HLST 2040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Telehealth, Social Studies, Write-Off

• School: York University
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLST 2040
• Professor: Serban Dinca- Panaitescu

Document Summary

Abbreviations: cpoe: computerized physician order entry, cdss: clinical decision support system, erx: electronic prescribing, hic: health information custodian, hmo: health maintenance organizations, phipa: personal health information protection act. Forward data to the central location: hybrid: includes some levels of federated and centralized data storage and access, note: regardless of where the data is located, it may or may not be in a cloud. Increased patient participation/satisfaction: faster results, messaging, patient portals, electronic patient education, e-prescribing and online scheduling, online access to records through linking of phr to ehr. Interfaces to lab and other reports: access to/from multiple locations, performance and decision support tools. Improved care coordination: access by healthcare team, patients and researchers, practice efficiencies and cost savings, replace faxes with data sent directly or linked to patient files, can send automatic alerts, electronic prescribing, legible. Improved diagnostics and patient outcomes: alerts and reminders, prevention of adverse events.