Instruction
Computers and Standards in Healthcare
Objective: To discuss the history of computers in healthcare and identify, as well as discuss the impact of computers on healthcare.
Part 1A: (5 points) Trace the history of computers in healthcare using the Internet as a resource and develop a timeline of major events as this relates to computers in healthcare.
Part 1B: (10 points) Discuss in two to three paragraphs (each paragraph must contain at least three to four complete sentences each) how computers have impacted healthcare.
Objective: Compare and Contrast data content standards, vocabulary standards, and messaging standards.
Part 2: (15 points) Choose an EHR/HIE/HIM standard from any of the following websites below. Prepare a PowerPoint Presentation (refer to the Rubric for Submitting a PP presentation) on the standard, its importance, role and impact in EHR/HIE/HIM.
https://www.ansi.org/
https://www.astm.org/
https://www.snomed.org/snomed-ct and https://www.nlm.nih.gov/healthit/snomedct/
https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsmo
http://www.hl7.org/ and http://www.hl7.org/implement/standards/