University of Phoenix
HCS/533 – HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Instructor: PHIL RIETTA
Schedule: 06/21/2016 – 08/01/2016
Evolution of Health Care Information Systems
By
Aurdry Mondragon
July 11, 2016
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Running Head: Evolution of Health Care Information Systems
Evolution of Health Care Information Systems
Analyze major events and technological advantages that influenced modern Health Care
Information Systems.
There has been many events that has influenced the way the United States Health Care
Information Systems is managed. In the 1960’s the passing of Medicare and Medicaid Act were
the main healthcare drivers, to support the health care plan. To manage patient health
information, mainframes and storages was the very expensive way IT was managed. During
that era, due to the cost, and space needed, organizations sometimes shared the use of these
mainframes.
As of now health care professionals use, store, and access data on a Health care system
that has evolved over the last twenty years. The unimaginable in the previous years has become
