THE PURPOSE AND FUNCTION OF THE HEALTH INFORMATION DEPARTMENT

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The purpose and function of the health information department

Introduction

Health Information technology (HIT ) is perceived as the most promising tool that can be used to cause drastic changes in the health care systems of the country . It basically describes the framework that incorporates proper management of health care information in such a way that the exchange of the information to insurers , health providers consumers , government and other

entities is sustainable and is consistently precise . The scope of health information technology incorporates important terms that may need to be elaborated . The terms include for example the word technology which is a broad concept by definition but in this case represents communications , computers , and other attributes which can be networked to yield systems that will move health information . Informatics is also another term in HIT that is critical and it refers to the information processing practice . Health informatics is a term therefore that is used to describe the use and dissemination of information in the health industry mostly with the assistance of psychological , mathematical and computer science systems

The challenges in the systems necessitating a HIT department

Generally our health care system has been applauded for its consistent efforts to embrace innovation . However the discoveries that include for example efficient diagnostic tools , innovative treatment among others have not been able to sort out the challenges that the American care system has been persistently encountering...