computer science‚ information and the health care field. This interdisciplinary field can be applied to a range of medical fields such as nursing‚ biomedicine‚ medicine and subspecialties such as immunology (immunoinformatics). Informatics not only has roles to play in day-to-day areas of immunology such as data storage/retrieval‚ decision support‚ standards and electronic health care records but also in research and education such as data mining and simulation systems (Coiera‚ 2002). Informatics and
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Eddie Wheeler Ivy Tech Community College November 18‚ 2015 Betty Klein Registered Health Information Technician Registered health information technicians (RHITs) are custodians of one of the most important tools in modern health care—the medical record. These professionals ensure that patients’ histories are accurate‚ complete‚ up to date and properly entered into the clinical database. Thanks to the work of RHITs‚ doctors and other providers have a full range of information at their fingertips
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have allowed for new and exciting opportunities to intergrade in the two fields. The government has supported healthcare facilities during this transition since 2009‚ by providing stimulus money to assist in the transition from paper to electronic medical records (EMR). The Obama administration will start fining healthcare facilities that have not made this transitioned to EMRs by 2015. In order to take advantage of this opportunity and to avoid fines‚ we must heed this mandate. Many facilities
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patients‚ providers‚ insurance carriers‚ etc? Privacy and Security • How is patient data secured when exchanged through HIE? Conclusion References Introduction A Health Information Exchange‚ or HIE‚ is technology that enables the electronic movement of health-related information among health care providers and others. HIEs are an increasingly popular way for hospitals‚ pharmacies‚ labs‚ and emergency room physicians to share patient information. Some HIEs just share information within
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EHRs in Health Care x x x Abstract In 2009‚ the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) was passed into law mandating interoperable Electronic Health Record (EHR) adoption throughout the United States health care system for all providers who serve Medicare or Medicaid patients. The HITECH Act sets “meaningful use” requirements‚ goals‚ and objectives‚ and gives specific timelines for which to achieve them. As an incentive
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s-individual-and-team-assignments-uop-latest/ HCS 483 Health Information Systems Week 1: Health Care Information Systems Definitions From your reading‚ give definitions to the following terms: HIPAA Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Electronic Health Record (EHR) Personal Health Record (PHR) Computerized provider order entry system (CPOE) Unique patient identifier Protected Health Information (PHI) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Covered entities 10. Health information exchange
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interoperable electronic health-related information sharing conducted in a manner that protects the confidentiality‚ privacy‚ and security of the information. Electronic health information exchange (HIE) allows doctors‚ nurses‚ pharmacists‚ other health care providers and patients to appropriately access and securely share a patient’s vital medical information electronically—improving the speed‚ quality‚ safety and cost of patient care. Despite the widespread availability of secure electronic data transfer
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Henry is a 215 bed‚ not for profit‚ acute care‚ community hospital. “Piedmont Henry is committed to delivering high-quality care to the community of Stockbridge” (Piedmont.org‚ 2014). Piedmont Henry offers its patients 24-hour emergency care plus medical‚ surgical and diagnostic services including cancer care‚ heart care‚ orthopedic care‚ women’s care and wound care. They also offer other outpatient services. Piedmont Henry is an accredited chest pain facility. They were evaluated by the Society
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Americans will have an electronic health record by 2014. Having experience in computerized and non - computerized facilities it is evident of the pros and cons of each. The U.S. healthcare system has been given a strategy to reduce medical errors‚ increase quality of care and save the healthcare system billions of dollars. The strategy to accomplish this is through the implementation of clinical information systems. The first tool discussed is the electronic medication administration record and barcode technology
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The Legal System Imagine you are the director of health information services for a medium-sized health care facility. Like many of your peers‚ you have contracted with an outside copying service to handle all requests for release of patient health information at your facility. You have learned that a lobbying organization for trial attorneys in your state is promoting legislation to place a cap on photocopying costs‚ which is significantly below the actual costs incurred as part of the contract
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