Terminology in Healthcare and Public Health Settings What
Terminology in Healthcare and Public Health Settings What is Health Information Management and Technology? This material Comp 3_Unit 14 was developed by The University of Alabama Birmingham, funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology under Award Number 1 U 24 OC 000023
What is Health Information Management and Technology? Learning Objectives • Define and explain terms and concepts • Understand terms that frame HIM and HIT practice • Describe health IT hardware and software • Define acronyms and abbreviations Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 3. 0/Spring 2012 Terminology in Healthcare and Public Health Settings What is Health Information Management and Technology? 2
Electronic Health Information Management • e. HIM® – A term and trademark used by AHIMA to identify the transition from paper based health information management to electronic health information management (e. HIM) Source: (AHIMA, 2012) Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 3. 0/Spring 2012 Terminology in Healthcare and Public Health Settings What is Health Information Management and Technology? 3
Electronic Health Information Management • e. HIM® – A term and trademark used by AHIMA to identify the transition from paper based health information management to electronic health information management (e. HIM) • Electronic Health Record (EHR) Management – A process where the management of electronic health data is created or received for legal or business purposes Source: (AHIMA, 2012) Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 3. 0/Spring 2012 Terminology in Healthcare and Public Health Settings What is Health Information Management and Technology? 4
Health Information Technology: Hardware and Software Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 3. 0/Spring 2012 Terminology in Healthcare and Public Health Settings What is Health Information Management and Technology? 5
Software • • • Legacy Off-the-shelf Vanilla systems Home grown Best of breed Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 3. 0/Spring 2012 Terminology in Healthcare and Public Health Settings What is Health Information Management and Technology? 6
Types of Networks • A network is a system • Smart terminals of multiple computers that share information • Dumb terminals virtually • Information is stored • Wireless and retrieved from data repositories on computers called servers Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 3. 0/Spring 2012 Terminology in Healthcare and Public Health Settings What is Health Information Management and Technology? 7
Data Entry Devices • Central Processing Units (CPU) • Secured Tablets • Slim Clients • Secured Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 3. 0/Spring 2012 Locations • Point-of-care • Nurses’ Station • Computers on Wheels Terminology in Healthcare and Public Health Settings What is Health Information Management and Technology? 8
Commonly Used HIT Acronyms Professional organizations supporting HIT AHIMA AMIA HIMSS EHRA Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 3. 0/Spring 2012 American Health Information Management Association American Medical Informatics Association Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association Terminology in Healthcare and Public Health Settings What is Health Information Management and Technology? 9
Commonly Used HIT Acronyms National agencies supporting HIT AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality HHS Department of Health and Human Services NIH National Institutes of Health NLM National Library of Medicine IOM Institute of Medicine Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 3. 0/Spring 2012 Terminology in Healthcare and Public Health Settings What is Health Information Management and Technology? 10
Commonly Used HIT Acronyms US governmental oversight for HITECH ONCHIT Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology ONC Office of the National Coordinator ONC HIT (Health IT) Standards Committee ONC HIT (Health IT) Policy Committee Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 3. 0/Spring 2012 Terminology in Healthcare and Public Health Settings What is Health Information Management and Technology? 11
Commonly Used HIT Acronyms CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CMS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services FDA Food and Drug Administration HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration CAH Critical Access Hospital Source (HRSA, 2012) Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 3. 0/Spring 2012 Terminology in Healthcare and Public Health Settings What is Health Information Management and Technology? 12
Commonly Used HIT Acronyms Organizations supporting HIT standards CCHIT ATCB ATL ACB SDO HITSP HL 7 ISO Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 3. 0/Spring 2012 Certification Commission for Health Information Technology Authorized Testing and Certification Body Accredited Testing Laboratory Authorized Certification Body Standards Development Organization Health Information Technology Standards Panel Health Level 7 International Organization for Standardization Terminology in Healthcare and Public Health Settings What is Health Information Management and Technology? 13
Commonly Used HIT Acronyms CIO CMIO CNIO Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 3. 0/Spring 2012 Chief Information Officer Chief Medical Information Officer Chief Nursing Information Officer Terminology in Healthcare and Public Health Settings What is Health Information Management and Technology? 14
Commonly Used HIT Acronyms CIO Chief Information Officer CMIO Chief Medical Information Officer CNIO Chief Nursing Information Officer SNOMED Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine VHA Veterans Health Administration Vist. A Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 3. 0/Spring 2012 Terminology in Healthcare and Public Health Settings What is Health Information Management and Technology? 15
Commonly Used HIPAA Acronyms CE HIPAA Covered Entity Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 BA BAA Business Associate Agreement Source: (AHIMA, 2012) Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 3. 0/Spring 2012 Terminology in Healthcare and Public Health Settings What is Health Information Management and Technology? 16
Commonly Used HIPAA Acronyms CFR Code of Federal Regulations IFR Interim Final Rule NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking OCR Office for Civil Rights PHI Protected Health Information Source: (AHIMA, 2012) Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 3. 0/Spring 2012 Terminology in Healthcare and Public Health Settings What is Health Information Management and Technology? 17
What is Health Information Management and Technology? Summary • Understand the terms and concepts used in the field • Understand the terms that frame HIM and HIT practice • Describe health IT hardware and software • Recognize commonly used acronyms and abbreviations Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 3. 0/Spring 2012 Terminology in Healthcare and Public Health Settings What is Health Information Management and Technology? 18
What is Health Information Management and Technology? References • AHIMA. ARRA acronyms. Available from: http: //library. ahima. org/xpedio/groups/public/documents/ahima/bok 1_047273. hcsp? d. Doc. Name=bok 1_047273 • Amatayakul MK. Electronic health records: a practical guide for professionals and organizations. Chicago (IL): AHIMA; 2009. • AHIMA. e. HIM. Electronic health information management. Available from: http: //www. ahima. org/ehim/default. aspx • AHIMA. HIM role in EHR management and the legal EHR. Available from http: //www. ahima. org/resources/ehrroles. aspx • HRSA. About HRSA. Available from: http: //www. hrsa. gov/about/ • Relationship of terminologies and classifications. American Health Information Management Association. Available from: http: //www. ahima. org/resources/termclass. aspx • ONC. Acronyms. Available from: http: //healthit. hhs. gov/portal/server. pt/community/health_it_hhs_gov__acronyms/1217 Images Slides 5, 6: Microsoft clip art; Used with permission from Microsoft. Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 3. 0/Spring 2012 Terminology in Healthcare and Public Health Settings What is Health Information Management and Technology? 19
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