Health informatics

Personalized medicine as an emerging field of medicine refer to prescription of specific therapeutics procedure for an individual based on pharmacogenetic and pharmacogenomic information. The term, ‘personalized medicine’ first appeared in published works in 1999 with the creation of some of the field’s core concepts even dating back to the early 1960s(Jain 2002).Several technologies and molecular diagnostic tools has played a major role, in the development of personalized medicine , to…

Project DELTA will increase our profitability in the market when our company produces 30 working models by October 25th, 2015. Undoubtedly, this will be a milestone for our company, because the handheld electronic medical reference guide for emergency medical technicians (EMT) and paramedics will not only be a success once consumers see the convenience and affordability of our of our product; the electronic reference will help improve the efficacy and efficiency of emergency medical…

On a daily basis, department managers track census data on the number of patients admitted, transferred, and discharged (known as throughput). The importance of this data allows the department administrator (Fields, R.) “to determine when you experience the biggest patient load and when that load drops off”. Also, “by tracking your patient census and reviewing it on a daily basis, you can determine which departments are overburdened, which times of year are the busiest and which departments are…

INTRODUCTION Percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy of the lung lesions under image guidance has been shown to be a safe and effective minimally invasive method of obtaining adequate specimen for either histological or cytological analysis[1, 3-4, 7-12] Computed tomography offers the most accurate method of localizing lung biopsies[13]. Development and improvement of specific needle types have led to the acceptance of this technique making it an indispensable method in diagnosis of focal…

communicate in a timely manner. In a review from a patient it is mentioned how convenient and cost effective it was for her to have virtual face time with her doctor. Technology is always advancing and telemedinice with only continue to improve health care for patients around the world. Patients can use video chat and pictures and better accurately describe their situations and can doctors can more accurately access the situation and offer advice on the treatment. Telemedicine…

development from the expanding field of health information technology (HIT). The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services defines HIT as the interchanging of health information by electronic means (http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/special/healthit/, "Health Information Technology"). Telemedicine is similar to HIT except it relates more to the delivery of health services by electronic remote means. The benefits that both can bring to our health care system are enormous.…

the usage of the health information permits an individual to have an ownership over his or her health, partner with the healthcare provider, and improve the quality of health and life. It strengthens health care delivery and long-term support and allows agencies of the public health to detect, follow, manage, and help in disease outbreaks prevention. Also, information considered as fuels for research and innovation. By emerging the Health information technology (Health IT) in health care…

Before the use of electronic health records, there were paper charts. These charts lined large shelves that often filled entire rooms depending on the size of the healthcare practice or hospital. The idea of the electronic health record has been around for several decades plus years (Gartee, 2011). However, it was not until more recent years that the use of the electronic health record has become more widely used within the healthcare industry. In 1991, the Institute of Medicine of the National…

of people to work, the major drawback is the lack of skilled and motivated health workers. According to the World Health Report, working together for health has proved that there is a shortage of 40 lakh skilled health care workers who can understand the Telemedicine (Working together for Health, 2006). The dearth of professionalism and skills was not only in case of Telemedicine, but also in the facet of the EHR and E-health (Scott Re, 2015). 3.5 legal Issues: The hospitals that receive…

Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the benefits of S. 1016, the CONNECT for Health Act of 2017 (CONNECT), and virtual care/telemedicine in general. We greatly appreciate Senator Wicker’s support for this important piece of legislation. Virtual care technologies that encompass digital, as well as broadband, tools are quickly becoming recognized as a necessary component in providing more efficient, more convenient, quality healthcare at a time of increasing healthcare resource constraints.…