Interoperability

Many years ago health information was not as tech savvy as it is today, and the information that was processed was probably not reliable. Health information is the documents associated to a patient’s medical history, which can include symptoms, prognosis, procedures and including medical results. Health information has a huge impact on the health care industry and people are using much of today’s technology to access medical data. Health care information has become a vast topic in the medical…

historical evidence that a government system can be successful to allow public contributions. She also acknowledges some technological constraints by stating that the United States should encourage integrated networks and work to ensure that interoperability ripens into community. In this section of her essay, the author has a governance gap. She discusses open governance and she highlights accountability by using bribery as evidence, however Slaughter fails in discussing the governance of…

Since infectious diseases pose a threat to the global public health system, the purpose of this project is to identify some of the gaps revealed by the Ebola outbreak response. This will help accomplish larger public health goals such as those of the public health system guided by the Ten Essential Public Health Services (EPHS).8 Given that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) defines public health as “what we as a society do collectively to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy”9,…

During WW II the United States government challenged the aircraft industry to develop a new type of fighter that could fly at high speeds, for extended ranges, the ability to perform air to ground attacks, and climb to 20,000 feet within six minutes. Lockheed Martin answered the call and the P-38 Lightening was developed. This twin engine, twin boom aircraft was nothing like anything seen before. It was almost 100 miles per hour faster than other combat aircraft of the time and many of the…

With the movement from paper based systems of patient data to electronic health records there is a need to manage patient information with efficiency and the ability to allow access at the time of care. This is not only limited to physicians and nurses in outpatient or in patient settings but also includes insurance companies, researchers, and the government that also need access to patient data and information. Also while managing our care, doctors and nurses may also rely other sources to…

Implementing these channels and procedures can be difficult for their civilian counterparts. Efforts to improve collaboration include the development of the Crisis Information Management Systems (CIMS) to increase the interoperability of these cooperative agencies (Markus et al., n.d.). However, difficulty in generational technology upgrades can be a disconnect, as oftentimes the government relies on older technology, whereas private agencies can upgrade at a much faster rate…

Under the executive ordered by President George W Bush dated April 27, 2004, the office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (Health IT) was created within the office of secretary of health and human services its mission was to construct the infrastructure for the development and implementation of a nationwide health information technology system that will be available to all Americans by 2014. With this new system, Health care facilities will have the ability to share…

[37], for oral cancer, which represents clinical data, MR imaging, genomic and PCR data. These have a lot of value as they are useful for the use of logic and semantics that allow the handling of massive data. With ontologies, it is allowed the interoperability, standardization and integration of data, obtaining a homogeneous and coherent…

remain in check.” (Larson, 1993) In addition to this new strategy, a new defense program was created, International Military Education and Training Program (IMET). This program “promotes good will, mutual trust and confidence, and provides interoperability with foreign militaries.” (Larson, 1993) The foundation of the program is to encourage mutually beneficial relationships and further the goals of international peace and security, educate foreign nations to utilize their own resources to…

According to most studies, during 1980 and 1990 a long-debated issue concerning the significant growth of managed care plans within the health industry. Both toward the substantial cost saving to managed care as well as their heavily controlled patient care model. The one worry less notable during the managed care launch and large enrollment of new members was their risk adverse structure. The managed care system developed a method that enabled them to shift the risk and medical liability,…