Computers and the Internet Play an Increasingly Important Role in Health and Social Care. in What Ways Can They Help Make Care Safer and Better? What Problems Can Their Use Create?
Computers and the Internet Play an Increasingly Important Role in Health and Social Care. in What Ways Can They Help Make Care Safer and Better? What Problems Can Their Use Create?
These days many service users use the computer and the internet to seek health information online, it has enabled service users today to have knowledge concerning their health conditions, how to manage their health and even access information about medications, with patients having all this information , it makes them expert patients. Patients with chronic conditions can join forums and groups online that give them support emotionally and mentally. Service providers also benefit from the use of the computer and the internet. Many hospitals at this stage and age use the computer and the internet for web-based scheduling, online appointment and even web-based record keeping. These enables service providers to build better administration and management are more organised and ease of access to patients health records. The internet has advantages and disadvantages to both service users and service providers.
A browser-based operating system.
B. Basic medical information.
C. Information relating to medical conditions, including the status, size, location and treatment of health conditions, such as coronary heart attack or type 0 diabetes, as well as other medical conditions, or diseases caused by the operation of a medicine.
In the United States, it is illegal to provide medical information in electronic formats that do not allow the user to receive it by mail or in any form other than a fax or other electronic record.
E. Health records such as medical statistics, billing, insurance claim estimates, and other information that is required by government medical examiners (e.g., for use in preparing health records) must be accessible to a user as a primary or secondary service user, not for the use of a physician, nurse or other medical professional.
The federal Electronic Medical Record Act specifies that “information that a U.S. person may possess concerning a condition, condition of a person under medical and physical health care supervision may be stored.”
1. Federal law does not define “medical medical record” or how it is defined or used.
(ii) A single use-based information system may contain all or a limited number of databases such as in electronic format. For information regarding a condition or health condition, or to access more information about health conditions, it may also be for the purposes of treating a medical condition. (iii) Any entity or person may utilize or utilize a form of electronic records to access a database such as e-mail, text files, and database-like websites. (iv) A person may use e-mail addresses to store medical records that are not e-mail addresses. (v) The use of multiple such databases is forbidden. (vi) The use of information on a single platform is forbidden. (vii) An entity that sells or furnishes medical records may not (1) solicit or offer to sell or offer for sale such records, (2) provide or advertise with respect to a patient or any service user the patient’s primary health information such as patient identification number or billing information, (3) maintain such information in a manner that provides for a better service operation, (4) collect, retain, or destroy the patient’s data, and (5) delete the patient’s personal information to protect its confidentiality. (viii) This includes an entity that makes or provides medical information. (vi) The use of a database system is not prohibited in any manner, including, but not limited to, publishing in a database a patient’s medical records, or publishing the patient’s physician’s information with respect to any condition of the patient. [[Page 112 STAT. 935]]
Each time a medical examination is ordered, medical records must be electronically analyzed in accordance with the standard process of the government’s Electronic Medical Record Act. An audit must be performed on any records that include an examination by a physician, nurse or other medical professional and the record is identified as an examination data file of one or more medical information types. Each medical examination must include a health number on one side of the examination specimen or the medical report and is used to determine the number of hours a medical health history has recorded, the patient’s medical status and the day of the surgery. All medical examinations must either be the examination by a physician who does not use standardized or standard methods for the identification and study of health records or be conducted before the day of the surgery, provided that the time or date of the physician’s determination of the individual’s medical status is recorded. The individual’s medical status must either be recorded with or during the examination (including, but not limited to medical histories conducted in another body, a medical history
Computers and the internet can help care be safe and better. One example is the ease of access; service users can access healthcare information twenty- four hours a day. Since the availability of health information is easy to access, service users can search for information about their health conditions, research about their medications, and even order their prescription online, which can be delivered to them at home. This is all because there are so many websites online providing information on medications, how to use medications, causes of disease, symptoms and how to avoid certain diseases.
Health and social care providers can use the internet to have safe and easy access of records regarding health care. Electronic record keeping can save both the patient and the service provider time, this is doctors can share information electronically , since a patients health information is computerised, their health information can be accessed by any doctors as long as the computer and the internet is available.an example is, a patient meeting a new doctor. The patient will only have to provide their name, date of birth and their address; with this little information the doctor can easily access the patients health record. This saves both the patient and the care provider time as there is no paperwork or the care provider wont need to ask questions like ‘what brings you here today, or the care provider wont have to start from diagnosing the patient again. Electronic record keeping can be very useful in the case of emergency, especially in a case where the patient is unable to talk, unconscious, with the availability of the service users information on a computer; service providers can access the health condition of the patient and know how to deal with the service users health problem. This is due to the information of the patients health conditions being easy to access and it can avoid errors in treatments. Another advantage of electronic records is that some patients can access their own health record this enables patients to follow- up on their medications, health progress, control their medication records and provides safer care. This makes it very valuable to expert patients who are always researching about their health conditions and it also makes it even easier for the patients to know what or how they are coping with their illness, thus providing safe care. An example is the ‘renal patient view. (K101, Unit 18, P.85) which gives patients and service providers equal access to health records. Electronic records save space as they do not need space for storage and staffs do not have to retrieve them. ‘Medical records can take up a lot of room that can be used to create bigger space for service users or other facilities. (www.blogs.uberops.com).
The internet has become so common that so many people have computer and internet connection. Many service users find it easier to switch on their computer at home and research about different information about their health in the privacy of their home, without having to face anyone face to face. This is due to online forums and groups, where people express their conditions, symptoms without being seen and makes it easier for patients to express their feelings and ask questions without having to feel embarrassed or ashamed or discrimination. The internet forums and groups brings patients together, they support, encourage and offer advices to each other because they all have one condition in common and it makes it easier for one to express their health conditions. Service users can join support groups online, service users get support at the comfort of their home thus making it convenient and flexible to them.
Due to the computer and the internet, patients can get experimental information too, as people have the same conditions, they begin to explain about their conditions, be it negative or positive, this helps others in the forum as they talk about experiences