A UB92 is a medical claim form that was previously used for facility billing. It is no longer accepted and has been replaced by the UB-04 (Redmond, n.d.).…
I’m currently working towards an Associate of Science degree with hopes to transfer to either UCA or UAMS in the future. I haven’t been able to narrow down exactly what path I want to take, however, I’m leaning mostly towards a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences, specifically Healthcare Administration or Health Information Management.…
Purpose: For this assignment you will write about a health information technology (HIT) career. The purpose of this assignment is to become acquainted with some of the jobs available to HIT graduates as well as discovering career paths for growth and professional development.…
Hebda, T., & Czar, P. (2013). Handbook of Informatics for Nurse & Healthcare Professionals (5th…
Such information should be available only to the physician of record and other health care and insurance personnel as necessary. Privacy is an individual’s constitutional right to be left alone, to be free from unwarranted publicity, and to conduct his or her life without its being made public.…
Nursing informatics is the combination of sciences inclusive of computer, nursing and information intended to aid in the effective management and processing of nursing data, information and knowledge which supports nursing practice in providing nursing care.…
Health information exchange (HIE) allows doctors, nurses, pharmacists, other health care providers and patients to appropriately access and securely share a patient’s vital medical information electronically. The HIE helps to improve the speed, quality, safety and cost of patient care and sharing of patient information. By electronically exchanging information, it can be standardized which can make data transferring seamlessly and can be integrated into the patient’s electronic health record (EHR). “The goal of health information exchange is…
These systems included clinical applications (e.g. order entry and results reporting) and Information Systems (IS) Departments quickly realized they could not implement these systems without some clinical knowledge of operations. Hospitals hired nurses to provide this clinical-technical bridge in response to the need for clinical input. These nurses had a variety of titles such as “Nursing Systems Coordinator,” “Nurse Analyst” and “Nursing Coordinator-Computer Project.” Initially the NI Specialist role centered around implementation and training nurses to use the technology. In many institutions this role has now been expanded to include support for all clinical areas, hence a change in title to Clinical Systems Coordinator.…
assessment tools Epic provides a nursing flowsheet built into the shift assessment for nurses to chart on any skin issues of the patient. Not only is it standard but it is also required for the nurse to chart every two hours on the prevention or repositioning of the patient. QI data has shown that repositioning and turning the patient every two hours will prevent HAPUs. Collecting this measurable data through Epic has helped improve health care services to prevent further HAPUs from happening. On the unit, HAPUs have significantly decreased from last year by enforcing the nurses to proactively prevent skin breakdown by continuing to use of tools and following skin protocols. The results and statistics from the QI data collected over the…
Life brings few unique experiences which permanently change an individual. One experience I want to share is the crucial events my journey from high school to applying to graduate school. Beginning my journey, I graduated from a continuation high school. At the time of my graduation I realized my prospects weren’t too good because of the negative life choices I had made before high school graduation. Realizing I was at a disadvantage I began to work to support myself.…
My Goal is to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in Community and Human Services with a concentration in Health Services Administration. This program is designed for a broad range of students and working professionals with an interest in enhancing the quality of life of individuals and families in need through the development and administration of agencies involved in service delivery.…
I see nursing informatics as a specialty title to health care informatics. Informatics is dealing with information, computerized information and telecommunications. Nursing informatics deals with these also but how they impact patient care. Nurses in to days world are almost all familiar with some sort of nursing informatics such as a computerized medication system or charting systems as well as discharge instructions or patient education. Every nurse at my facility uses the computer, internet, and intranet daily to conduct patient care. We punch in on a computer, get our assignment off a computer generated sheet, use Kardexes, again from the computer. I thing you get the hint. There are definitely different levels the variety of nurses…
Electronic Health Records (EHRs) increase ethical issues in security and protecting the privacy rights of patients.…
What does it mean to be Health Literate? Health literate is the degree to which people have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make smart health decisions.…
The advances in Health informatics have affected the health care world positively. Tests results are available faster, healthcare providers have updated patient information, prescriptions can be ordered online and as a result patient care is delivered successfully. The Clinical Laboratory department is not an exception. Electronic healthcare records and the ability to share the same laboratory result among the physicians that are taking care of a patient are two of many examples on how health informatics have contribute to the functionality of the clinical laboratory.…