Question

More definitions and example for the following.

a. CPOE

b. Interface engine

c. Telehealth

d. EMR-EHR-PHR

e. Disc mirroring

Answer 1

Definitions with examples:

Ans a)

CPOE:-

CPOE is known as Computerized physician order entry or also known as computerized provider order entry or computerized practitioner order entry. It refers to the process of a medical professionals i.e. doctors, lab technitians and even pharmicists entering and transmitting medication orders and/or treatment instructions electronically via a computer application instead of on paper charts or prescriptions.

CPOE can enchance the entire medical profession as people no longer have to carry their medical records physically. The entire medical history of the patient can be stored online and this can actually help the patient by a lot as each and every doctor or hospital can access their private medical history.

It can also streamline reimbursements by flagging requests that may need preapproval from insurance plans, reducing a refund on initially denied insurance claims.

Example: Alerts when ordering a blood thinner in a patient with an active diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleed for instance

Ans b)

Interface Engines:-

Interface engines also known as integration engines is a software program that processes data in between various Healthcare IT systems. We may think of it as a nerve center of all the data that flows between multiple technologies in a hospital and other Healthcare organizations.

In today’s interconnected healthcare environment, the role of an Interface engine should enable faster deployment times of high quality interfaces by IT professionals with a wide range of skill sets.

Example: The Indiana Network for Patient Care (INPC) has developed a home-grown interface engine that is able to parse a variety of message types and coding formats.

Ans c)

Telehealth:-

Telehealth often refers to remote non-clinical services. Telehealth is the use of digital information and communication technologies i.e. mobile devices and computers, to access health care services remotely and manage our health care. These may be technologies you use from any remote location like our own home or it can also be used by your doctor to improve or support health care services that they can provide.

According to the recent statistics 5% of patients report being satisfied with their experience where 30% of patients are already using some sort of telemedicine services.

Example: Telehealth includes health education services, remote monitoring of vital signs, ECG or blood pressure and remote doctor-patient consultations.

Ans d)

EMR-EHR-PHR:-

Electronic medical record (EMR) is an electronic record of healthcare information of an individual which is created, accumulated, managed, and consulted by authorized healthcare workers and staff within one healthcare organization.

Electronic health record (EHR) is an electronic record of healthcare information of an individual which conforms to recommended interoperability standards for health information technology which are created, managed, and consulted by authorized healthcare workers and staff across multiple healthcare organizations. It represents the concept of a longitudinal health record of an individual.

Personal health records (PHR) are online systems used by patients as an enabler for self-management of medical records. Their transparency of information often leads to better informed and engaged patients.

Example: The universal health care system of many countries focus on the patient centered medical infrastructure and medical care. This integration of medical information combines demographic, lifestyle and behavioral data with health records.

And e)

Disc Mirroring:-

It is the replication of logical disk volumes onto separate physical hard disks in real time to ensure continuous availability of data. Multiple reads and writes are performed on multiple discs to transfer the data among all the discs. A mirrored volume is a complete logical representation of separate volume copies.

It is usually performed keeping in mind that data may get destroyed or lost over time due to numerous reasons, and in order to prevent this loss of data and ensure availability of the same, disc mirroring is performed.

Mirroring is typically only synchronous in operation. Synchronous writing typically achieves a recovery point objective (RPO) of zero lost data. The biggest advantage of disc mirroring is the redundancy of data which in case of disk failure can allow ach disk to be accessed separately for reading purposes.

Example: Disc mirroring is often used in RAID 1. RAID 1 consists of an exact copy (or mirror) of a set of data on two or more disks.