Information Technology On Health Care

Second- hand smokers are not exonerated from contacting same diseases. There have been reported cases of consumers’ hospitalization linked to E-cigarettes and its adverse effects on the people. To safeguard public health, there is need for urgent attention from FDA to stipulate rules and regulations for the sale and use of e-cigarettes. This will also include creating public awareness and education about the products, and other nicotine replacement therapies. The people need to know the benefits and adverse effects of electronic cigarettes if any, to be able to make informed decisions about their health

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.

The United States health care industry is a dynamic industry that is consistently evolving to meet the changing needs of patients. This use of information technology to improve how patients are being managed within a healthcare organization is generating substantial awareness amongst hospitals and physicians. Your CEO hired pClinical Research, LLC to provide a summarized overview on how Healthcare Information Technology (HIT), more specifically electronic medical records (EMR) is impacting the healthcare system. After reviewing this summary, your leadership team will learn how intergrading electronic health records (EHR) within your entire organization will (1) improve patient care management (2) provide financial incentive to your hospital

In 2009, the U.S. Government passed The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to promote the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology (Mangalmurti, Murtagh and Mello 2060). The HITECH Act authorizes grants and incentives to promote the “meaningful use” of electronic health records (EHR) by providers (2060). The effect is a high commitment to a technology-led system reform, urging a renewed national commitment to building an information infrastructure to support health care delivery, consumer health, quality measurement and improvement, public accountability, clinical and health services research, and clinical

List at least five of the ways you see physicians employing meaningful use in their practices

Thank you for mentioning health care IT system. As you stated, health IT system helps health care providers review patient's vital information, it also assists patients to be more informed with their health. As a patient and health care provider, I like to see my laboratory work-up and tests. The increased awareness will help me work toward a preventive solution. For example, if my cholesterol levels are borderline high, or my glucose is elevated, it will prompt me to find ways to prevent progression to diabetes. Staying on top of your health and keeping an open communication with your primary care physician will promote better outcomes and patient satisfaction.

Meaningful Use is a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) program that awards incentives to eligible professionals (EP) and hospitals for using electronic health records (EHR) to improve patient care. This paper will provide an overview of the core criteria providers must follow to effectively use the EHR to qualify for the incentives and avoid penalties. The Meaningful Use criteria is implemented in three stages over five years to improve healthcare outcomes. This paper also explores the implementation of meaningful use in health information and how it has directly affected nursing, the nation’s public health, patient outcomes, and population health. Benefits of EMRs are improved patient care and coordination, quality of care and patient safety, improved efficiency and productivity, and financial savings.

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).

Some alcohol and drug abuse records were inadvertently left accessible via the internet. Fifty patients were affected.

In the last decade of USA medical history there have been little to no change in medical errors in regards to improvement of care. Meaningful Use, Electronic Health Records and Health Information Technology are practices and programs that can be possible solutions for this issue. The goals of meaningful use include improving quality, safety, efficiency, and to reduce health disparities, improve care coordination and ensure adequate privacy and security of personal health information (Hoyt,2014). With meaningful use, there are three stages: stage one begins the process of capturing date and sharing the information. Stage two is advancing the data processing and sharing and building off of the first stage. Stage three is the examination of the outcomes. Meaningful Use is defined under the Center of Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) and is essentially an incentive program through the government to create a health system that is run electronically and provides higher quality of care through technology. Since the goal is to create safer and higher quality through HIT by providing an incentive for EP’s to further develop their use of the technology there must be a time line in place in order to know whether the Ep’s hitting the requirements. This year, 2014, is originally a major year for Meaningful Use however, with changes in the time line, the cost of HIT, and the increasing of objectives can lead to major complications in the initial timeline created.

Technology in our age today has been emerging, and as the years advance it is certain that it will continue to facilitate the world that we live in on many different scales. In relation to medical care and advancement, technology can be used in many ways to enhance healthcare delivery and patient care. Through technology communication within the interdisciplinary teams of a patient which sometimes involves various specialties, is highly facilitated. Medical records are now easily shared within the team of specialist. For example, records such as specialty doctor's recommendations and laboratory records arrive faster at the primary care physician fingertip. This helps immensely in the providers decision making process for sometimes very time sensitive, lifesaving treatments preferences. Technology also helps to improve health care delivery and patient care because it has played a major role in decreasing the rates of preventable medical errors that are sometimes costly to patient lives. In an article published by the Internatinal Journal of Health

The literature supports the idea that Health Information Technology, HIT, and EHRs hold tremendous value in Long Term Care facilities, LTC, especially in the areas of improved patient safety, operational efficiencies and reduced costs (Cherry, 2009). “The most often cited keys to gaining the full benefit of technology in healthcare are: interoperability; integration among clinical systems; standardized language; decision support; and physician usage” (Cherry, 2009). “EMR systems must allow for authentication of information contained in the electronic entry; system back-up, availability and protection from disaster; contingency plans to allow access to patient information in the event of a system crash; and integrity of clinical records” (Zuber,

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 associated health behaviors. It discusses the importance of advancing and improving health and health care by utilizing innovative methods, such as health information technology (HIT). HIT systems are technology-based structures that allow access and exchange of information, computerize and improve decision making, offer support to health care providers and patients, and facilitate behavior modifications that encourage healthier lifestyles. The adaptability and flexibility of HIT as an educational instrument allows it to be personalized to specific needs of the patient depending

From an American’s perspective, privacy is seen as a natural part of life, yet the particulars of protecting that privacy is much more complex. While there are ways to keep information secure, such as incognito mode for web search browsers and options for private accounts in social media, privacy is still able to be violated by hackers and information slips through companies. The theme of technology in “Extra Sensory Perception” by Gershon Dublon and Joseph A. Paradiso and in “The Historian as a Participant” by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. reveals that as technology advances, methods of the past are being replaced for newer, more efficient ones, and that issues concerning privacy have emerged (Dublon

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).