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Monday, June 1, 2009
HIT vs. EHR vs. EMR (9:39 AM)
HIT vs. EHR vs. EMR
Emily Graham, RHIA, CCS-P, ASCRS/ASOA Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs
According to Kathleen M. LaTour and Shirley Eichenwald-Maki, authors of Health Information Management Concepts, Principles and Practice, Second Edition, health, or healthcare information technology (HIT) is a term that encompasses the technical roles that process health data and records, such as classification, abstracting, retrieval, and so on. LaTour and Eichenwald-Maki define Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Electronic Health Records (EHR) as a form of computer-based health record in which information is stored in whole files instead of by individual data elements and a computerized record of health information and associated processes, respectively.
Emily Graham, RHIA, CCS-P, ASCRS/ASOA Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs
According to Kathleen M. LaTour and Shirley Eichenwald-Maki, authors of Health Information Management Concepts, Principles and Practice, Second Edition, health, or healthcare information technology (HIT) is a term that encompasses the technical roles that process health data and records, such as classification, abstracting, retrieval, and so on. LaTour and Eichenwald-Maki define Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Electronic Health Records (EHR) as a form of computer-based health record in which information is stored in whole files instead of by individual data elements and a computerized record of health information and associated processes, respectively.
Labels: EHR, Electronic Health Record, Electronic Medical Record, EMR, Health Information Technology, HIT, Ophthalmology
