Health informatics

record which creates, gathers, manages and stores the health information of an individual within a health system (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality [AHRQ], n.d.). The EMR for a health system will store the records for all of the patients they serve, but each individual patient has a record which is held within that system. Despite numerous health systems using the same EMR systems and interoperability, EMRs do not result in a single health record for an individual no matter where they…

Technology Across the Care Continuum “Continuum of Care is a concept involving a system that guides and tracks patients over time through a comprehensive array of health services spanning all levels and intensity of care.” (HIMSS Committees, n.d.). The continuum of care includes all levels of care during a person’s lifetime. The type of setting may include primary care doctor inpatient or outpatient. Technology Across the Care Continuum The care continuum selected to evaluate is the hospital…

1. Which K 's, S 's, and A 's (one each for Safety and Informatics) pertain to the care you provided to the patient/situation you have chosen? Why? K (safety)- Describe best practices that promote patient and provider safety in the practice specialty. S (safety)- Communicate observations or concerns related to hazards and errors to patients, families, and the health care team. A (safety)- Value own role in reporting and preventing errors. During one of my preceptorships the facility 's…

Telehealth nursing includes other health care professionals such as radiologist, pharmacist, and psychology. Advantages that patients may be faced with is that it will be more convenient through video, web chat, or phone. Workers are allowed to follow up on a prescription with a physician…

Why interested in HIM I am interested in Health Information Management (HIM) because it is an essential means of delivery of quality care. Also, HIM professionals are experts in the field of patient health information and medical records. With my experiences as a Home HealthCare Provider, it will enable me to have more focus and interest in the field. Besides, Health Information Management (HIM) is one of the fastest growing occupations, dealing with computer technology and its application…

be utilized by a health care informatics professional who is considering the purchase of an EHR for an ambulatory practice? I was looking at the certification criteria for this vendor and it included all the aspects needed for an electronic health record. An EHR must include patient’s demographics, past and present history, allergies to medications, immunization records, lab results, imaging results or scans results, and should be able to share patient information between health care providers.…

about the new changes and transformation of healthcare into technology based and the job opportunities. Jim Provines is employed at Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare as Manager in IT Support Services. He holds an MBA in management and he has M.S in Health Informatics. Later, he took CPT and ICD-9 courses at the college of DuPage as Joyce Graves for instructor of the CPT class to supplement his studies. Jim has been in healthcare about fourteen years and three and half years in IT. During this…

to support the findings of newfound technology that could help to ensure health. There are various tools and machines used that are the only reason some people are still alive now. Information technology has helped advance the ways healthcare providers can save information, and save life. In the beginning, in 1998, the Committee on the Quality of Health Care was asked to identify strategies for improving the quality of health care in the…

purpose of this discussion is to introduce informatics, the use of informatics in healthcare, and the potential outcomes of clinical informatics. The healthcare industry has embraced informatics to aid in the care of patients. Informatics is a union of the study of thoughts (cognitive science) and information, which is then organized and aligned using a computational system (Huber, 2014). To take this a step further, clinical informatics is informatics as it applies to healthcare, in other words…

A picture archiving and communication system(PACS), would be my technology of choice in this situation. (Hoyt, 2014, p. 440) This PACS system would need to a web based PACS system, in order for it to be able to be reviewed anywhere. A web based PACS system, is an application that uses different web technologies in a very open manner, regardless of the type of system the user uses. (Hoyt, 2014, p. 446) If the hospital system that completed the mammogram for the patient, utilized this PACS…