Use of Health Information Technology as a Source of Evidence-Based Practice

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Use of Health Information Technology as a Source of Evidence-Based Practice

Introduction

Daily advancements to meet the escalating demands of the health care world. With the advancement of technology, the function of books has been replaced by the availability of the internet which contains information from all parts of the world to be just a click away Health Information Technology is a novel electronic system currently in use by various health care professionals and patients. This electronic system enables the preservation, allocation, and analysis of health related data. It is preferred as it leads to the provision of better quality, confidential, synchronized, resourceful and cheaper healthcare care for everyone. Hence, substantial investment in the progress of evidence-based clinical guidelines is made (Nagykaldi & Mold 2007). Nevertheless, the successful distribution of these strategies was quite difficult until the trend of health information technology (HIT) was introduced (Damberg CL et al.2009) (Hillestad R et al. 2005). Health Information Technology provides the following services,

Electronic health records (EHRs)

Personal health records (PHRs)

Electronic prescribing (E-prescribing)

Discussion

Uses of Health Information Technology in Administrative Functions

The incorporation of Health Information Technology not only reduces the unreliable use of paperwork and stress of the health care professionals, it also improves the administrative functions leading to affordable and quality patient care (Schoen et al. 2006; Hillestad et al. 2005). With the help of Electronic Health Record (EHR) system and order entry (CPOE) system, Health Information Systems (HIS) manages the patient's records. Moreover, the incorporation of HIT/HIS also enables to carry out business procedures such as, workflow redesign, project management and organizational improvement.

Clinical Uses of Health Information Technology

The incorporation of Health Information Technology in clinical studies prevents medical failures by enabling clinical and care ...