email their doctor or even schedule an appointment to see a physician without speaking to a live receptionist. Electronic health record (EHR) systems has changed the healthcare system from a mostly paper-based industry to a computerized system to assist providers in providing higher quality of care to their patients. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009, which is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) (aka “stimulus package”), was
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computing in the healthcare industry, although this sector is set to grow in the medium term. Cloud computing in healthcare is projected to grow to US$ 5.4 billion by 2017. Modernization in the healthcare system is going beyond Electronic Healthcare Records (EHR). According to research firm MarketsandMarkets, the use of cloud computing in healthcare will span both clinical and non-clinical applications. Apart from EHR, cloud computing will also apply to other clinical uses, such as physician order entry
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during the Bush administration which requires an electronic health record (EHR) to be established for all Americans by 2014(Hebda& Czar, 2009). An EHR can be defined as a “digital collection of patient’s medical history and could include items like diagnosed medical conditions, prescribed medications, vital signs, immunizations, lab results, and personnel characteristics like age and weight”(Hebda& Czar, 2009,page 295). The electronic record would replace the current method of recording patient data
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Evolution of Health Care Information Systems Since the early 1980s, the U.S. health care system has experienced a rapid growth in the sector of health care information technology. This growth can be viewed as an attempt to standardize our fragmented health care system. The health care information technology is no longer an option but a necessity to be compliant with the mandated federal regulations. President George W. Bush in 2004 asked health care providers to implement Electronic Health Records (EHR)
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provides the medical information to medical staff, physicians, family members and patients itself. The use of RFID is to solve the problems that are present today in health. In this paper I will discuss the e importance to focus on a RFID –based system name (SIMOPAC) that integrates the multi-agent technologies in the field of health care. RFID
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bureaucratic system no longer apply. Managers of each section need to know their employees well enough to determine individual strengths and weaknesses when dividing up the workload, and they must consider the most efficient method of sharing patients’ records to outside agencies. There are several techniques that are implemented within organizations to accomplish tasks. Managers must evaluate which techniques work
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Annually, millions of Americans receive high-quality health care that restores their health to the best it can be and allows them to carry on functioning in society at their optimum best. Unfortunately this story does not resonate with some Americans who are far from happy about the level of care they received while sick. Quality problems are present in wide variation across board when talking delivery of health care services, in some instance, the issue could be with underutilization of a particular
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HCA 401 Introduction to Health Care Informatics Week 4 Assignment (Telemedicine Applications) For more course tutorials visit www.hca401.com Telemedicine Applications The range of applications that currently fall under the overall category of telemedicine include four broad categories: • Health services • Education and training • Health administration • Research Select one of the four sub-specialties in Telemedicine: • Telepathology • Teleradiology • Teleintensive Care - Life flight
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various ways within the health care industry. Many health care facilities/providers are in the process, if not already completed, of converting from the archaic paper chart to electronic health records (EHR). According to Stacy, an electronic health record is “a digital collection of an individual’s medical information, an EHR contains not only diagnoses, records of treatment, and medication information, but other data relevant to a total picture of an individual’s health” (Stacy, 2013). A goal of
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Electronic Health Record Functionality Standards or Certification HSM 330 DeVry University October 1, 2015 In describing how I would incorporate my findings into the HER selection and decision making process, I would analysis the criteria that must be met to qualify for functionality or certification. The basic functionality supports the belief that if a provider were armed with information about the functional capabilities of software, they would be better equipped to compare systems
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