Identify components of health IT systems’ ancillary services.

Identification should include types of health IT applications, such as

  • electronic medication administration record (e-Mar)
  • provider order entry (POE)
  • picture archiving and communications system (PACS)
  • admission, discharge, and transfer (ADT), or death protocols
  • lab (orders and results)
  • registries (e.g., organ transplant, tumor)
  • research (e.g., clinical trials, medication, or protocols)
  • billing/coding

within healthcare settings such as

  • acute care
  • community health
  • public health
  • small-provider practices.

Process/Skill Questions:

  • What is an e-Mar, and how is it used?
  • What is a POE, and how is it used?
  • What is PACS, and how is it used?
  • What are the ADT protocols?
  • How are orders and results processed in an EMR?
  • Where are health registries maintained?
  • Who is responsible for clinical research?
  • How is billing and coding used in different healthcare settings?