Application Of Health Care Information Systems

Application Of Health Care Information Systems
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Application Of Health Care Information Systems
Health information technology (HIT) is a technological tool impacting healthcare delivery and significantly contributes toward mitigating inefficiencies within hospitals to enhance health outcomes. Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are a component of HIT. It includes patients’ records and digital forms with patient personal contract data, medical history, test results, treatment plans, and allergies. EHR significantly enhances population health through its capacity to organize and evaluate large volumes of patient information. It also offers an opportunity to survey and establish population health issues and tailor efforts toward health improvement (Kruse et al., 2018). In this way, EHRs also acts as a safety net for mitigating possible health threats within the community to enhance overall wellbeing and wellness. HIT can potentially improve interprofessional collaboration in efforts to enhance population health outcomes (Koskela et al., 2016). EHRs strengthen cooperation and information-sharing capabilities between providers and public health workers to deal with more complex population health issues in the rapidly evolving environment (Boonstra et al., 2014). In addition, EHRs facilitate hospitals’ illness prevention measures (HealthIT.gov, 2019). It enables healthcare organizations to examine community health needs more meaningfully and provide better a...