Assignment 9.1: Information Technology In The Medical Field

The purpose of this paper is to discuss how technology has impacted the health care delivery system. Health care technology is advancing at an increasingly rapid rate in the United States, and globally. Patients and providers are witnessing these changes through the use of telehealth, and telemedicine applications. Telehealth, and telemedicine are often used interchangeably, however there is a difference between the two applications. Telehealth is the use of technology to deliver health care, health information, or health education at a distance (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, n.d.).

Although the computer is an amazing machine, a person requires some training to be able to use it. On the other hand, “you can learn to use a pencil in less than 10 seconds” (332). Laing argues that the simplicity of a pencil makes it a better option when

Medical record technician salary depends on several factors: the size of the city, the location, type employing institution, training and their experience. Entry level tech with a associate degree earn $20,000 - $30,000 a year. A tech with a bachelor degree earn $30,000 - $50,000 a year. if a medical record technician has five years or more experience earn $75,000 a year, (Encyclopedia, 2017).

The e-medial initiative is a new project introduced into the medial field in order to improve the management of medial products. The initiative is bound to cause a great revolution in the use and management of medicine related products. Over the recent past, there have been a lot of problems in the management of medial products, especially medicine. What with the cases of misuse and illegal trade and prescriptions of drugs. This has caused great challenges and with this product, all those problems will be laid to rest. Though the project introduces an aspect of

Some useful qualities to be successful in this career include: dependability, willingness to learn, self motivation, competence, enthusiasm, responsibility, discretion and team player. Your dependability is crucial for a company to run smoothly, dependability can be just coming to work on time, but more importantly completing your task on time and accurately. Since you will be inputting patients’ information into a computer system for record keeping purposes, it is of the utmost importance to make sure information is keyed in accurately. This information is used by doctors, other health care facilities and for insurance purposes, so it is important that all information is correct, so that business can run smoothly. It is also important that the information is correct, because someone’s life may one day depend on the accuracy of the information. In any job enthusiasm is rather important, if you do not enjoy your job, you do not work

Today’s healthcare is changing, and more hospitals are commencing to go paperless using computers for both medical records and charting. Computers are widely accepted, in personal and professional settings. It is an essential requirement for computer literacy. Numerous advances in technology during the past decade require that nurses not only be knowledgeable in nursing skills but also to become educated in computer technology. While electronic medical records (EMR’s) and charting can be an effective time management tool, some questions have been asked on how exactly this will impact the role and process of nursing, and the ultimate effects on patient safety and confidentiality. In order to

Electronic Medical Records or Computerized Medical Record System what is it and what are the advantages along with the disadvantages of using this system? That is what we will discuss in this paper.

The value of Clinical Decision Support Systems is having additional avenues monitoring patient’s data input. The Clinical Decision Support Systems are offering notifications of patient’s record data to specified department or medical personal.

The purpose of this paper is to identify and describe two health information and communication technologies (HICTs) and how they aid nurses in supporting safe, quality care, facilitating continuity of care and care coordination, and partnering with patients and families to increase participation in health care. HICT involves electronic creation, storage, exchange, and analysis of health information to advance delivery of health care. Widespread use of HICT within the healthcare industry can achieve the following goals: improve healthcare quality and safety, reduce costs and health disparities, enhance clinical research, and ensure security of patient health information (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2015). Several examples of HICTs include: electronic medical record systems, electronic prescribing, consumer health applications, and telehealth (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality [AHRQ], 2015). Integration of HICTs in healthcare settings is valuable for all clinicians, but most importantly nurses as they are primary caregivers.

Health Informatics created two main categories such as clinical and administrative information systems to meet the needs of one or more department within the health care organization. For the clinical information system, it is set to meet the needs in improving patient care. Therefore, the clinical information system (CIS) categories provide nurses information systems (NIS) that support the way nurses documents the care that given to the patients. However, to improve the delivery of nursing care, the healthcare organization must adopt a computer system that can successfully incorporate tools that will benefit nursing. There is two vendors’ software that implies these characteristics for the

This paper is on my journey to be Medical Records and Health Information Technician. On every career path there are trials and tribulations that you will have to overcome. With Medical Records and Health Information Technician, you will have to learn skills, abilities, and have to be detailed oriented. Step by step this paper will guide you into becoming a good health information technician by filling you in on my journey. Nothing is an easy journey, but with the proper training and education from the right institution, you will be well on your way in your chosen career path.

Patton-Fuller Community Hospital is a nonprofit Healthcare organization in the city of Kelsey that has provided quality

Information technology has become a critical component of all facets of healthcare and has taken on increased prominence in operating rooms as well as in other components of care such as diagnosis and screening. No longer mainly used for improved electronic record-keeping (although this is one of its strengths), information technology is changing the healthcare system in profound ways. "The gap between information technology and clinical technology has been getting smaller" and more and more functions of IT are now part and parcel of ordinary surgical procedures (Lockridge 2013). For example, while "x-rays and MRIs are historically a clinical technology but now they're being captured digitally and used in electronic medical records and for image-guided surgery, bringing them into the realm of information technology" (Lockridge 2013).

A number of computer based information systems with diagnostic capabilities have been developed for medicine. Quick Medical Reference (QMR) is a widely used program. Here are the key features of QMR and report on their study of its effectiveness as a diagnostic tool. After investigating how frequently the correct diagnosis would appear among the 5 highest ranked diagnoses generated by QMR. QMR is a computer program for internal medicine. It can generate a differential diagnosis from clinical information entered into its program, offer information on over 600 diseases, describe associated disorders and complications of diseases, offer strategies to confirm or exclude disorders, and provide simulated cases for educational purposes.

As someone with extensive computer literacy, I understand the importance of being able to be efficient with the use of computers. Whether it is at school, or at the workplace, the struggles and inefficiency I see people have with computers results in a lot of wasted time and effort. The internet, and computers, play such a giant role in the day-to-day life of human beings that if computers were all wiped out tomorrow, humans would have a very difficult time in adapting to life afterwards. If you do not have the proper computer literacy in 2017, you are at a significant disadvantage to the rest of your peers. In this essay, I will highlight some of the causes of computer illiteracy, its effects on people’s