ChaPter 23 The Ambulatory Care Systems

Today I have learned all about ambulatory care systems. The 23^rd topics of our nursing informatics class under our instructor Mr. Karlou R. Borja. In this chapter it talks about the president of the united state Mr President George Bush. Mr. Bush created the position of a national health information technology coordinator to develop a nationwide interoperable health technology infrastructure.

Further we know that there are set of Major Goals.

The set of four major goals includes the;

·         Inform Clinical Practice. It is information tools to the point of care, especially by investing EHR systems in physician offices and hospitals.

·         Interconnect clinicians. Building an interoperable health information infrastructure, so that records follow the patient and clinicians have access and involvement in health decisions.

·         Personalize Care. Using health information technology to give consumers more access and involvement in health decisions.

·         Improve population health. Expanding capacity for public health monitoring, quality-of-care measurement and bringing research advances more quickly into medical practice.

The Ambulatory Care Information System are design to store, manipulate, and retrieve information for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling administrative and clinical activities associated with the provision and use of ambulatory care services and facilities. It’s Financial Benefits

-Clients benefits need to be verified and accurate insurance information obtained.

-A correct bill must be submitted to the proper payer. There is a process of determining which payer pays which portion of the bill this is known as the Electronic or Manual System. There are two indexes include:

The Patient Master Index which is the basis for collection of all patient-related data.

Referrals also are required by many health plans when a patient is to be seen (or referred) to another healthcare provider. Codes are designed to promote uniform reporting and statistical data collection of medical procedures, supplies, products, and services.

The Nurse is a user of the data contained in automated systems, and by the Automated Systems, it helps in the management of the data and the transformation from data to information to knowledge.

That’s what I have learned about the ambulatory care information see yahh on the other post.