Health IT Flashcards
Health IT includes:
Electronic Health Records (EHR)
Personal Health Records (PHR)
Electronic prescribing
Privacy and Security
allow doctors to better keep track of your
health information and may enable them to see it
when you have a problem even if their office is
closed.
EHR
you control
what kind of information goes into it. You can use a
PHR to keep track of information from your doctor
visits, but the PHR can also reflect your life outside
the doctor’s office
PHR
allows your doctor to
communicate directly with your pharmacy.
E-prescribing
All of these electronic systems can increase the
protections of your health information.
Privacy and Security
Advantages of Health Information in the Cloud
Data Storage Capacity
Scalability of Service
Collab
AI and machine learning
The
healthcare industry works with a tremendous
amount of data, and even the most
sophisticated hardware installations can’t
handle it all.
Data Storage
The cloud can scale to increase or decrease data
storage and traffic depending on the client’s
needs.
Scalability of Service
Clients who use the same cloud network are able to easily transfer data between each other
Collaboration
Disadvantages of Health Information in the Cloud
Implementation
Security Dangers
HIPAA compliance
Availability and Control
The massive amount of data that healthcare
providers deal with take up a lot of time to manage – time that could be spent with
patients
AI and Machine Learning
Switching from an on-premises installation to
the cloud means changing your entire method
of handling tasks.
Implementation
Cloud networks provide security tools that look
for, warn you of, and deal with suspicious
behavior. However, they are not perfect.
Security Dangers
All cloud-based health solutions must comply
with the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA)
HIPAA compliance
cloud platforms will go down from time to time.
Availability and Control
