Component 3; Unit 13 What is Health Information Management and Technology?
Description:
This unit describes health information management and technology.
Objectives:
- Define and explain the terms and concepts used in the field of Health Information Management and Technology.
- Understand the terms that frame Health Information Management (HIM) and Health Information Technology (HIT) practice.
- Describe health IT hardware and software.
- Define acronyms and abbreviations.
Component 3; Unit 13; Lecture 13 comp3_unit13_lecture_slides
Electronic Health Information Management (15:33): 1) Health Information Technology: Hardware and Software; 2) Types of Networks; 3) Data Entry Devices and Locations; 4) Commonly Used Health Information Technology (HIT) Acronyms; 5) Professional Organizations Supporting HIT; 6) National Agencies Supporting HIT; 7) US Governmental Oversight for HITECH; 8) Organizations Supporting HIT Standards; 9) Commonly Used Health Information Technology Acronyms; 10) Commonly Used HIT Acronyms
Suggested Readings
Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT website. http://www.healthit.gov