Medical informatics

Accountability Act (HIPAA) during their service learning project. This paper will go over HIPAA and its background in the beginning. It will also go over the issues that Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center (DDEAMC) have with the compliance of HIPAA. Next the author will go over how Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center (DDEAMC) has choose to track the compliance of HIPAA. The author will go over the way the HIPAA compliance officer tracks the compliance of HIPAA on employees and…

information and allows them to transfer that information from one facility to another. HIPAA was originally known as The Kennedy-Kassebaum Bill that originated in 1996. This set of laws was made because healthcare facilities were starting to move patient’s medical records into computerized files. HIPAA also makes it to where any and all patient information cannot be shared by anyone unless that information is harmful to themselves or others. Although the HIPAA law was passed in 1996, there…

Exposure charts are very important in the radiology field. They provide consistency in the quality of image production (Carlton, Richard R., Arlene McKenna. Adler, and Eugene D. Frank, 2006). Each site has preprogrammed control consoles for each exposure. However, although these are preset, these are just a suggested starting point. The data is collected through different patients acquiring the same exam. For example, I collected data on every foot exam. So for every foot exam, I grabbed…

strategies to patient outcomes and improve quality of care is the customizing of health care. The paper will discuss how customization is evident in health care, particularly with Electronic Medical Records (EMR), to improve quality. Electronic Medical Records (EMR) is an electronic system that contains patient medical and clinical information (HealthIT, 2016). The system is designed to track patient data, identify patients’…

delivered to a patient. As more healthcare facilities, including hospitals and private practices, move towards the use of EHR, the benefits will increase to both patients and practitioners. It is much easier to retrieve or track patient specific medical information using EHR than to use paper records. Many paper records are written in illegible handwriting and missing different types of information. One study showed that about 81% of cases, physicians could not locate all the information…

EHR and PMS Electronic medical record and medical practice management software are both important in a medical office. Their demand is based on what is the medical office needs. Medical practice management software deals with the day-to-day operations of a medical practice. The risk of using this is when they need to use the server to share data and everyone can work. There can be a security risk by doing it. They can also use a desktop that is intended to be used by one or handful users sharing…

the Electronic Health Record. As patients are demanding for better quality of care and for a flawless all-inclusive service that would benefit their medical need, subsequently, innovation in healthcare brings new method of health care delivery. Accordingly, the military is trying to discover effective method of approaching health care, including medical record and documentations. The military has been good in innovation, but…

While each medical facility defines job duties differently, healthcare administrators at various facilities generally manage similar responsibilities, with obligations that vary depending on the facility size and practice area. Healthcare administrators are high-level executives that oversee the key responsibilities that keep a medical institutions functioning efficiently, such as information and operations management and the career track offers opportunities in almost any medical setting.…

Current State Evaluation Electronic Medical Record In the early 1990s the Institute of Medicine (IOM) started lobbying the health care community to consider embracing the use of the electronic medical record (EMR) as standard practice (Haupt, 2011). IOM’s premise for EMR usage included improve health care by increasing safety and efficiency thereby promoting overall better quality of care. Initially, health care systems were excited about the idea of having patient’s information readily…

Patient Data Card (PDC) Patient Data Card is a smart card protected by a PIN including a microprocessor and secured by cryptographic services. It comprises management insurance information and authorizes patients to request medical diagnosis and treatment. From another side, patients grant access to their own health information and data to their doctors, which are recorded on the card itself or in the e-Health system. This card could also carry information like electronic prescriptions…