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Purpose of HITECH – by MIT Student Brandy Vanderpool
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) is the Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The HITECH Act is a proposal of the Electronic Health Record (EHR). President Obama signed the HITECH into law on February 17, 2009, as part of the American Reinvestment Act of 2009. HITECH is the Electronic filing system where patients' records are kept and are accessed electronically through a program created for medical health records. The files belong to the patient that the Record is pertaining too. Providers have access to the records of the patient they are seeing. These records sent electronically can be accessed immediately, and they can help the provider to know more about their patients and where to look and what medication to prescribe to their patients. (Group)

What is HITECH? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gKCSQhjUVQ&feature=youtu.be

Importance of Electronic Health Records
Electronic Health Records are an excellent tool for physicians and healthcare providers. They can track your diagnosis and symptoms. If a patient has cancer and is seeing multiple doctors, the physicians that are seeing the patient can see the notes from the doctors and access the patients' needs based on the information in the system. The system will have notes on what is working in the treatment of what is not working. Providers can also see what medications the patient is taking, allergies, and each visit's blood pressure, pulse rate, oxygen, temperature. The providers can access records of their patients, and the files can help the provider in locating a new illness or relating the complaint to an ongoing treatment of a diagnosis. HITECH is also a way of preserving the patients' medical history without it getting lost in transited to another provider when sending a paper copy by mail. The records are available in an efficient and timely manner, without having to wait for paper documentation of medical history, and electronic files can be more legible then written records.

What is Meaningful Use
Meaningful Use is how the Electronic Health Record Technology operated. Meaningful Use is the process of how the patient's information shared with the provider. It aids in improving patient care and engaging with the patient and their families to ensure the quality of their health needs. It also provides the privacy of personal health information and who has access. It aids in the patient's confidentiality of their visit to their provider. Meaningful Use consists of 3 stages of objectives. Stage 1 is data capture and sharing. Stage 2 is Advance clinical process. Stage 3 is improved outcomes. These stages help in improving the quality of health care needs. (HealthIT.gov)

Patients accessing health information online
Patients being able to access their information online is an excellent tool for information such as test results, medications, refill medications, messages from the provider, appointments, to-do list, health summary, billing, letters, questionnaires, and share my records. Patients can download an app and get alerts of upcoming appointments and test results right to their phones. Patients can also see their previous visits to their providers and a list of their medications that they can send in refill requests from the app. Letter is excuses written to your work or school excuses. To do is a list of upcoming appointments reminders, shots that are needed, or well visit reminders. Billing is the balance you owe on services rendered at your provider's office. Questionnaires are the patients' medical history; they can fill out for providers to see. Health Summary has allergies, immunizations, and health issues listed for the patient to view. Share my Record allows the patient to choose who has access to your health records.