1. Information and Communication Technologies
1.1. ePrescribing
1.1.1. a technology framework that allows physicians and other medical practitioners to write and send prescriptions to a participating pharmacy electronically instead of using handwritten or faxed notes
1.2. Health Information Exchange
1.2.1. Computerized Disease Registries
1.2.2. Cancer Registries
1.2.3. Organ Donor List
1.3. eHealth Tools
1.3.1. Health Self Management
1.3.2. Online communities
1.3.3. Decision Support
2. Medical Billing
2.1. the process by which a health care provider electronically submits a bill, or claim
2.1.1. Patient Billing
2.1.2. Insurance Billing
2.1.3. Workers Comp
2.1.4. Corporate Billing
3. Electronic Medical Systems
3.1. EHR- a digital version of a patient chart, but it is a more inclusive snapshot of the patient’s medical history
3.1.1. designed to be shared with other providers, so authorized users may instantly access a patient’s EHR from across different healthcare providers.
3.2. EMR- a single practice’s digital version of a patient’s chart
3.2.1. contains the patient’s medical history, diagnoses and treatments by a particular physician, nurse practitioner, specialist, dentist, surgeon or clinic
3.3. Patient Health Record- an online interface tied to an EHR with which patients may view and sometimes interact with their health data
4. Patient Portal
4.1. a secure online website that gives patients convenient 24-hour access to personal health information from anywhere with an Internet connection.
4.1.1. Recent doctor visits
4.1.2. Discharge summaries
4.1.3. Medications
4.1.4. Immunizations
4.1.5. Allergies
4.1.6. Lab results