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Angela

How do you think this affects or impacts healthcare information technology?

In the real world, we use words to communicate with one another. This allows for a richness of expression that is not available in codes, however, the more subtle the expression, the more difficult it is for a computer to understand. In order to relay and analyze the massive amount of information necessary to diagnose, treat, and pay for medical conditions, it is necessary to use a common code language (or a couple of them) to record and process this information using computers. A computer can understand a highly compressed alphanumeric code to efficiently make care accessible whereas human language would invariably slow the system down. 

James reply to Angela

Hi, Angela

I agree with you on how the human language would slow the system down and I believe as time goes on, using the human language can confuse the system to diagnose even more because the human language can vary and the medical condition being described can be expressed by a patient differently than others.

Thomas

Understanding and using vocabularies that any person could understand can give you a better idea of what can generally be the problem and I think once you are familiar with the vocabulary people use to describe an issue and matching it with the correct clinical terminology you learn will help you find the code set in the system which affects healthcare information technology positively by making it more efficient and easier to diagnose the patient.

Jenny reply to Thomas

Hello Thomas,

I fully agree with you as I said something similar. Communicating by using terminology that other people can understand can really help both parties be on the same page! It makes communication and working together more efficient.

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