Ethics & The Health Information Management Professional
Healthcare information technology (HIT) is information technology(IT) applied to health care. It supports health information management throughout computerized systems and technology such as fax machines, telephone, mobile communications and the secure exchange of health information between patients, customers, providers, payers, and quality monitors. The use of electronic health records (EHRs) is regarded as the most significant encouraging tool for improving quality, safety, and efficiency of the health delivery system (AMA, 2015 – 2017 ). The goal of HIT is to improve health care quality and its effectiveness, increase healthcare productivity and efficiency. This is an important new aspect of healthcare that is significant to everyone, whether you are the patient or the provider. The use of technology in healthcare is an excellent tool for the prevention of medical errors, increasing health care accuracy, procedural correctness, and most important reducing health care cost...