Different Types of Healthcare Information Technologies

1. TeleMedicine

1.1. Remote patient monitoring systems, or RPMs

1.2. Medical sensors can read our body functions and send data from anywhere to healthcare professionals at the facility.

1.3. Reduces the overall cost that comes with hospital readmission.

1.4. Leads to better quality health care and used to make recommendations on health conditions.

1.5. The data being collected can be used to study bigger population health in the future.

2. Practice Management Software

2.1. Takes care of different administrative and clinical aspects of a practice.

2.2. Able to manage various documents and scheduling appointments.

2.3. Automating routine clerical tasks, allowing one to concentrate more on the quality of patient care.

2.4. Automatically processes claims, billing and payments, and also generates reports.

2.5. It gives you easy access to healthcare data. You can view all the documents online.

3. E-Prescribing Software

3.1. Doctors can generate prescriptions electronically.

3.2. Doctors can send prescriptions directly to the pharmacy.

3.3. Eliminates the need to create a handwritten prescription, which is generally hard-to-decipher.

3.4. No prescription mix-ups and eliminates misplacing a prescription.

3.5. Quick and easy access to patients medication history.

4. Patient Portal

4.1. Patients can access their health-related data on any device.

4.2. Patients can schedule appointments, view bills, and make online payments.

4.3. Patients have access to their medical history, treatments, lab reports, and medications previously taken.

5. Electronic Medical Records (EMR)

5.1. Only located in one medical office

5.2. Instant access to patient information

5.3. Digitizes vitals, history and lab information

5.4. Alerts against possible drug allergies

6. Electronic Health Records (EHR)

6.1. Shareable between different health industries

6.2. Instant access to patient information

6.3. Digitizes vitals, history and lab information

6.4. Alerts against possible drug allergies

7. Master Patient Index (MPI)

7.1. Takes care of different administrative and clinical aspects of a practice.

7.2. Able to manage various documents and scheduling appointments.

7.3. -Automating routine clerical tasks, allowing one to concentrate more on the quality of patient care.

7.4. Automatically processes claims handles billing and payments and also generates reports.

7.5. -It gives you easy access to healthcare data. You can view all the documents online.

8. Medical Billing Software

8.1. Automatically generates medical bills.

8.2. Takes care of insurance claims and verification, payment tracking, and processing.

8.3. Sends out late payment and pending payment alerts.