COMPUTERIZED MEDICAL RECORD AND BILLING SYSTEM PURPOSE The information contained in the medical record allows nurses and doctors to determine the patient’s medical history and provide informed care. The medical record serves as the central repository for planning patient care and documenting communication among patient and health care provider and professionals contributing to the patient’s care. An increasing purpose of the medical record is to ensure documentation of compliance with institutional
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Electronic Medical records vs. Paper Medical Charts By: Diedre Fitzgerald Rasmussen College Summer 2012 English Composition; Professor Pauley Electronic Medical records vs. Paper Medical Charts It is no secret that the medical profession deals with some of population’s most valuable records; their health information. Not so long ago there was only one method of keeping medical records and this was utilizing paper charts. These charts‚ although still used in many practices today‚ have slowly been
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Summary of “ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS PRIVACY‚ CONFIDENTIALITY‚ LIABILITY” Varditer Avetisyan The main purpose of this article is to present the current controversy of utilizing electronic records (EMR) in place of paper records in today’s medical environment. Specifically‚ the article mentions the pros of an EMR as being; making it easier to share medical information‚ making access to medical records more fluid‚ and reducing the overall cost of care delivery. It also mentions the cons
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Electronic Medical Records and Confidentiality Issues Abstract Electronic Medical Records save health care facilities thousands of dollars every year‚ and this accounts for the cost of the electronic system itself! Major disasters such as Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans Louisiana‚ showcase the benefits of the electronic medical record system. Electronic medical records are stored throughout the country so that if a tragic/unplanned event occurred‚ it won’t destroy the health care structure
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Releasing Protected Health Information In this paper‚ I will discuss the principles that permit disclosure of protected health information with or without the patient’s consent for each of the four categories‚ government agencies‚ legal agencies or representatives and research groups. I will also state whether I feel privacy safeguards are adequate to support those principles. The principles that allow covered entities such as government agencies to release protected health information only with
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Introduction Health informatics is the bridging of 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
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Releasing Protected Health Information HCR/210 Releasing Protected Health Information What exactly is protected health information (PHI)? Health informatics Any individually identifiable health information that is used or circulated by an entity that falls under the governance of HIPAA; the privacy regulations mandate safeguards for protected health information‚ and the responsibility for maintaining them also extends to third-party business partners. Any information about your private and should
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Term Definition How It Is Used in Health Care Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA was established in 1996 by Congress to protect patient information and how it is used. This act gives patients more control over how their information is used and gives them access to their own medical records (MedTerms‚ 2012). HIPAA is a huge part of health care. All healthcare providers use HIPAA regulations. It basically dictates how health information will be used by healthcare
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According to the HIMSS website health informatics is “As defined by the U.S. National Library of Medicine‚ health informatics is the interdisciplinary study of the design‚ development‚ adoption‚ and application of IT-based innovations in healthcare services delivery‚ management‚ and planning.” Health Informatics is transforming healthcare in many different ways. Some of the ways I have personally seen are the use of programs like My Chart‚ which allows the patient to track their healthcare visits
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Releasing Protected Health Information HCR 210 Sunday‚ October 3‚ 2010 Lisa Israel‚ MBA‚ CMT Releasing Protected Health Information The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability act of 1996 (HIPAA) is a federal law that defines the reasons protected health information (PHI) can be released. HIPAA created important rules and regulations safeguarding the confidentiality of protected health information (PHI) and published updated guidelines in 2003 to include electronically collected
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