Create a flowchart for a patient through the healthcare continuum for a patient who was injured during a basketball game who required surgery and rehabilitation.
The role of healthcare providers has continued to evolve as health information systems have become more prevalent and as the continuum of care expands. Review A Reporter’s Toolkit: Health Information Technology http://www.allhealth.org/a-reporters-toolkit-health-information-technology/ website, which contains several articles on the interaction between healthcare providers and health information technology.
Choose at least three articles to compare and contrast.
Compile a summary which discusses the concept of the continuum of healthcare, analyzes the informational needs of customers across the healthcare continuum by explaining how information is captured, structured, and used, and discusses the key roles and responsibilities of healthcare providers, in relation to health information systems throughout the continuum of healthcare. Use at least one supporting reference.
Create a flowchart for a patient through the healthcare continuum for a patient who was injured during a basketball game who required surgery and rehabilitation. In your flowchart indicate each step in the healthcare continuum and the healthcare providers involved in the patient’s care at each step.
http://www.allhealth.org/a-reporters-toolkit-health-information-technology/
