Chapter 6 Flashcards
(22 cards)
HIPPA - The Health Insurance Portability And accountability act
Requires most claims for healthcare services to be submitted via electronic means
Why is 3D printing promising in the Medical field?
It shows promise because the blueprints can be customized to the patients situations through the use of patient-specific data to create a physical solution.
Interoperability
is a significant challenge within the health IT field as some proprietary systems do not communicate easily with other proprietary systems and interfaces are necessary.
Wearable Technology
allows for inexpensive, continuous physiological monitoring with little manual intervention by the patient or healthcare provider.
Billing Process
refers to the method of submitting and following up with claims made to government payers, insurance companies, and patients for services rendered to a patient
Electronic Materials Management
refers to Tracking and managing of inventory of medical supplies, drugs, and other materials
An Electronic Health Record
refers to an individual patient health record stored in a computer database for easy access by physicians and other healthcare workers regardless of the setting.
A clinical decision support system
best describes the variety of technologies that provide healthcare practitioners with diagnostic and treatment recommendations
3D Printing
is one of the most promising technologies in healthcare.
Robots
are used to make surgical procedures more precise
Telemedicine
helps provide greater access for patients whose access to health care may be limited
Health Insurance Systems
provide payment for new innovations so we can have a continuous flow of technology
An example of Health Technology
is computer software
Telemedicine Means
the use of electronic communications and information technologies to provide or support clinical care at a distance. The connection allows the healthcare provider to diagnose, treat, and monitor patients remotely.
Interventional X-rays
are pieces of high-resolution fixed X-ray equipment that allow physicians to diagnose and perform surgery in a minimally invasive manner.
3-D printing is being used
to create prosthetics, orthopedic implants, and lab equipment such as pipettes and minifuge rotors
How is Health IT improving healthcare?
Improving the delivery of patient care and producing optimum outcomes are goals of many healthcare providers and systems. One of the most important ways in which these goals can be accomplished is through use of Health IT.
HITECH Act
The HITECH Act introduced the meaningful use program. This program makes physicians and hospitals eligible to receive incentive payments if they prove their use of the EHR systems meet certain criteria.
MPI
Electronic systems containing analytical processes can minimize but not completely address the problem of duplicate entries in the MPI.
EHR’s Benefit
One significant benefit of EHRs is that information contained within them can be shared with other healthcare providers across different healthcare organizations.
Patient Registration
Patient registration creates a detailed reference about a patient’s body and can be used to pinpoint the location of a tumor.
