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The document discusses the role of technology in healthcare, including biomedical, informational, and knowledge-based technologies. It describes how these technologies can improve patient safety, enhance care delivery, facilitate decision making, and decrease costs. The document also examines informatics, meaningful use standards, privacy/security, and how various technologies will continue integrating to transform healthcare delivery.
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- 1. Chapter 11 Caring, Communicating, and Managing with Technology All items and derived items © 2015, 2011 by Mosby, Inc., an imprint of Elsevier Inc.
- 2. Objectives Articulate the role of technologies in patient safety. Describe the core components of informatics: data, information, and knowledge. Analyze three types of technology for capturing data at the point of care. Discuss decision support systems and their impact on patient care. Explore the issues of patient safety, ethics, and information security and privacy within information technology. All items and derived items © 2015, 2011 by Mosby, Inc., an imprint of Elsevier Inc. 2
- 3. Technology Surrounds Us! Health care’s future Facilitates decision making Improves efficacy and efficiency Enhances patient safety and quality Decreases healthcare costs All items and derived items © 2015, 2011 by Mosby, Inc., an imprint of Elsevier Inc. 3
- 4. Types of Technologies Biomedical Informational Knowledge All items and derived items © 2015, 2011 by Mosby, Inc., an imprint of Elsevier Inc. 4
- 5. Biomedical Physiologic monitoring Diagnostic testing Drug administration Therapeutic treatments All items and derived items © 2015, 2011 by Mosby, Inc., an imprint of Elsevier Inc. 5
- 6. Informational Acquired Managed Analyzed Disseminated All items and derived items © 2015, 2011 by Mosby, Inc., an imprint of Elsevier Inc. 6
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