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Health Care Information Systems Terms

Define the following terms. Your definitions must be in your own words; do not copy them from the textbook.

After you define each term, describe in 40 to 60 words the health care setting in which each term would be applied. Include at least two research sources to support your position—one from the University Library and the other from the textbook. Cite your sources in the References section consistent with APA guidelines.

Term Definition How Used in Healthcare

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act came in to effect in 1996. It protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information. HIPAA is used in all organizations that require care of patients. HIPAA protects the privacy of patients’ information and gives access to only the nurses, doctors, and staff members that are involved in treating the patient. By doing so it protects the privacy of the patients and their medical history.

Electronic medical record (EMR)

Formed within an association concerning patients health details Electronic health check reports would be used in either a small or large healthcare association. Those associations have intentions to reduce the number of mistakes while increasing the efficiency of patient details recovery.

Electronic health record

(EHR)

Similar to EMR, but it can be utilized by staff from more than one association Electronic medical reports would concern a larger health care association that has the necessity to intermingle and swap details

Personal health record

(PHR)

Produced and maintained by the patient, it concerns health details also Private medical reports would help patients by giving them command of their records. This may lead to mistakes and contradictions.

Computerized provider order entry system (CPOE)

Improves patient security by lessening mistakes often made in...