Telehealth - wide range of health services that are delivered by telecommunications
read tools, such as telephone, videophone, and computer
Telehealth - health service needed to help fill the nursing shortage allowing nursing to
see more patients quicker, as well as the aging population
Telecommunication Technology - used to deliver long distance health related services
or to connect patients and healthcare providers to maximize patients' health status
Telephone - most basic telecommunication technology
Medical Applications - Software developed for medical purposes, including home
medical monitoring system, medical databases for healthcare professionals, etc.
Medical Devices - is any device intended to be used for medical purposes
FDA Oversight for Medical Devices - A federal agency that oversees the safety of
medical devices, which includes addressing the management of cybersecurity risks and
hospital network security. Recent guidelines recommend that medical device
manufacturers and healthcare facilities take steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards
are in place to reduce the risks of failure caused by cyberattack.
Privacy - An improtant issue related to personal information. Restricted access of
patient information or data
Confidentiallity - to ensure that all personal information is protected by ensuring that
limited access is only given to those who are authorized to view that information.
Protecting privacy of personal information or data
, Cybersecurity - the stat of being protected against the criminal or unauthorized use of
electronic data, or the measures taken to achieve this
Computer-aided translators - a form of language translation in which a human translator
uses computer hardware to support and facilitate the translation process
HIPAA - Healthcare institutions are required to meet all standards and comply with the
appropriate security measures in order to safeguard patient data.
Four parts to HIPAA's Administrative Simplification - - electronic transactions and code
sets standards requirements
- Privacy requirements
- Security requirements
- National identifier requirements
ICD-10 - an alphanumeric code used by doctors, health insurance companies, and
public health agencies across the world to represent diagnoses or medical conditions
ICD-10 - The system offers accurate and up to date procedure codes to improve health
care cost and ensure fair reimbursement policies
ICD-10 - these current codes specifically help healthcare providers to identify patients in
need of immediate disease management and to tailor effective disease managment
programs
CPT codes - medical codes set that is used to report medical, surgical, and diagnostic
procedures and services to entities such as physiciansm health insurance companies,
and accreditation organizations.
Evaluation and Management Coding - is a medical coding process in support of medical
billing. Provider must use this coding to be reimbursed by Mediare, Medicaid programs,
or private insurance for patient encounters
3 key components for evaluation and management coding - history, physical, medical
decision making
Clinical Support Tools - are designed to help shift through enormous amounts of digital
data to suggest next steps for treatments, alert providers to available information they
may not have seen, or catch potential problems, suc as dangerous medication
interactions
CLinical Support Tools - a category of CDS using various application use by healthcare
professionals to allow for communication between provider to provider and provider to
patient.
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