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Flashcards by Shanika Myles, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Shanika Myles
almost 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What does PCMH stand for? | Patient Centered Medical Home |
| What is HIT? | Health Information Technology |
| What is Health Informatics? | It is a multidisciplinary field that uses health information technology (HIT) to improve health care via any combination of higher quality, higher efficiency (spurring lower cost and thus greater availability), and new opportunities. |
| What is a EHR? | An Electronic Health Record (EHR) is an electronic version of a patients medical history, that is maintained by the provider over time, and may include all of the key administrative clinical data relevant to that persons care under a particular provider, including demographics, progress notes, problems, medications, vital signs, past medical history, immunizations, laboratory data and radiology reports The EHR automates access to information and has the potential to streamline the clinician's workflow. |
| EHR can improve patient care by: | *Reducing the incidence of medical error by improving the accuracy and clarity of medical records. *Making the health information available, reducing duplication of tests, reducing delays in treatment, and patients well informed to take better decisions. *Reducing medical error by improving the accuracy and clarity of medical records. |
| Health Information | refers to the data generated an collected as a result of delivering care to a patient |
| HIE Role | enables the sharing of information with multiple parties and across multiple boundaries to address healthcare cost, quality, and safety issues |
| What's in a health Record? | information generated on a patient's episode of care |
| Personal Health Record | an electronic record of health related information on an individual that conforms to nationally recognized interoperability standards and the can drawn from multiple sources while being managed, shared, an controlled by the individual |
| American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) primary goal | primary goal is to provide the knowledge, resources and tools to advance health information professional practice and standards for the delivery of quality healthcare |
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