Question

1. Determine the standard technologies currently used in the field of health information management. Be sure to support your response with research. For example, what record-keeping technologies are typically used in the field?

Answer 1

Some of the standard technologies used in the Health Information management and their uses are given below:

XCA:

• Cross community access technology.
• It is used to store and retrieve the information managed by other communities.

XDS:

• It is a cross community information sharing technology.
• The electronically stored health information records are shared between parties using this technology.

PIX:

• It is cross reference and identification of patient’s information among different sites.

HQMF:

• It is a electronic record quality measurement technology.
• The standard of the documents to be stored in electronic devices is determined using this technology.

ATNA:

• It is audit trail and node authentication technology.
• It is mainly used in auditing of information available and also to assess the security measures taken to secure the information.