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Introduction to Health Science
Chapter 1
Welcome to the Field
of Health Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
The Evolution of Healthcare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Medical Advancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
New Attitudes and Beliefs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Accepting New Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Future Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Genomic Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Regenerative Medicine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Technology and Medicine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Back to Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Current Issues in Healthcare. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Affordable Healthcare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Accessible Healthcare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Addressing the Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Career Pathways and
Employment Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Career Clusters and Pathways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Employment Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Career Education and Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Job Titles and Credentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Career Ladders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Knowledge and Skills for Healthcare Workers . . . 30
Chapter 1 Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Contents
Unit 1
Health Informatics
Career Pathway. . . . . . 36
Chapter 2
Career Skills in Health Informatics. . 38
Personal Traits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Health Informatics Services
Career Choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Health Information Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Health Information Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Health Informatics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Related Careers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Medical Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Health Educators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Teamwork in the Medical Office . . . . . . . . . . 47
Roles and Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Effective Teams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Technical Skills in Health Informatics. . . . . . . 50
Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Memos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Filing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Scheduling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Employability Skills for
Healthcare Workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Career Assessments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Career Portfolios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
HOSA Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Chapter 2 Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Chapter 3
Fundamental Skills
in Health Informatics . . . . . . . . . . 68
The Communication Process . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Listening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Speaking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Observing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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