Question

• Define health technology policy.
• What are some key terms in health information technology? List and define two
• What organizations safeguard health policies? List at least two organizations and a policy they safeguard.
• Provide a brief description of the U.S. Food Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) role in health policy.

Answer 1

Health technology policies are procedures or rules created in regards to the use of any medical, surgical devices, procedures, and equipment used in patient care to include P.H.I. and especially the use of any computerized equipment that may record or contain P.H.I.

Key terms include

• Centre for disease control and prevention ( CDC)
• Centre for Medicare and medical services (CMS)
• Certified health data analyst (CHDA)
• Certified in healthcare privacy and security (CHPS)
• Chief medical information officer (CMIO)
• Clinical decision support
• Clinical informatics
• Clinical documentation improvement
• Connected health
• eConsent
• Electronic prescribing
• eHealth initiative
• Electronic health record

eConsent :- The explicit agreement from a patient to allow another party to view the data contained in his or her electronic health record

Electronic Health Record :- It offers a complete real-time record of a person's medical history that is easily accessible by health providers. In addition to being a comprehensive record of an individual's health care, the documentation inside EHRs supports the functions of billing, quality management, outcome reporting and public health disease surveillance and reporting.