Interoperability

What is RxNorm? RxNorm is a reference terminology that applies standardized names to medications. Its creation was motivated by need for a standard terminology for representing drugs. These names are then linked to the drug names used in pharmacy software programs that manage patient medications and interactions (e.g. Micromedex, Medispan, First Databank). Rx norm also includes the National Drug File -Reference Terminology (NDF-RT) that is used by the Veterans Health Administration (NIH U.S.…

UMUC Family Clinic data flow with external healthcare organizations There are two important healthcare organizations that need to communicate and have data flow with UMUC Family Clinic. These organizations are pharmaceutical and insurance company. It is important for UMUC Family Clinic to communicate for instance with pharmaceutical organization because Dr. Martin will be sending electronic prescription on behalf of his patients to the pharmacist. The pharmacist will require some form of…

urinary tract infections, sexual dysfunction, incontinence, recurrent bladder infections, enlarged prostate, and many other common complaints seen daily in the urology clinic, or create your own to document pelvic cancers and complex cases. Interoperability features empower urologists with tools and resources to access patient files from mobile devices at the bedside, in the exam room and anywhere there is an Internet connection for faster response to changes in…

communicating system in a clinical setting is the adoption of standardization of nursing language (SNL). According to the American Nurses Association (2015), the Standardization of nursing language (SNL) has become a valuable tool to promote interoperability between multiple concepts, nomenclatures, and information systems. Also, characteristics are gathered through data that are consistent and meaningful. This gained knowledge can then be shared to support positive outcomes and identify problem…

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) of 1996 has helped to revolutionize this country’s use of Patient Health Information (PHI) in many ways, but at the same time it has hindered the American health care system in implementing a national Health Information Exchange (HIE). Consequently, without a national HIE the problem of having a system that allows for continuous quality improvement in the quality of health care received by a patient and still protecting the right to…

Federal policy mandates that an Acquisition Program Baseline (APB) is required for all phases of the Major Defense Acquisition Program (MDAP). The APB ensures that the legal requirements as set forth in Title 10 USC 2435, 2220 as well as DODI 5000.02 for all (ACAT) initiatives. The (PM) or Program Manager is charged in creating the APB the established and mandated criteria, and for overseeing the baseline thresholds relating to schedule, costs, and Key Performance Parameters (KPPs) are met.…

In 2005 New Orleans’ preparedness was tested to the limits against a natural disaster. Hurricane Katrina was categorized as a 3 on the Saffir-Simpson Scale, which meant that it was an extreme hurricane but that was not the end of it. The aftermath of the hurricane was the worst, all of the citizens living in New Orleans believed the worst was over when the storm calmed down but the worst was yet to come. The response system to aid the survivors of Hurricane Katrina was very slow and we can thank…

stages: 1) implement electronic health records (EHRs); clinical data electronically available and giving patients electronic versions of their health information; 2) utilize health information technology (HIT) to enhance quality patient care; 3) interoperability and sharing of quality data (U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2016). The main intention of the HITECH Act was to leverage the use of health information technology to improve the quality of care (Mack, Zhang, Douglas, Sow,…

RDF: RDF full foam is resource description framework The Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a general structure for how to depict any Internet asset, for example, a Web webpage and its substance. A RDF depiction (such portrayals are regularly alluded to as metadata, or "information about information") can incorporate the creators of the asset, date of creation or redesigning, the association of the pages on a site (the sitemap), data that portrays content as far as gathering of people or…

The Emergency Support Function (ESF) is part of the National Response Framework (NRF) totaling in sixteen different Emergency Support Functions “acting as a guide to how the Nation responds to all types of disasters and emergencies; it is built on scalable, flexible, and adaptable concepts identified in the National Incident Management System to align key roles and responsibilities across the Nation” (Homeland Security, 2013, p. 3). “ESF #2 – Communications supports the restoration of…