Health Information Technology And Health Care System

Health Information Technology Technology and it use is a very powerful key in the health care system. It is so powerful to the point where the health care system cannot function without it. Both hospitals and clinics are depends on it to resolve problems also make life easier for both doctors and nurses. Technology has become the medical field backbone; it is very healthful to everyone in the medical field or the healthcare system such as doctors, nurses, students, professors, and patients. It provides an easy way for everyone in the medical field to operate in a stress free environment starting from the hospitals or clinics owners down to the least workers which are the janitors. Both new and existing technologies are needed in every†¦show more content†¦As patients go from one hospital to another or visit a specialist. It also allow nurses to view patients records online, scans of X-rays, MRI results or CT scans, and provide both doctors and nurses with a complete patients record history. Most patients will encounter the benefits of healthcare technology through an electronic record keeper at their primary doctor’s office or at a hospital. In another words, it would make life easier for both the patients and their nurses or doctors. One of the most important things in the healthcare system technology is The Electronic Health Records (HER) which is a digital version of a patient’s paper chart. It has the ability to exchange health information electronically; it can help you provide higher quality and safer care for patients while creating tangible enhancements for any organization. It also helps providers better manage care for patients and provide better health care. Most of all the EHR can contain a patient’s medical history, diagnoses, medications treatment plan, immunization dates, allergies, radiology images and laboratory and test results. According to McCullough, Jeffrey S, Casey, michelle; Moscovice, Ira;Prasad, and Shailendra Health Affairs 29.4 (Apr 2010): 647-54.) In their article â€Å" The Effect of health Information technology on Quality in U.S Hospitals Health information technology (HIT) systems such as an electronic health records and computerized physician order entry hold the potentials to improve