It takes the help of information and technology to move towards a Community Health Record.
Explanation:
The use of technology by the stake holders of community health of multisector to aggregate the information and to use it to understand the health of a community is referred as Community Health Record model.
This model is used as a guideline of public health, health care, and collaboration of community and exchange of health information between them. It has the benefit to its users of working as an aid to the health development of a community. One important drawback of this system is its financial issues.
The 1973 HMO or Health Maintenance Organization is a United States federal act that passed or endorsed during December 1973. It responded to the concerns of the rapid increase of federal health insurance expenditures and concerns about the wellness and care to those people who are 65 years old and above, younger people with disabilities and undergo dialysis or transplant. The 1973 HMO act gives a trial program that encourages and promote the improvement and development of HMOs. It also granted loans to expand the HMO, removed certain limitations for qualified HMO. Lastly, the act reinforced the term HMO and its greater access to the employer-based market.
Clinical vocabularies should be <u>defined in every medical text book t</u>o be understood by nurses, medical coders, pharmacists, and physicians in various specialties.
Explanation:
Clinical vocabularies or medical terminologies are universally used by all the healthcare professionals like physicians, surgeons, nurses, physical assistants, pharmacists, etc.
Medical care service is an interconnected service provided by various healthcare professionals and communication between them is very important to provide accurate treatment and care for the patients.
The meaning of each medical or clinical word should be properly understood by these professionals.
Hence, they should be written in universal language and each clinical or medical word should be clearly defined to understand the meaning and to use them appropriately.
Latin-based terminologies (due to its origin from Latin) should be defined properly to understand their meaning. The terms are common to all and not specific to any particular profession. intuitive spellings might misguide the real meaning of the word.
