Health Information Technologies

1. Master Patient Index

1.1. Connects separate patient records across databases

1.2. Avoids duplicate patient records

2. Practice Management Software

2.1. Manage daily operations

2.2. Automates many administrative tasks, such as claim scrubbing and submission

3. Remote Patient Monitoring

3.1. Allows medical sensors to send patient data to healthcare professionals

3.2. Used to detect medical events

3.3. Can be used in medical studies with large populations

4. Electronic Medical Record

4.1. Includes patient's medical history, health data, test results, and treatments

4.2. Can be shared with other healthcare providers

5. Patient Portal

5.1. Allow patients to access their personal health data such as appointment information, medications and lab results over an internet connection

5.2. Some allow secure communications to healthcare providers and office staff

6. Clinical Decision Support

6.1. Analyzes data from clinical and administrative systems to help healthcare providers make decisions

6.2. Drug interactions is one example of clinical support provided by these types of systems