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Part1
Computers have changed just about everything in the way that we provide, document, and manage healthcare in America. Discuss some of the primary uses of information technology in healthcare organizations today. Provide specific examples of such applications. How do you see information technology in healthcare evolving over the decade ahead?
There are many uses of information technology in healthcare organizations today, one of the biggest ones is billing and coding of course! Can you image how long payments and processing use to take 30 years ago? Some other example I can think of that are useful is clinical decision support systems, which help providers/doctors/ physicians, nurses, and etc to get on demand diagnosis/harmful alerts for patients help. Another example of information technology is the different [email protected] systems in radiology and the pharmacy...these systems help track orders and results quickly.
Part2
What are some of the challenges associated with clinical information systems adoption in healthcare? And what might you do to overcome these challenges in your own facility?
Part3
As a hospital manager or administrator, how would you go about selecting a new information technology system for your facility? Who would you involve in that decision?