HIPAA) is used in |
| |that protects the patient information from |health care to keep unauthorized people and|
| |unauthorized people. |insurance companies from getting the |
| | |patients’ information and misusing the |
| | |information. HIPAA is used for efficiency, |
| | |cost savings for the patient and is also |
| | |used more for the electronic data that is |
| | |transmitted. |
|Electronic medical record |Electronic medical records are computerized|Electronic
References: Author: Karen A. Wager , Frances Wickham Lee , John P. Glaser , Lawton Robert Burns copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons Inc