Wendy Lee
HCS/533
February 23, 2015
Jane Ferraris
Evolution of Health Care Information Systems
The way providers, administration, and reimbursement companies store and retrieve data has transformed because of the evolution of health care systems. Health care organizations can utilize software, Internet, and knowledge-based data due to the invention of personal computers in the 1980s and the Internet in the 1990s. Health care systems have increased efficiency, patient safety, quality care, communication, and decreased costs. This paper will discuss the evolution of information systems in the workplace and the analysis of how data was used 20 years ago in comparison to how it is used today. …show more content…
Health care organizations can utilize software, Internet, and knowledge-based data due to the invention of personal computers in the 1980s and the Internet in the 1990s. Health care systems have increased efficiency, patient safety, quality care, communication, and decreased costs. This paper discussed the evolution of information systems in the workplace and the analysis of how data was used 20 years ago in comparison to how it is used today. The paper will also identified at least two major events and technological advantages that influenced physician practices. With the click of a computer key stroke, patient health information is available.
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