Medical informatics

As the client and psychologist are in the “ getting to know you “ phase there has come time to talk about the psychologist-client agreement. The Health Insurance Portability Act or HIPPA, is a federal law that provides new privacy protections and new patient rights that deals with the right to the use and disclosure of any Protected Health Information or PHI used for the purpose of treatment, payment, and health care operations ( McGarry, 2015). HIPPA make it so that it is mandatory that the…

What Master of Health Administration Jobs are Available in Health Informatics? The types of master of health administration jobs in health informatics all require candidates to be equally proficient in IT, health informatics and health care processes. Below introduces four equally unique positions for MHA graduates who want to work in health informatics. Health Informatics Program Analyst The primary purpose of this position is to improve the quality and efficiency of health care services by…

According to the study by Suffoletto et al. (2012), increasing the adherence rate related to the use of oral antibiotics in patients discharged from an urgent or emergent care facility is an essential step in decreasing Emergency Room readmissions and potential treatment failures. The authors of this study purposed that using electronic medication reminders would improve the antibiotic treatment adherence rates of patients discharged from an Emergency Room with a new prescription for oral…

coding, integrity is an important asset. As a medical coder and biller, patients and employers trust you with their personal, private information as well as their insurance claims. Patients also trust you to code their diagnosis accurately, fairly, and legally. There may be times where an employee may be faced with a patient or employee to code wrongly and ignore professional standards. To be worthy of this trust, you must uphold your integrity as a medical biller and coder. Integrity is the…

way that health information is stored, accessed, and used (Hebda & Czar, 2013). With the government supporting the concept of electronic health records (EHR), there has been an increase in hospitals implementing the EHR system, as the use of paper medical records no longer meets today’s healthcare industry (Hebda & Czar, 2013). The EHR system was implemented with efforts to improve providers’ decision making and overall improved safety; however, barriers are experienced with this adoption. There…

In the healthcare field medical malpractice lawsuits are expensive and detrimental to a health care provider’s career. EMRs can play a more active role in potential litigation because the documentation is organized, easy to read, and is more patient detailed than the paper records. The patient providers will be unfamiliar with this new EMR system and require some special training to comply with the HIPAA Privacy Rule. HIPAA is the first comprehensive federal regulation that governs the privacy…

1. Search Strategy Search terms: We searched those electronic databases to find relevant studies: (PubMed, EBSCO, ISI Web of Science, IBECS via Virtual Health Library, System for Information on Grey Literature in Europe (SIGLE), Google Scholar, Popline, and the New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) through using ZIKA term . Data title and abstract screening After removing duplications by using Endnote software, the remaining articles were screened through abstract and title with the following…

accurately registered anatomic and functional images can be acquired in a single examination Current designs constitute a CT scanner in tandem with a PET scanner, with a common patient bed for both systems. Although in most designs, the scanner appears externally to be a single device, internally there is little or no mechanical integration (Fig.12) Limitations and advantages of anatomical and metabolic imaging: Limitations of anatomical imaging include; inability to determine if a mass is…

EHRs have been a vital part of the health care professionals’ job. Sheridan (2012) stated that a decade-long of EHR promotion was initiated by President G.W. Bush in 2004, and was highlighted during the President Obama’s administration. Nowadays, the health care team members use EHR with almost every patient encounter. For APNs, EHRs affect their roles in myriad of ways. Narcisse et al. (2013) indicated that the advantages of EHRs include the e-prescribing that is strongly supported by CMS,…

The Veteran Affair’s Office of Information & Technology Risk Management Team is performing an overview of internal security audit to determine how the Department of Veterans Affairs follows the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996. “The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability of Act demands that all HIPAA covered businesses prevent unauthorized access to “Protected Health Information” or PHI. PHI includes patients’ names, addresses, and all information…