Nasim Karim.
Ameliorate patient Care and Safety with Technology.
J Bahria Uni Med Dental Coll Jan ;11(4):187-9.

The word "Patient" has been derived from the Latin word "Patior" which means "to suffer". It represents the sense of feeling pain as well as sense of forbearance. Whereas patientcare is defined as the prevention, treatment and management of diseases and the preservation of physical and mental well-being. This is attained by the services of health professionals. Patient safety is a discipline that emphasizes in through the prevention, reduction, reporting, and analysis of and other types of unnecessary harm that often lead to and even deaths by these medical errors. Healthcare information technology is the processing of information that deals with storing, retrieving, sharing, and using health care information data as patient records. These records are used for diagnostic, treatment and prognostic purposes, knowledge for communication and decision making etc. This was attained initially by utilizing computer hardware and software but later on mobile applications, wearable and non-wearable medical devices and virtual reality sessions were also included under its umbrella.

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