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Policy Communication: HITECH ACT
Health policy communication: HITECH Act
Policy description
Part of the 2009 U.S. Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) are the provisions of HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health), a Continue Reading...
HITECH Act
What organizations should do to ensure that the correct system is selected
Healthcare institutions across America have increased their efforts of implementing electronic medical records in order to conform to the requirements of the HIT Continue Reading...
, 2005). In addition, the workload on clinicians is often increased past the point of reasonable because it is too intrusive and time consuming to document patient encounters during clinic time (Grabenbauer, Skinner, and Windle, 2011). The amount of Continue Reading...
These stakeholders are also vital in the promotion of the application of standards-based technology.
This is critical as it enhances the safety and security of the citizens as they pursue low-cost health care services and products within the contex Continue Reading...
Confidentiality, Privacy, and Security in HIPAA and HITECH ACTs
The increasing rate of greatly publicized security breaches has sparked changes in the attitudes of consumers and business owners. Business leaders can no more neglect the dramatic cons Continue Reading...
Health Information Exchange
BOON OR BANE?
Health Information Exchange in the U.S.
The Guidelines
Benefits
Privacy and Security
Challenges and Strategies
Why Clinicians Use or Don't Use HIE
Doctors' Opinion on HIE
Consumer Preferences around Continue Reading...
for-Profit Business/Consulting
Health Information Technology (HIT) is a term that is used to refer to comprehensive management and control of health information throughout computerized systems and its safe exchange between various stakeholders in th Continue Reading...
Optimizing Merged Health Information Systems
Although the merger of two comparably sized companies competing in the same industry is a relatively commonplace business strategy, the process is fraught with obstacles and challenges and a significant pe Continue Reading...
Abstract
Meaningful use constitutes a key health information technology project driver as it impacts all players in the health care sector. By 2016, 95% of hospitals has demonstrated meaningful use of HIT through the CMS HER programs. Meaningful use Continue Reading...
Healthcare: Clinical Integration
Item Page
What is clinical integration
History of clinical integration
Goals of clinical integration
Importance of clinical integration
Health reform
New payment models
IT advancement
Barriers to clinical int Continue Reading...
Workarounds in Healthcare Facilities
Workarounds refer to the alternative methods "of accomplishing an activity when the usual system / process is not working well" (Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory, 2013). In as much as workarounds may temporar Continue Reading...
Healthcare Delivery Systems and Informatics
Meaningful Use (MU)
Under the HITECH Act (2009) financial incentives were offered to physician practices and hospitals who adopted certified electronic health record (EHR) systems and used this technolog Continue Reading...
Electronic Health Records
The state of today's technology has transformed many of the methods and systems society uses to live and interact with one another. In the medical community, technology has also become a much larger part of how healing and Continue Reading...
program has the potential to revolutionize the way the healthcare industry on many fronts and has implications for nurses, nursing, national health policy, patient outcomes, and population health associated with the collection and use of Meaningful Continue Reading...
Essay Outline
I. Introduction
a. Briefly introduce the importance of electronic medical records (EMRs) and the growing concern of cybersecurity within this context.
II. The Evolution of Electronic Medical Records
a.  Continue Reading...
A1. Advantages and Disadvantages of a System
All health information systems (HIS) come with great advantages and some disadvantages that must be taken in account to keep patients safe. A HIS is a system that captures, retains information, and helps m Continue Reading...
Internet Risk and Cybercrime at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Internet Risk
Cybercrime
Today, the mission of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as taken from President Lincoln's second inaugural address is, "To care for him who Continue Reading...
Security Management Plan
John's Hospital
Privacy of client information is an assurance that every patient wants and this assurance is what the hospital can build patient confidence on. The lack of it therefore may have consequences such as loss of Continue Reading...
Health IMS
Health Information Management Systems (IMS) and its Impact on Organizational Decision-Making
In the journal article entitled, "The Benefits of Health Information Technology: A Review of the Recent Literature," authors Buntin et. al. (201 Continue Reading...
Children Health Fund
Providing comprehensive medical services in a given jurisdiction may involve the use of mobile clinics alongside main medical services. The service attempts to reach out to the wider community whom due to various reasons does no Continue Reading...
Security in Healthcare
The recent advances in technology -- databases that store personal medical records and information -- are bringing tools to patients, doctors and other healthcare professionals that were simply not available just a few years Continue Reading...
The other dimension is related but is definitely separate. Some end-users are not only uninformed on how to administer electronic health records, they may actively resist and otherwise undermine the setup and these people need to be identified or e Continue Reading...