Week 4 Assignment 1 medical informatics

Week 4 Assignment 1 medical informatics Week 4 Assignment 1 Professor Martocci South University Online Ashley Livingston November 13, 2015 1. What are the five main core development areas for Health IT? The Five main core development areas for Health It include:  Improvements for health care quality by means of; efficiency, equity, and safety through the use of health information technology. [ CITATION NIT13 l 1033 ]  Improve the trustworthiness, privacy and security of Health IT applications and transactions. [ CITATION NIT13 l 1033 ]  Coordination of the standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria to enhance the interoperability, functionality, utility, and the security of Health IT. [ CITATION NIT13 l 1033 ]  Maintain frequent communication and serve as the liaison among the SSG agencies, academia, and industry to address Health IT R&D needs. [ CITATION NIT13 l 1033 ] This study source was downloaded by from CourseH on :06:19 GMT -05:00 Harryson  Respond to U.S. national goals for Health IT R&D and Health IT PCAST recommendations. [ CITATION NIT13 l 1033 ] 2. What do we mean by data standards? Give five examples of current data standards that are being used. What is their purpose? What is meant by data standards includes; there are many definitions for data standards they include; documented agreements on representations, formats, and definitions of common data. The data standards also provide a method in which it codifies in valid, meaningful, comprehensive, and actionable ways, the information that is captured in the course of doing business as well. This also includes the standard data model; this model is widely applied in some industries and is shared among the competitors to some extent. They are also known as standard bodies in which the database vendors and or the operating system vendors.[ CITATION PHD15 l 1033 ] When it comes to health care data standards it can also include; methods, protocols, terminologies, and specifications for the collection, exchange, storage, and retrieval of information associated with health care applications this also includes medical records, medications, radiological images, payment and reimbursement, medical devices and monitoring systems, and administrative processes. [ CITATION The152 l 1033 ] Examples of current data standards include:  International Organization for Standardization (ISO) its domain includes; medical products, Pharmaceutical Doses, Units, Common Terminology Services. Its main purpose it’s a network of national standards and institutes from 140 countries that works in partnership with international organizations, governments, industry