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What is HL7 Interface

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Health Informatics and Patient Safety in Times of Crisis
An interface used by healthcare organizations to enable messaging between clinical applications. For example, a lab can send test results electronically to the patient chart, or a physician can send a prescription to a pharmacy or a referral for radiology exams electronically.
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The Benefits of Technology in Healthcare Management: Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Sheryl Joane Dobson Wainwright (Aratai International.com, USA)
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 22
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5499-2.ch001
Abstract
Technology adoption can improve healthcare delivery, outcomes, and cost-efficiency. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as a foundation, this chapter discusses technology's role during the crisis and explores the barriers to successful healthcare management strategies due to inadequate or inappropriate technology adoption. This chapter also explores the pros and cons of technology and provides tools to help determine when adoption will benefit healthcare providers, systems, and consumers. The author discusses operational effectiveness and efficiency, effective communication, team coordination, health outcomes, data collection and utilization, and risk management in this chapter.
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