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Health Care Information Systems Terms Define the following terms. Your definitions must be in your own words; do not copy them from the textbook. After you have defined each term in your own words, describe in 40 to 60 words the health care setting in which each term would be applied. Utilize a minimum of two research sources to support your claims—one from the University Library and the other from the textbook. Be sure to cite your sources in the References section consistent with APA guidelines. Term Definition How Used in Healthcare Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) The federal government which has been designed for the HIPAA to protect the patient information within the guidelines that does provide the privacy standards. Health insurance plans for the employers and employees. Electronic medical record This is where the entire patient’s information is put into the electronic file for all the medical needs on the chart. For physician to resource to help the patient when they are sick or other health problems. Electronic health record Is a way of delivering the patient’s information in a generated by one or more delivery setting. All the patient information which is part of the file for medications, lab reports, progress notes, vital signs and medical history. Personal health record Many doctor’s office will keep charts for all their patients that come into the office. So they can keep track on all their patients’ progress and knowing is going on with the patients’ health so they know if they are making progress or not. For providers to keep current information on their entire patient. Computerized provider order entry system Ordering, transcribing, dispensing and administration. All this needs to be taken into consideration when a patient is being put in a hospital so they get the right dose of their medication. The provider needs to make sure all the medication is right for the patient. An information and communication technology needs to develop including patients and their providers. Unique patient identifier To have access to the information which does identify all the patient’s so they can be identify so they will expand beyond the institutional issues. Keep the patient file confidently Protected health information Any information that you as a patient needs to be protected from any other source that is not a health care provider, employer, health authority or any related health issues that contains for the health information. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services This is federal agency which does work for the governments who do have these services that work with state government o are the partnership with Medicare and Medicaid. Provide services that need the Medicare and Medicaid. Covered entities This is the privacy and security rules which will cover individuals, organizations and agencies which are required for the entity for all the rules The privacy and security of all the information. Health information exchange All the data that is included in the patients’ health file. All the focus on health issues organization, networks, local and regional and state level. Data to be stored in a secured file which focus on healthcare issues. References www.himss.org www.hhs.org