Interoperability

If you haven’t heard of them, they are one of the largest Integrated Managed Care Organizations in the United States. In our field, KP is a desirable place to work because they have the infrastructure for robust interoperability (more data) and a strong emphasis on improving the health of patient populations (better health outcomes). Right now, my role in KP is as a data analyst. The three facets of what I do are: 1) Create interactive dashboards/visualizations to stratify…

events that provide an opportunity to exercise mission planning, collaboration, and execution as well as train headquarters staffs and components on assigned missions. These notional scenarios aimed at improving operational effectiveness and interoperability to prepare and ensure readiness take place in a variety of geographic locations. Equally important, these simulated national scenarios are arranged in order of increasing complexity to introduce new skills for each iteration while building…

standardized terminologies in nursing and concluded that standardized nursing terminology is important to ensure effective measurement, clarification, and understanding of nursing care. Brokel (2010) also pointed out that standardized language increased interoperability and facilitates meaningful exchange of health information within national, statewide, and regional networks. Therefore, standardized nursing terminology fosters effective health information exchange across the nursing, health…

Multiple pieces of literature highlight that the important ethical concerns to consider as countries move towards electronic health records include privacy implementation, legitimate applications of PCEHR, beneficiaries and sponsors and equity issues emerging in the context of individual control. As a result, many scholars have identified particular questions that need solutions. Solomonides and Mackey (2015) have also tackled the emerging ethical challenges in digital information. In their…

Given the advances in technology and the need of a system that can securely exchange, retrieve and communicate between organizations without restrictions while enhancing patient care are some of the reasons for issuing executive order 13335 by former President George W. Bush (Ohio University, n.d.). This paper will discuss the goals and objectives of the EHR mandate and how the Affordable Care Act relates to it. As well as the six steps of electronic health record implementation, I will explain…

During World War II the British department of information came up with three slogans. Two of the slogans were used. One of them were “Never was so much owed by so many too so few.” This referred to the bravery of the Royal Air Force rising to the challenge of the German Air Force. The third slogan one was to only be used in the worst-case scenario which was if the Third Reich invaded Britain. Fortunately, this day never occurred but the slogan was released after the war. Similarly, Area 51…

DoDAF, its intention is to provide a common methodology within information technologies; nevertheless, unlike DoDAF, the FEAF is use across the board in the federal government of the United States of North America. FEAF goal is to improve the interoperability between the United States government agencies by implementing a specific obligatory EA framework for the entire federal government. FEAF is a collection of interrelated reference models designed to facilitate the definition of the business…

areas and the position doesn’t seem to be getting any easier as technology has its impact on the next generation of HIM professionals. The HIM director plays a role in the adoption of the Electronic Health Record (EHR), collaborative governance, interoperability, and in privacy and security. The Director of HIM may even help to design or implement a new health information systems. The Director’s role continues to grow and is ensured to grow within the next few years There are several steps to…

days a week. It eliminates health record legibility issues between healthcare professionals. One may produce population health and wellness reports. You can ensure costly tests, labs, and scans are not lost and needlessly duplicated. Interoperability ensures records can be accessed at any Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) worldwide. The security systems surrounding it prevent unauthorized access and protects from loss due to natural or man-made disasters. A problem with AHLTA is that…

intricate role in developing documentation via electronic health record (EHR). According to Ozbolt & Saba (2008) nurses served as mediators between disciplines to assist in achieving language that was comprehensive resulting in increased semantic interoperability (Ozbolt & Saba, 2008). Nurses are at the center of patient care implementing treatment plans thereby promoting interdisciplinary care including services such as pharmacy and radiology. According to HIMSS (2017b) pharmacy informatics is…