Designing, developing, creating and maintaining the information system for the health sector is known as Health IT. It is playing an essential role in healthcare and public medical facilities through its automatic and inter-exchangeable data mechanism. It facilitates the whole health care industry by cutting cost, reducing human error and improving patient’s convenience and safety. It also smoothens the money transfer, insurance facilities, and payment. The new and quick documentation and easy medical facilities are the byproducts of health IT.
EMR: Electronic medical report was the first step towards health IT. It is the authorized and doctor monitored report card of any one’s health in a digital format that could be used and shared by different health care related agencies and insurance policies.
PHR: The digital record of self-created health chart, or shared report of many health care organizations or health statistic of various healthcare institute which are monitoring any or many healthcare issues and the case studies of any or many patients. The smartphone makes it more frequent and popular, as an ordinary patient can easily monitor their health with the help of certain apps and can create a health card. The integration of PHR with EHR makes it more robust and analytical.
PHM: Population health management collected, arrange and manage the data of patients. It provides an appropriate suggestion regarding treatments and financial support after critically analyzing the data. It associates many agencies and support system to ensure the efficient outcome of patient health and other support during treatment of an individual as well as for the whole mass which came under a similar kind of case.
PACS: Picture archiving and communication system erases the need for manual file management. The digital transmission of clinical reports, images, and retrieval of information in a different platform, uplifted the responsibility of the patient to keep many test reports, x-rays and other images and reports safe and up to date before doctor’s appointment.
Telemedicine: The most revolutionary Health IT tool that makes medical facilities more inclusive even in the remote parts of the world. It not only decreases the cost of medical support but also saves an impressive amount of time. Now, health monitoring and doctor consultation are available on a smartphone or by video conference that removes the obstacles of face to face visit.
Patient portal: The Patient portal is a web or smartphone accessible platform through which any patient can access their health-related data, can design their health chart and book appointment or get online doctor consultation. It can hold doctors visitation report; test labs report, medical summary, list of allergies, insurance coverage and many other digital documents which can be accessed anywhere, anytime.
Benefits of health information technology
It facilitates us to analyze the health condition of an individual as well as a whole community or city and even country by BigData analysis. It provides an upper edge in managing and limiting the spread of any chronic situation.
The facility to share a case study or the pattern of any disease or the analysis of any case can speed up the innovation, academic research, and making of new medicine and other curing tools.
It provides the right to know about their health condition and freedom to choose treatment method to an ordinary patient.
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