Health Information Organization (HIO) Health information organizations (HIO) are U.S. government-led non-profit health organizations that provide information about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 as it pertains to electronic health records (EHRs) development for incentive payments. These organizations Continue reading Health Information Organization (HIO)
Health Information Exchange (HIE) Health information exchange (HIE) is the transmission of healthcare-related data among facilities, health information organizations (HIO) and government agencies according to national standards. In practice the term HIE may also refer to the organization that facilitates the Continue reading Health Information Exchange (HIE)
Health Information Technology Health information technology (HIT) is “the application of information processing involving both computer hardware and software that deals with the storage, retrieval, sharing, and use of health care information, data, and knowledge for communication and decision making”. Technology Continue reading Health Information Technology (HIT)
Health informatics Health informatics 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. The disciplines involved include information Continue reading Health Informatics
Health Apps Health apps are application programs that offer health-related services for smartphones and tablet PCs. As the name goes smart phones are becoming way to smart anybody could have ever imagined. From browsing to playing games everything is just a click Continue reading Health Apps
Food and Drug Administration The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or USFDA) is a federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, one of the United States federal executive departments. It is responsible for protecting and Continue reading Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Expert System An expert system, in artificial intelligence, is a computer system that emulates the decision-making ability of a human expert. Expert systems are designed to solve complex problems by reasoning about knowledge, represented primarily as if–then rules rather than through conventional procedural code. The Continue reading Expert System
Electronic Health Record (EHR) An electronic health record (EHR) or electronic medical record (EMR), is an official health record for an individual that is shared among multiple facilities and agencies. Digitized health information systems are expected to improve efficiency and quality Continue reading Electronic Health Record (EHR)
Electronic Medical Record An electronic medical record (EMR) or electronic health record (EHR), refers to the systematized collection of patient and population electronically-stored health information in a digital format. It is a digital version of the traditional paper-based medical record for an individual. Continue reading Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
Document Capture Document capture is any one of several processes used to convert a physical document to another format, typically a digital representation. It refers to applications that provide the ability and feature set to automate the process of scanning paper Continue reading Document Capture