Question

Explain how the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009 impacts on population health. Describe how your organization is impacted by population health and the HITECH Act of 2009. As a consumer of health care, how do you perceive the use of health information technology (HIT) to address these topics affecting your personal health care delivery?

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Answer 1

The main impact of HITECHAct of 2009 on population health include

It helps to change the nature of relationships among health care professionals, organizations, patients, and health care providers by focusing on the implementation and use of health information technology.Based on Act patients now have a legal right to see and obtain a copy of health related information or documents from doctors, hospitals and other healthcare providers such as pharmacies and nursing homes, as well as from their health plan .

The main impact of act on organisation includes

It encourages the organisation to adopt electronic health records and improved privacy and security protections for healthcare data. It was obtained through financial incentives for adopting EHRs and increased penalties for violations of the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules.

The act also encourage the organisation to

- The use of a certified EHR such as e-prescribing

- The use and proper management of certified EHR technology for electronic exchange of health information and datas to improve quality of health care .

-The use of EHR technology to submit and evaluate clinical quality and other measures.

As a consumer of health care the benefits of health information technology include its ability to store and retrieve data.

- It provide an improved ability to rapidly communicate patient information in a legible format.

- The health information technology improves the medication safety through increased legibility, which potentially decreases the risk of medication errors.

- Record uniformity is designed to minimise practice variations, conduct systematic audits for quality assurance, and optimize evidenced-based care for common conditions . Thus helps in managing personal health care delivery.