Your local newspaper has asked you to write a 700- to 1,050-word, two-part article regarding patient health data and technology.

Your local newspaper has asked you to write a 700- to 1,050-word, two-part article regarding patient health data and technology.

 

Part 1

 

Identify components of a patient’s health care record.

Part 2

 

Examine the influence of technology and reform in the health care industry.

 

Consider the following questions as you write your article:

• What has changed over the last 20 years? Have the changes been positive or negative?
• How has the patient been affected by the changes?

Use terms from your Weekly Vocabulary Exercises and readings. Emphasize at least 10 terms by bolding them in your final document.

University of Phoenix Material

Weekly Vocabulary Exercise: Health Records and Patient-Related Information

Complete the worksheet according to the following guidelines:

· In the space provided, write each term’s definition as used in health care. You must define the term in your own words; do not simply copy the definition from a textbook.

· In the space provided after each term’s definition, provide a sentence using the term that illustrates the importance of the skill, concept, procedure, organization, or tool to which the term refers. In your explanation, you may wish to consider the following:

How has it influenced health care?

Why is it important to understand the appropriate application of the term or concept?

Save the completed worksheet as a Microsoft® Word document with your name in the file name.

Submit the file to your facilitator.

Note. You must define 20 terms related to health records and patient information in this worksheet. Therefore, in addition to the terms already provided for you below, finish the additional spaces on the worksheet with terms from your reading or discussion you were not previously familiar with and had to research.

Submitted by: [Omeka Boger.]

Term	Definition in your own words	Use the term in a sentence as it applies to the health care industry.
Patient history
Demographic
Physical
Advanced directives
Diagnosis
Prognosis
Allergies
Electronic health record
Discharge summary
E-prescribing
Meaningful use
Health information exchange
Master patient index
Database

As you progress through your program, you are encouraged to continue to use your weekly vocabulary exercises to build a master glossary as a quick reference guide to use in your coursework and in your health care career.