Question

Compare and contrast historical and future implications of Health Information Technology. Use peer-reviewed journal articles as well as your text to support your response; Provide references.

Answer 1

Health information technologies is a computerised method to store the data of a patient and access it anywhere ,anytime by a patient and health care system

In the past

• Patients came to clinic or hospital directly
• Doctor examined the patients and treated
• Able to recogonise even underlying needs of a patients (reading the patients psychology or mentally and providing treatment)
• It is time consuming sometimes
• Patient needs to travel to Hospital or clinics to get the medical help
• Paper records like Prescriptions, Files are maintained to record patient details
• Recollection of the previous file is hectic and time consuming
• High chance of missing the record

The future implications on Health Information Technologies are

• Early detection of infectious diseases around the world
• Improved tracking of chronic disease management
• Quality information can be upgraded
• Access is made easy
• New advancement and care could be done
• Patient can be treated even without his physical presence to a Physician
• Most helpful for Research work
• Laboratory test and Medication assessment could be done
• Use of Opiods can be identified
• Use of illegal drugs used could be identified

Drawbacks:

• Piracy
• Patient details could be hijacked
• Poor Doctor patient relation

Hence the future implications are based on the historical implements because as per the needs the advancement has been done in the Health care sector