Title: The Impact of Technology in Healthcare | AIMS Education
Headings: The Impact of Technology in Healthcare
The Impact of Technology in Healthcare
Digitalization of Health Records
Greater Patient Care
Improved Public Health
Ease of Workflow
Lower Healthcare Costs
Disadvantages of Electronic Health Records
Big Data and The Cloud
Better and Safer Data Storage
Improved Access to Big Data
Dangers Associated with Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Centralized Data Point
The Risk of Medical Records Hacking
Information and Communication Technology
Disadvantages of Information and Communication in Healthcare
Telemedicine
What Are The Benefits of Telemedicine?
Mobile Health
The Advantages of Using Mobile Equipment
The Disadvantages of Mobility
Mobile App Technology in the Medical Field
What Do Mobile Health Apps Do?
The Verdict on Healthcare Technology

Content: Medical assistants to medical coding professionals to registered nurses are just a handful of roles that have been impacted by this industry-wide implementation. Nurses and technicians are responsible for inputting patient data into a central, digitized system. Medical billers and coders appointments update patient records with diagnostic codes (such as test results) and submit medical claims to insurance companies. Not only can patients access their records at the click of a button, but it’s also ensured that mistakes are caught more quickly (without needing to pore over unreadable physicians’ handwriting). Among the many benefits that electronic health records have brought to healthcare include: Greater Patient Care
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EHR can automatically alert the treating physician to potential issues (such as allergies or intolerances to certain medicines). EHRs can be accessed from nearly any medical facility, which is extremely useful for doctors assessing non-local patients (and crucial if the patient is unresponsive). Improved Public Health
EHRs provide invaluable data to clinical researchers, helping to advance medical knowledge and the development of treatments for common health problems ( like viral outbreaks ). A standardized health IT system can provide insights into how widespread an outbreak is, enabling preventative measures (such as increased flu shot production) to be put in place much more quickly. Ease of Workflow
Medical billers and coders are some of the most-impacted allied health workers, and – according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics – demand for this sector is expected to increase by 13% from 2016 to 2026.