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 Accountability Act (HIPAA) | HIPAA stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a US law designed to provide privacy standards to protect patients' medical records and other health information provided to health plans, doctors, hospitals and other health care providers. | HIPAA should be used in all health care settings because it protects patients and deals with privacy rights. The new standards provide patients with access to their medical records and more control over how their personal health information is used and disclosed. So if someone other than the patient’s calls into a medical facility trying to get information about the patients care, the clerk is not allowed to give the person any information unless instructed by the patient that the person is permitted to have the information. | Electronic medical record | Electronic medical record also know as EMR is is a computerized medical record created in an organization that delivers care. Electronic medical records tend to be a part of a local stand-alone health information system that allows storage, retrieval and modification of records. | EMR is used in mostly doctor’s offices and hospitals. Instead of using paper files for charting they have found that using a computer to input the information is