1. Unit 11 Computers in Health Care

2. Introduction
Greatest advancement in information processing since invention of printing press
Use of computers a necessity in health care

3. Uses in Health Care
Hospital or medical information systems (HIS or MIS)
Diagnostic testing
Education of health care personnel
Basic and applied research: statistical analysis of data

4. Computer Applications
First used to simplify accounting procedures
Medical and hospital information system (HIS or MIS)

5. Computer Uses in Health Care
Word processing
Compiling databases
Scheduling
Maintaining financial records
Monitoring patients
Performing diagnostic tests

6. Computer Uses in Health Care (continued)
Maintaining inventories
Developing spreadsheets
Communicating through modems

7. Examples of Uses Admissions clerk Physician Pharmacist Dietician
Laboratory technician
Nurse
Environmental service worker

8. Computer Uses and Issues
Hand-held portable computer
Confidentiality
Contingency backup plan essential

9. Computer Applications for Diagnostics
Computer-based diagnostic tests
Analyzing blood tests
Electrocardiogram (ECG) computerized interpretation systems
Computerized tomography (CT) scanner
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

10. Computer Applications for Diagnostics (continued)
Positron emission tomography (PET)
Ultrasonography
Oncology

11. Summary Computers used as cost-effective and efficient tools
Enhance quality patient care
Used for many areas of health care
Computer technology has had tremendous impact on health care field