The Use of Technology to Guide Patient Care

The use of technology to guide patient care
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The use of technology to guide patient care
The use of technology to guide patient care The use of healthcare information technology is the application of hardware and software to store patient information. (Alotaibi & Federico, 2017). In the digital age, technology is revolutionalizing how healthcare facilities handle patient data. One of the systems that the organization uses is computerized physician order software. An automated physician order system uses clinical officers to enter a doctor’s prescription and diagnosis for the prescriber to use. (Alotaibi & Federico, 2017). The physician inputs the diagnosis and prescriptions for a specific patient. Automated systems reduce the chances of errors, and it also acts as information storage software. For the computerized system to operate as a proper storage software, a clinical decision support system (CDS) compliments the functions of the automated physician order system. CDS is a form of online storage system where the patient’s information is stored. The information includes age, any existing ...