Health informatics

Both of the Data Quality Model tool from American Health Information Management Association(AHIMA) and Canadian Institute of Health Information (CIHI) are developed to provide the secure and quality care service in their respective field. Each of them have developed their own characteristics of data quality to support the decision making application within the organization. Table: Data Quality checklist Data Quality characteristics Data quality measure Meet the data quality measures Precision…

We are, thankfully, coming into the medical field when the medical records are predominately electronic. We will rarely have to deal with paper ledgers, paper charts, or doing adjustments and deductions by hand. Having a good EHR system also helps to track the claims and payments. However, the software that we will be using can differ drastically between clinics and hospitals, possibly even within the same hospital. While it is impossible to know every system inside out, it is easy enough to…

decision making and enactment. The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services Incentive program sets objectives for providers and healthcare systems (i.e. hospitals) for implementing HIT into meaningful use. Meaningful use is the use of using electronic health records (EHR) or electronic medical records (EMR) for…

obstacles accessing data, validating solutions, integrating into highly configured environments, and scaling implementations across varied settings. The adoption and use of interoperable EHR’s has become a major requirement for detailed access of patient health records. In parallel, the need for clinical research and structured data across multiple EHR systems is growing. (Kalra et…

Competiveness and Performance Effectiveness for Health Care IT Systems Jimalion Perry Iisher Ford HAS 315 May 29th, 2017 Competiveness and Performance Effectiveness for Health Care IT Systems Today, the use of computers and information technology is fundamental in increasing the proficiency and performance of health care organizations around the world. This increases the speed and accuracy of collecting the patient’s medical history information. Also, these methods help in forming and storing…

practitioner is prepared to take care for patient at any stage of life. The nurse practitioners are involved in the management of health an illness status. The nurse practitioners have the ability to obtain and advanced patient history and performed a thorough physical assessment. In addition, they have the skill recognize signs and symptoms of complex and unstable health problem that requires medical assistance and plan appropriate interventions. The nurse practitioner evaluates the…

Processed Blue Card membership, professional and hospital claims and handled customer service needs for Blue Card. Provided Home and Host customer service to local providers and out of area plans. Resolved problems for members and provider utilizing knowledge across all the lines of business Claims, Membership and Customer Service. Conducted analyses using spreadsheet data for complex high dollar hospital claims and remittance issues. Coached less experience staff to claims processes, Customer…

the most useful to my professional practice has been the development of Electronic Health Records (EHR), which are simply digital versions of paper charts. Computer-based patient records have greatly impacted how things are now done in my unit and in my facility. 53 percent of physicians believed that the use of EHRs can improve the quality of care they provide (Wynia 2011). We have been using computer based health records for several years and over the years, we have transitioned into more…

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no associated risk for human subject information protection. We intended to perform systematic reviews collecting data that are already de-identified and untraceable to participants. Problem Description: Clinicians are expected to make the best health decision for their patients and communities. They are expected not just to base their decision on evidence-based medicine EBM, but to seek the best available medicine. In today’s fast evolving internet based databases, new medical literature is…