Technology In Healthcare
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Be familiar with the five forces compelling a transformation of the health care industry, and be able to identify the role Information Technology will play in achieving this transformation.
The five forces compelling a transformation of the healthcare industry are;
• Demographics; the baby boomer generation, and the need to serve and finance the aging.
• Consumerism; individuals are demanding the right to manage their own health care and to participate in decision making regarding choice of provider and treatment alternatives.
• Biological breakthroughs
• Information Technology;
IT will envelop health care just as it has other industries., driven by the convergence of computing technologies with communications technologies, increased focus on improving both quality of care and the process of care delivery, and implementation of the electronic patient record….At the same time, the internet will facilitate consumer demands for a more responsive healthcare sector, which will be monitored for all to see. The healthcare sector must speed the adoption of new information technology the way virtually all other industries have done, and, in the process, vastly improve the safety, quality and cost-effectiveness of care.
• Public mandate Given an understanding of the business pressures facing the health care industry, describe the evolution …show more content…
This means that when your front-desk staff enters patient data into your integrated system, the information becomes instantly available to everyone in the office, using the scheduling, billing, or EMR portion of the system. With integrated systems, you are dealing with only one vendor, so you have the convenience of a single point of contact for support and technical concerns. In addition, you need not manage the technical aspects of building and maintaining an interface between your EMR and practice management systems. And you’ll also gain from the systems’ shared
Be familiar with the five forces compelling a transformation of the health care industry, and be able to identify the role Information Technology will play in achieving this transformation.
The five forces compelling a transformation of the healthcare industry are;
• Demographics; the baby boomer generation, and the need to serve and finance the aging.
• Consumerism; individuals are demanding the right to manage their own health care and to participate in decision making regarding choice of provider and treatment alternatives.
• Biological breakthroughs
• Information Technology;
IT will envelop health care just as it has other industries., driven by the convergence of computing technologies with communications technologies, increased focus on improving both quality of care and the process of care delivery, and implementation of the electronic patient record….At the same time, the internet will facilitate consumer demands for a more responsive healthcare sector, which will be monitored for all to see. The healthcare sector must speed the adoption of new information technology the way virtually all other industries have done, and, in the process, vastly improve the safety, quality and cost-effectiveness of care.
• Public mandate Given an understanding of the business pressures facing the health care industry, describe the evolution …show more content…
This means that when your front-desk staff enters patient data into your integrated system, the information becomes instantly available to everyone in the office, using the scheduling, billing, or EMR portion of the system. With integrated systems, you are dealing with only one vendor, so you have the convenience of a single point of contact for support and technical concerns. In addition, you need not manage the technical aspects of building and maintaining an interface between your EMR and practice management systems. And you’ll also gain from the systems’ shared