The full range of services that are available to a patient to address his or her health and wellness needs over time. This includes inpatient, outpatient, in home, rehabilitation, nursing, and virtual settings. The concept of a care continuum includes coordinated health services from the initial visit through all levels of care needed thereafter.
EHR Intelligence
A third-generation digital cellular standard based on Qualcomm technology. Includes CDMA2000 1x, 1xEV-DO (Evolution, Data Optimized) and 1xEVDV (Evolution, Data and Voice). One of the IMT2000 "family" of standards.
ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
A digital-interface device for connecting Data Terminal Equipment devices (DTE) (e.g., router) to a digital circuit (e.g., T1 line). CSU connects to the network and the DSU handles the DTE interface.
American Telemedicine Association
A short statement that explains the patient's main symptom, combination of symptoms, or illness which has caused the patient to seek medical assistance. Obtaining a chief complaint is one of the preliminary steps in reaching a diagnosis and formulating a plan of care.
EHR Intelligence
The CMIO is responsible for overseeing clinicians and essentially connecting the IT and Medical departments of a healthcare organization. While the roles and job descriptions vary drastically in the CMIO position from organization to organization, the CMIO nearly always reports to the CIO or CEO.
EHR Intelligence
A database that collects patient information from various clinical sources and presents that information in a single document. CDRs centralize pertinent patient data so that providers may quickly access a file at the point of care, minimizing administrative duties so that physicians may spend more time at the bedside. Clinical data repositories allow for better care quality and cost reduction. Some of the functions of a CDR include:
Admission and discharge information, Lab history and results, Patient profiles, List of medications and dosing schedule, Access to radiology multimedia, Coding, Progress notes, Discharge summaries
EHR Intelligence
A process for enhancing health-related decisions and actions with pertinent, organized clinical knowledge and patient information to improve health and healthcare delivery.
mHealth Regulatory Coalition
An electronic software program that manages a hospital's medical, administrative, financial, and legal information services. These systems store, organize and transmit information and data that is used to support clinical care (e.g., transmission of laboratory test results, radiology results, prescription drug orders). Electronic medical records (EMR) and electronic health records (EHR) are examples of systems designed to store and manage electronic information used for clinical care.
EHR Intelligence
Included in the definition are general practitioners, specialist doctors and allied healthcare practitioners (physiotherapist, occupational therapist, etc.).
GSMA
Storing data or software in a secure online environment, where it will be accessible from any computer connected to the Internet.
mHealth Regulatory Coalition
The use of evidence to make the most informed and sound medical decision. Doctors can look at available data (existing evidence) about the benefits and harms of a specific healthcare treatment (like surgeries, drug prescriptions, etc.) and they can also conduct new studies that produce new evidence. Comparative effectiveness research supports safety and quality to ensure best practices.
EHR Intelligence
An electronic form of individual patient information designed to provide access to complete and accurate patient data.
American Telemedicine Association
A set of requirements developed by the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) and Health Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) which calls for hospitals to transmit a patient's health data electronically. Hospitals are required to create documents that contain a patient's health data (insurance information, diagnoses, medications, etc.). When a patient goes from one physician to another, the first physician can transfer the patient's document electronically to the next physician. This process nearly eliminates human errors and confusion between physicians and their patients.
EHR Intelligence
Preventive, promotive, diagnostic, therapeutic and assisted or remote living services.
GSMA
