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Heath Infomatics
Joshua Lederberg and William S. Yamamoto are the creators of health informatics. It is a set of international standards used to transfer and share data between various healthcare providers -
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Telehealth
It didn't end in the 1960s, it was introduced during this timespan. It allows for healthcare providers and patients to communicate through computers using online video chat. -
Technology in Healthcare
The punch card system was the first computer used in healthcare, holes were punched in the cards to represent data. -
Mainframe Computers
brought on the digitalization of medical information -
Medicare Reimbursement Legislation
Was enacted -
EHRs and EMRs
It is a digital version of a patient's healthcare record, that is maintained by the healthcare provider.
Electronic Health Record
Electronic Medical Record -
Minicomputers and Personal Computers
Were invented and allowed smaller EHR software that could be easily accessible and affordable -
MPI
Master Patient Index is used to keep track of patients and medical data -
H17
Health Level 7 are a set of international standards used to transfer and share data between various healthcare providers, it helps by closing the gap in health IT applications -
Dragon system
It was founded by Dr. Jim Baker and Dr. Janet Baker, it is a speech recognition software for personal computers used by medical assistants and transcriptionist. -
Invention of the Internet
The creation of the internet helps broaden the resources of computer technology in relation to the healthcare field. -
CCHIT
Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology is an independent, not-for-profit group that certifies electronic health records (EHR) and networks for health information exchange (HIE) in the United States. -
cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid, or caBIG
Created by the National Cancer Institute, it helps connect data, research tools, scientists, and organizations. -
HITECH
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act encouraged healthcare providers to adopt EHRs and improve privacy and security for patients. -
Telehealth
Although it was first introduced in the 1950s, it is being used more frequently in 2020 since the outbreak of the coronavirus.
