Health Information Technology

The purpose of this article is to examine an innovative health information technology based approach that is tailored to educate families about pediatric obesity and the associated health behaviors. It discusses the importance of advancing and improving health by utilizing innovative methods, such as health information technology (HIT). HIT systems are technology-based structures that allow access and exchange of information, computerization and improvement of decision making, and facilitation of behavior modifications to encourage healthier lifestyles.

Background: The Federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) identified five goals for adopting health information technology (HIT) into the current health care systems that would significantly improve healthcare in America. (Abdelhak, Grostick, & Hanken, 2012, p. 82) These goals will help improve the quality of care within the federal health system by reducing medical errors, cost, and duplication of workload.

Health information technology (HIT) is being sought as one of the key elements to streamline the process of providing healthcare to improve quality and harness cost. It is hoped that HIT will lead to a more cost-efficient healthcare system than the current one. Surprisingly, there is no agreed definition of HIT in academic literature or government documentation. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act (a provision of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) defines health information

In the research conducted in this study will identify the importance of health informatics and technology pertaining to the failures and benefits with healthcare technology. According to Journal of Health and Technology and Informatics, (2013) Information security governance processes the need to be understood, in order to protect the data to support and facilitate systems availability (Williams, 2013). In healthcare organization’s CEO’s and Directors are primarily responsible for the safety and security of information within the organization, and corporate governance deals with accountability and fiduciary duties (Williams, 2013). These terms identify the roles of information security, such as confidentiality, integrity and availability regarding

This paper supports my opinions of electronic health records (EHRs) its quality methods, examination, and all its efforts in achieving meaningful use of health information technology in effort to improve the quality of health care. Present schemes of quality measurements usually rely on claims focused on administrative records, which can be unsuitable for use in quality measurements because they are frequently and partially a refection of care practices and patient outcomes. Quality measures ought to provide well timed, plausible, inclusive, clinically valid, and meaningful feedback to doctors, and their clinicians. These measurement characteristics are needed to manage and support meaningful improvements in delivery of health care, patient

Health information technology (HIT), also known as eHealth or health informatics, is defined as the use of technology to efficiently store, exchange, and retain information in healthcare in order to improve healthcare delivery, decrease financial costs and burdens on the healthcare system, and improve patient outcomes (Shekelle et al., 2006). HIT from a consumer perspective is meant to meet the growing demand for an increase in patient autonomy and control over one’s own health (Eysenbach & Diepgen, 2001). Certain HITs have been developed and utilized to increase the efficiency of the storage and exchange of patient medical data and to facilitate effective communication and sharing of information between a patient and their provider

Hospital technology decision makers now confront a growing pipeline of information technology (IT) and major medical equipment that challenges traditional capital allocation processes. In a highly fragmented industry that is driven by coverage and reimbursement policies set by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and private insurers, the cumulative impact of hospitals’ technology investment decisions shapes health care for decades. Hospitals are medical institutions with the goal of diagnosing, treating, and caring for patients with a wide variety of ailments and injuries. Because of this, it is necessary to have a broad range of equipment to be able to help more patients with greater

Applying health information technology (HIT) can lead to further issues many organizations are not adequately prepared for. Although HIT is unquestionably the answer to deliver safe, efficient, and low-cost quality care, organizational leaders and providers are ill-equipped to fund and support advances in technology needed to fully perform its job. Additionally, even providers need to redefine their roles as they discover the impact of these technological changes in their practices. Since the only option is to move forward with advancing technology, health team providers should might as well be experts in health informatics to be able to direct the HIT’s course to meeting health care goals

The first report, entitled To Err Is Human, suggested that as many as 98,000 people die each year as a result of preventable medical errors; a follow-up report in 2001 talked about how Health Information Technologies, including HIE, can be used to reduce errors, and improve efficiency and effectiveness of our health care system. This new national focus on quality has implications for how the history of HIE continue to unfold...

In the feature press release, Vice President Biden and United State Health and Human Service’ Secretary Sibelius, revealed the awards winning communities that will partake in the Recovery Act Beacon Community Program. Fifteen communities were selected, and awarded two hundred and twenty million dollars to help establish the technology trend in the healthcare industry (White House, 2010). This press release claims that “these pioneering communities are going to lead the way in bringing smarter, lower-cost health care to all Americans through THE use of electronic health records” (White House, 2010). Hence, allowing communities to explore and test these new innovations will enhance health services and will unveil the importance of health information technology. Each Beacon community received a specific fund amount and key strategies to follow, including: improving management through information

This paper will discuss the importance of health information along with how individuals, professionals, and organizations use health information. How can health information improve the provision of quality? Finally, discuss the possible future of information technology in healthcare.

Great minds think alike, unfortunately no two are the same? It would be beneficial for all to put our minds to the inevitable changes that the future holds, although change is difficult for most people. The world is changing into a process that no one imagines, yet people want to achieve the finest for an inexpensive cost.

The health industry has existed for a very long time ever since doctors bartered for chickens to pay for their services. Computers on the other hand in their modern form have only existed since the 1940s. So when did technology become a part of healthcare? The first electronic health record programs were created in the 1960s around the same time the Kennedy administration started exploring the validity of such products. Between the 1960s and current administration there were little to no advancements in the area of EHR despite monumental advancements in software and hardware that is available. While some technology more directly related to care such as digital radiology have made strides medical record program and practice management programs have gained little traction. Physicians have not had a reason or need for complicated expensive health record suites. This all changed with the introduction of the Meaningful Use program introduced in 2011. Meaningful use is designed to encourage and eventually force the usage of EHR programs. In addition it mandates basic requirements from EHR software manufactures that had become very divided and siloed in their nature. The result was in 2001 18 percent of offices used EHR as of 2013 78 percent are using EHRs. Now that you are caught up on the state of technology in healthcare let us discuss some major topics that have come up due to recent changes. First what antiquated technologies is healthcare are still using, what new tech

Health information technology is the future of healthcare. In 2009 the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act which is a part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was enacted (Woten, 2016). The act encourages hospitals to utilize electronic records by 2011 and by 2015 financial penalties for hospitals who do not comply (Woten, 2016). The act is intended to reduce healthcare errors, reduce costs, improve patient safety and quality. Also, hospitals and Medicaid/Medicare eligible providers who implement EHRs that can demonstrate improvement in health care due to the introduction of health information technology will receive financial incentives (Woten, 2016). The hospitals and affiliated providers who do not

In this digital age, barriers with population at-risk, adverse events, and design and development of technologies would delay the adoption of HIT applications among the health care providers. Nevertheless, physicians should utilize and adopt these systems to accrue benefits in medical practices. Future research interventions can also improve patient safety and the use of IT to address the issues raised in this report. The Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) could address questions about “the contribution of health IT to patient safety or using the Practice-based Research Networks to develop research and data about health IT implementation and use in primary care facilities” (Health IT, 2012). Therefore, state-based programs that drives HIT should be leveraged to improve the healthcare