Improving Patient Health Through Standardized Representations of Health Information
Improving Patient Health through Standardized Representations of
Health Information
Jean-Pierre Folligah
Walden University
Improving Patient Health through Standardized Representations of
Health Information
Improving patient health is the main objective for every healthcare provider and setting. To attain this goal, they use some standards to represent the information needed. Thus, accurate health information is crucial to provide the appropriate treatment to a patient that is hospitalized. The use of health information standard represents the essential to patient safety. This application will describe the standard used in the case of a hospitalized patient through various scenarios.
First Scenario
A patient is admitted in a hospital for chest pain and shortness of breath. The tests conducted by the physician revealed that the patient has pulmonary hypertension, which is a, “variety of high blood pressure that affects the arteries in the lungs and the right side of your heart” (Mayo Clinic, 2012). To classify this diagnosis, I suggest the use of the international classification of diseases, ninth revision, clinical modification (ICD-9-CM) coding system. I choose ICD-9-CM because it is the system used in the U.S. to classify and report diagnoses (Giannangelo, 2010). The system would work by following the ICD-9-CM convention to classify this diagnosis. The appropriate use of the conventions abbreviation can ensure an accurate classification of the diagnosis.
Second Scenario
According to the National Institute of Health (NIH) (2011), hypertension is a quiet killer that has no early vital signs, but creates an additional weight on the heart and blood vessels. NIH assertion shows that hypertension constitutes a serious disease and a danger to our life. The physician prescribes various medicines such as Amlodipin, Cialis, Cardizem and Jantoven to treat the patient, (Mayo Clinic, 2012). These medicines would open the blood vessels in the lungs to let blood
Health Information
Jean-Pierre Folligah
Walden University
Improving Patient Health through Standardized Representations of
Health Information
Improving patient health is the main objective for every healthcare provider and setting. To attain this goal, they use some standards to represent the information needed. Thus, accurate health information is crucial to provide the appropriate treatment to a patient that is hospitalized. The use of health information standard represents the essential to patient safety. This application will describe the standard used in the case of a hospitalized patient through various scenarios.
First Scenario
A patient is admitted in a hospital for chest pain and shortness of breath. The tests conducted by the physician revealed that the patient has pulmonary hypertension, which is a, “variety of high blood pressure that affects the arteries in the lungs and the right side of your heart” (Mayo Clinic, 2012). To classify this diagnosis, I suggest the use of the international classification of diseases, ninth revision, clinical modification (ICD-9-CM) coding system. I choose ICD-9-CM because it is the system used in the U.S. to classify and report diagnoses (Giannangelo, 2010). The system would work by following the ICD-9-CM convention to classify this diagnosis. The appropriate use of the conventions abbreviation can ensure an accurate classification of the diagnosis.
Second Scenario
According to the National Institute of Health (NIH) (2011), hypertension is a quiet killer that has no early vital signs, but creates an additional weight on the heart and blood vessels. NIH assertion shows that hypertension constitutes a serious disease and a danger to our life. The physician prescribes various medicines such as Amlodipin, Cialis, Cardizem and Jantoven to treat the patient, (Mayo Clinic, 2012). These medicines would open the blood vessels in the lungs to let blood
References: Giannangelo, K. (2010). Healthcare code sets, clinical terminologies and classification systems (2nd ed.) Chicago, IL: American Health Information Management Association. Mayo Clinic Staff (2012). Pulmonary hypertension. Retrieved August 11, 2012 from http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/pulmonary-hypertesnion/DS00439 National Institute of Health (NIH) (2011). Hypertension (High Blood Pressure). Retrieved August 11, 2012 from http://report.nih.gov/nihfactsheets/ViewFactSheet.aspx?csid=97