AAFP establishes healthcare IT center.The American Academy of Family Physicians American Academy of Family Physicians, n.pr a national medical organization established in 1947 to promote the practice of family medicine. (AAFP AAFP American Academy of Family Physicians. AAFP abbr. American Academy of Family Physicians AAFP, n.pr See American Academy of Family Physicians. ) has established a Center for Health Information Technology. The center, based in AAFP's Leawood, Kan., headquarters, will help to promote and facilitate adoption and optimal use of health information technology among AAFP members and other office-based clinicians. Center staff will guide all AAFP health technology initiatives based on four principles: affordability (the costs for acquisition and use in small- and medium-size medical practices); compatibility (how well healthcare information systems and their components operate with existing systems); interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. (data shared between other medical specialists, labs, hospitals, pharmacies and patients, regardless of application or vendor used); and data stewardship stewardship the occupation of being a steward or custodian. Referring to animals it implies the caring sort of relationship based on an acceptance of the need to include the rights of animals in overall plans to maintain financial viability. (physicians and other clinicians retain control of the data and choose its guardian). AAFP executive vice president Douglas E. Henley, M.D., said family physician offices need to move from paper-based to computerized computerized adapted for analysis, storage and retrieval on a computer. computerized axial tomography see computed tomography. information systems to improve quality and safety of medical care. David C. Kibbe, M.D., former director of health information technology for AAFP, was named director of the center. |
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