lesson 4 Flashcards
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An innovation that manages health information.
The area of It involving the design, development, creation, use and maintenance of information systems for the health care industry. Automated and interoperable healthcare information systems are expected to improve medical care, lower costs, increase efficiency, reduce error and improve patient satisfaction.
Health Information Technology(HIT
In the venn diagram-
Health Informatics - health information technology, Health information management
Because HIT often involves electronic transactions of health information, it is important to maintain ___ and ___during transmission.
Privacy and security
What is the central component of the health IT infrastructure?
Electronic Health Record (EHR)
It is a person’s official, digital health record and is shared among multiple healthcare providers and agencies.
-Electronic Health Record (EHR)
Other key elements of the health IT infrastructure includes?
- personal health record (PHR)
- health information exchange (HIE)
What is a person’s self-maintained health record?
personal health record (PHR)
What is a health data clearinghouse or a group of healthcare organizations that enter into an interoperability pact and agree to share data between their various health IT systems.
- health information exchange (HIE)
Implementations of EHR systems have increased dramatically in the past few years since the inception of what?
HITECH Act in 2009
Which introduced the?
EHR meaningful use program.
The said criteria were created by the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) – approved it technology use
– approved it technology use
Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC)
Who are eligible to receive incentive payments?
Physicians and hospitals using the government certified EHR
Meaningful use is changing to a new value-based reimbursement system under a law passed by Congress in 2015 called?
MACRA, the Medicare Access and CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Plan) Reauthorization Act.
What are two widely used types of health IT that help healthcare professionals store and manage patients’ medical images?
Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) and vendor neutral archives (VNAs)
In the past,____ departments have been the primary repositories of medical images.
Radiology
A composition individuals, systems and processes that want to share, exchange, and access all forms of health information, including discrete, narrative and multimedia.
health interoperability ecosystem
An efficient health interoperability ecosystem provides?
An information infrastructure that uses technical standards, policies and protocols to enable seamless and secured capture, discovery, exchange and utilization of health information.
The role of _____ is undeniably significant in our everyday lives.
Cloud Technology
What are the advantages?
Integrated and Efficient Patient Care-
single
Better Management of Data-
accumulation
What are the disadvantages?
Potential Risks to Personal Information
Cloud Set-up Seems Cumbersome
a Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP-based system released under the general public license (GPL) and one of top three e government projects-
Community Health Information Tracking System (CHITS),
An electronic medical record (EMR) developed through the collaboration of the Information and Communication Technology community and health workers, primarily designed for use in Philippine health centers in disadvantaged areas.
Community Health Information Tracking System (CHITS),
