Healthcare Information Technologies

1. Personal Health Record

1.1. Patients personal record of health, can be used for patients to keep track of vital signs, medications, labs and

2. Secure Messaging

2.1. A secure and private email system that can be used for patients and health care providers to communicate and share medical information.

3. Telehealth

3.1. "the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support and promote long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health and health administration" (HRSA, 2017..https://www.healthit.gov/telehealth

4. E-prescribing

4.1. instead of handwritten prescriptions, e-prescribing is a way of sending medication prescription electronically to pharmacies to be filled for patients.

5. Electronic Health Record

5.1. Stores patient health records in a database instead of on paper; makes accessing patient health records easier