Healthcare Information Technologies

1. Scheduling

1.1. Patients can log into an account and schedule appointments at their convince, this helps reduce phone calls in a health care facility.

2. Patient Portals

2.1. Can view patient history, treatments and medications. Records and notes can be left from a physician for the patient. This allows transparency and accessibility for patients.

3. Medical Billing

3.1. An automated system in which patient bills and insurance claims are sent out. It can send alerts when bills are late and the proper actions can be taken.

4. ePerscribing

4.1. Rx can be sent to pharmacies for multiple patients in just the click of a button. This software eliminates patients having to bring an Rx and than wait for it to be filled, it can be sent to a pharmacy as a patient is driving to pick it up. This also helps eliminate confusion with patients and prescriptions.

5. Practice Managment

5.1. Helps manage administrative and clinical areas with in a healthcare facility. This helps run things more efficiently; it helps automate tasks.

6. EMR

6.1. This system replaced paper records with digital medical charting. These systems contain medical history and charts for a patient as well as send alerts when a patient is due for a procedure or screening. This technology can also help draw similarities from a patients history to medical data. This can only be accessed in one facility.

7. EHR

7.1. Is similar to EHR, but is a little more technologically advanced. This allows a physician to check history, diagnoses, treatments, medications, allergies, X-rays, test results...etc. This can be viewed anywhere in a doctors office as well as a hospital.