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The Impact of Technology in Healthcare - AIMS EDUCATION

The document discusses the impact of technology in healthcare, specifically the transition to electronic health records from paper records. It notes that this change has significantly impacted many healthcare roles like medical assistants, nurses, and medical coders. Electronic health records allow for easier access to patient information, fewer medical errors due to legible records, automated alerts to physicians about patient issues, and improved data collection for public health research and outbreak response. Overall, the implementation of electronic health records has been transformative for the medical field.

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The Impact of Technology in Healthcare - AIMS EDUCATION

The document discusses the impact of technology in healthcare, specifically the transition to electronic health records from paper records. It notes that this change has significantly impacted many healthcare roles like medical assistants, nurses, and medical coders. Electronic health records allow for easier access to patient information, fewer medical errors due to legible records, automated alerts to physicians about patient issues, and improved data collection for public health research and outbreak response. Overall, the implementation of electronic health records has been transformative for the medical field.

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11/4/2019 The Impact of Technology in Healthcare | AIMS EDUCATION

Digitalization of Health Records


Electronic Health Records (EHRs) replacing outdated paper records has been a massive game changer for
everyone in the medical world. 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

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.

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