Title: Describe the background of today’s health IT landscape.
Course: Health Informatics (14157-I) > Section: Describing the History of Health Information Technology (IT) in the United States

Description should include the following:

- Health informatics
- Health informatics vs. health information management
- Health information exchange (HIE)
- Clinical decision support (CDS)
- Electronic health records (EHRs)
- Electronic medical records (EMRs)
- Personal health records (PHRs)
- E-prescribing

The following infographic from HealthIT.gov illustrates the evolution of the Electronic Health Record: Electronic Health Records: How they connect you and your doctors (https://www.healthit.gov/infographic/electronic-health-records-infographic).

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is health IT?
- What is the health information exchange (HIE)?
- What were early HIE systems and why did they fail?
- How does our healthcare system currently exchange health information?
- How are health informatics and health information management different? How do they overlap?