Healthcare information technology
Healthcare Information Technology
Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) is the area of IT involving the design, development, creation, use and maintenance of information systems for the healthcare industry. Automated and interoperable healthcare information systems are expected to improve medical care, lower costs, increase efficiency, reduce error and improve patient satisfaction, while also optimizing reimbursement for ambulatory and inpatient healthcare providers.
Pronunciation
Healthcare Information Technology: /ˈhɛlθkɛər ɪnfərˈmeɪʃən tɛkˈnɒlədʒi/
Etymology
The term "Healthcare Information Technology" is a combination of "healthcare" (from Old English hǣlth, of Germanic origin; related to whole), "information" (from Latin informatio(n-), from the verb informare) and "technology" (from Greek tekhnologia ‘systematic treatment’, from tekhnē ‘art, craft’ + -logia).
Related Terms
- Electronic Health Record (EHR): An electronic version of a patient's medical history, that is maintained by the provider over time, and may include all of the key administrative clinical data relevant to that persons care under a particular provider.
- Health Information Exchange (HIE): The mobilization of health care information electronically across organizations within a region, community or hospital system.
- Telemedicine: The use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications to improve a patient's clinical health status.
- mHealth: Also known as mobile health, is a term used for the practice of medicine and public health supported by mobile devices.
- Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS): A health information technology system that is designed to provide physicians and other health professionals with clinical decision support (CDS), that is, assistance with clinical decision-making tasks.
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