Competency 7, Current & Emerging Technologies

4. People meet face-to-face and view the same images through the use of telecommunications and computer technology.
6. Use of computers, audio and video equipment, and communication links to provide interaction between two or more persons at two or more sites.
7. Legislation that included provisions for health information technology and funding for the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology (ONCHIT).
9. The process of analyzing data to extract information not offered by the raw data alone.
10. Electronic provision of health information, products, and services online and electronic automation of administrative and clinical aspects of care delivery.
13. Provision of information to healthcare providers and consumers and the delivery of services to clients at remote sites through the use of telecommunication and computer technology.
14. Use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support health care.

1. Electronic transmission of drug prescriptions.
2. A form of telemedicine in which data, sound, images, and video are acquired
3. Synchronous or real-time encounter that uses a specially equipped personal computer with telephone line hookup, DSL, or cable connections to allow people to met face-to-face.
5. a patient and then transmitted to a medical specialist for later evaluation.
8. The use of telecommunication and computer technology for the delivery of medical care.
11. Using electronic information and telecommunications technologies to provide direct patient care.
12. Broad term used interchangeably with the term telehealth to refer to the provision of electronic health information, products, and services using information technologies.