HCS 120 Week 3 Newspaper Article

Your local newspaper has asked you to write a 700- to 1,050-word, two-part article regarding patient health data and technology.

Part 1

Identify components of a patient’s health care record.

Part 2

Examine the influence of technology and reform in the health care industry.

Consider the following questions as you write your article:

• What has changed over the last 20 years? Have the changes been positive or negative?
• How has the patient been affected by the changes?

Use terms from your Weekly Vocabulary Exercises and readings. Emphasize the terms by bolding them in your final document.