Improving Patient Health through Standardized Representations of Health Information
Jean-Pierre Folligah
Walden University

Improving Patient Health through Standardized Representations of Health Information
Improving patient health is the main objective for every healthcare provider and setting. To attain this goal, they use some standards to represent the information needed. Thus, accurate health information is crucial to provide the appropriate treatment to a patient that is hospitalized. The use of health information standard represents the essential to patient safety. This application will describe the standard used in the case of a hospitalized patient through various scenarios. First Scenario

A patient is admitted in a hospital for chest pain and shortness of breath. The tests conducted by the physician revealed that the patient has pulmonary hypertension, which is a, “variety of ...

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