Health information technology and team work to improve health care

Using Information Technology To Improve the Quality of Health Care

he quality of health care is ultimately judged by the impact of specific health services on the patient’s health status.1 Improving quality involves identifying and using health services that, when properly executed, produce the greatest improvement in health status. The most direct contribution that information technology can make to improving the quality of health care is to provide the clini...

Using Information Technology To Improve the Quality of Health Care

he quality of health care is ultimately judged by the impact of specific health services on the patient’s health status.1 Improving quality involves identifying and using health services that, when properly executed, produce the greatest improvement in health status. The most direct contribution that information technology can make to improving the quality of health care is to provide the clini...

Implementing health information technology to improve the process of health care delivery: a case study.

Integration of health information is critical to the provision of effective, quality care in today's fragmented health care system. The increasing prevalence of chronic conditions and the demand for a comprehensive understanding of patient health on the part of providers are driving the need for the integration of health information through electronic health information systems. Two distinct he...

Using Health Information Technology to Reduce Health Care Disparities

Applying health information technology and team-based care to residency education.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Training physicians capable of practicing within the Patient-centered Medical Home (PCMH) is an emerging area of scholarly inquiry within residency education. This study describes an effort to integrate PCMH principles into teaching practices within a university-based residency setting and evaluates the effect on clinical performance. METHODS Using participant feedba...