Health Care Technology Assignment

Health Care Technology Terms Worksheet
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Health Care Technology Terms Worksheet
Technology Term
Definition and Purpose:
Explain each term in your own words
using complete sentences.
Example in Health Care:
Identify an example of each term and
discuss how it is used in health care
settings.
References:
Provide two APA-formatted
references to support your claims for
each term. The course textbook(s)
may be one source. The second
source must be reputable; Wikipedia
may not be used as a source.
Electronic health
record (EHR)
It is the patient’s chart that is in form
of electronic or digital version and is
used to store exclusive details of a
patient, such as, medical history,
medication, diagnoses, allergies and
laboratory test findings.
A complete medical history of the
patient can help the physicians to
make appropriate decisions
concerning the patient.
Hsiao, C. J., Hing, E., & Ashman, J.
(2014). Trends in Electronic Health
Record System Use Among Office-
based Physicians, United States,
2007-2012. US Department of Health
and Human Services, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention,
National Center for Health Statistics.
Electronic medical
record (EMR)
This is an electronic patient’s charts
or records at the clinician’s office
which is used for general data like
medical history and treatment of a
patient since it is collected by a
particular health center.
Medication of a patient contained
EMR can help a physician to
prescribe and order medications
safely online since they can tell if
another physician had prescribed
them.
Lau, F., Price, M., Boyd, J., Partridge,
C., Bell, H., & Raworth, R. (2012).
Impact of electronic medical record on
physician practice in office settings: a
systematic review. BMC medical
informatics and decision
making, 12(1), 10.
Health information
technology or
healthcare
information system
This is a system which is made to
monitor and manage the healthcare
data.
An example is a system used to
transmit the electronic medical record
of a patient within a hospital.
Buntin, M. B., Jain, S. H., &
Blumenthal, D. (2010). Health
information technology: laying the
infrastructure for national health
reform. Health Affairs, 29(6), 1214-
1219.
Health literacy
This is the potentiality of being able to
access, read, comprehend and use
the healthcare information so as to
come up with appropriate decision
and follow treatment instructions.
An example is measuring the
medication. This aids in ensuring that
the appropriate dose is taken to
prevent overdose.
Berkman, N. D., Davis, T. C., &
McCormack, L. (2010). Health
literacy: what is it?. Journal of health
communication, 15(S2), 9-19.
Health information
exchange (HIE)
It is the electronic transfer of
healthcare information across various
This transfer may be used by various
institutions to speed up referral
Shapiro, J. S., & Kuperman, G.
(2011). Health information
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