Organizational Change

Technology is being used everywhere in the world. For example, technology is used to make cars, clothes, eye glasses, to teach and now it is utilized in health care every day. Technology plays a major role in the health care reform Act to reduce costs, improve access, and save lives. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act , and its constitutionality ruling by the United States Supreme Court last June 28, 2012, mandates requiring all electronic medical records for all health care agencies in 2014 ( Jha, 2013, p 1628) . David Blumenthal (2009) surveyed all acute care hospitals in the American Hospital Association and found only 1.5% of U.S. Hospitals have comprehensive electronic medical records system. Also included in the Patient

Nursing informatics (NI) has become a vital part of healthcare delivery and has become a defining factor in the selection, execution, and assessment of technology that supports safe, exceptional quality and patient-centered care. Nursing has become so uniform. The data in patient records has become a valuable resource and has improved assessments and overall patient care. Before the launch of nursing informatics throughout the second half of the 20th century there were not any real standards for language. The use of data restricted the function and

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.

So much so that our political leaders and President Barack Obama have created a stimulus package called the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Within this legislature, improvements to our healthcare industry and systems have been made with long-term financial savings in mind. As technology and uniformed data was becoming the standard in healthcare, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act has accelerated the speed. “The number of certified EHR vendors in the United States has increased from 605,6 to more than 10007 since mid-2008” (Sitting and Singh, 2012). Healthcare organizations now have no choice but to invest in a new

The health plan means any individual or group plan that provides, or pays the cost of, medical care. The health care provider means a provider of medical or health services. Health care clearinghouse means a public or private entity, ("Covered entity (hipaa)," 2005).

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The health IT system is essential to transform the delivery of health care. Innovation within the IT system includes efficient data use through warehouses as they expand health information, which allows for big improvements in the technological use. These improvements would ensure that data user safety will allow the smooth exchange of information transfer electronically between different health care providers. In this case, most hospital employees and health care organizations understand how the health information technology (IT) is important for the HCO’s functions. The passing of “the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) legislation in 2009, with its specific attention to advancing EHRs, federal dollars are dedicated to expanding EHR use in physician offices and more” (Abdelhak pg. 180). This shows that a federal government has an ability to change in the healthcare industry, so the government should incorporate science and technology development. The private sector and government funding resources will also have a significant impact to play a great role in the exploration of new software operations in terms of advancing the technological environment. Advancing this area of the organization encourages health Information

Currently, the healthcare industry only spends 2% of gross revenues on health information technology, while the banking industry spends upwards of 10%. However, the Veterans Healthcare System is one of the largest integrated systems in the world. One hundred fifty-five hospitals and eight hundred clinics rely on one electronic health system (Gupta & Murtaza, 2009). Implementing information systems in hospitals is more challenging than elsewhere because of the complexity of medical data, data entry problems, security and confidentiality concerns and a general lack of awareness of the benefits of Information Technology (Boonstra et al., 2014). The newly implemented system must be reliable from the onset as patient care does not cease in the meantime. Technology has the potential to streamline current practices and reduce costs, however, hospitals must consider the potential risks and consequences of a poorly implemented project and agree that failure is not an option. Good project planning and management can assure success of Electronic Health Record

With the rapid growth in technology, many healthcare organizations have embraced the use of healthcare information technologies. As such, the information technology department has various staffs that perform fundamental roles in the information technology-related activities. It ranges from activities of customizing a software to implementing and maintaining a network to ensure effective system backups. In addition, these healthcare information technologies bring about other

Health information technology (HIT) has been welcomed by many for its value to increase the quality and safety of the U.S. healthcare system. Only about 17% of doctors and 10% of hospitals in the U.S. are using this technology. As the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) act of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) offer billions of dollars in extra Medicare and Medicaid payments to doctors and hospitals who implement and achieve meaningful

Hospital information systems were designed primarily for administrative purposes to ensure that all charges were billed and collected correctly [9]. Today application of information technology in Healthcare domain has emerged as a new multi-million dollar industry. Huge investments are being made by many government and private organizations to produce health related tools. Similarly a lot of revenue is being generated by those IT organizations, which are related to healthcare. Top company of 2003 “GE Healthcare” founded in 2000 has annual revenue of $2.7 billion. And the 100th company “MED 3000 Inc.” (Founded in 1985) has $7.3 million annual revenue

While being a Health Informatics and Information technology student at Community College of Baltimore County, not only I was able to start my career as a billing coordinator at Johns Hopkins University’s Pathology Department but also continued to fulfil my dream of completing my education. I have a very strong understanding of computer system while expressed keen interest in learning about various diseases and diagnosis. With immense gratitude, I give credit of my success to this wonderful program offered at CCBC campus that allowed me to expand my horizons by learning in depth about healthcare and healthcare delivery system. Starting a career in such big organization, without any prior experience within healthcare industry makes me feel

The potential for growth in the field of Health Information Management (HIM) is undeniable. With the diversification of the HIM profession, the implementation of new technology, and with an ever growing population, the HIM profession will undoubtedly continue to grow. The HIM professional is experiencing an expanded role in the development of standards on both the national and international levels (AHIMA, 2014). A key component of the HIM profession is the acquisition of new technology. As the current infrastructure of the hospital ages and becomes obsolete, HIM professionals must actively seek technology which is compatible with their organization’s current equipment but also able to support future equipment. Another cornerstone of

The evolution of HCISs has paralleled the organizational evolution of the healthcare industry itself. The earliest HCISs were largely focused on the automation of specific functions within hospitals including, initially, patient registration and billing. The justification for these systems was relatively straightforward since large mainframe computers were easily capable of performing the largely clerical tasks associated with tracking patients and sending out bills. In the 1960s and 1970s, additional functions were added to the financial systems as hospitals realized the benefits of installing computer systems to support ancillary departments such as radiology, the pharmacy, and the laboratories. Collectively these disparate functional systems have become known as hospital information systems (HISs), even though in most cases they remain quite separate not only in function but in terms of computer hardware, operating systems, and even programming languages. The lack of connectivity among these various

Demographic shifts in the global population, greater levels of technological disruption due to the Internet, social media and the en masse adoption of smartphones and tablet PCs are together re-defining the healthcare informatics market. System and informatics theories have emerged as the foundational elements of healthcare informatics supported by the Data, Information. Knowledge (DIK) Model which acts as a taxonomy for these developments (Haugh, 2005). Systems and informatics theories along with the DIK Model form the ontological foundations of healthcare informatics field of research occurring today and will continue to provide a basis for further research (Braganza, 2004). The intent of this analysis is to evaluate the contributions of systems and informatics, the role of the DIK Model, expert systems in nurse care and medicine, and the use of decision aids and decision support systems. All of these elements are critically important to strategic information systems plans healthcare providers put into place to serve patients while giving healthcare professionals the applications, systems and software they need to excel in their roles (Djellal, Gallouj, 2007).