Health IT ensures the protection of patient privacy and confidentiality and ensures the equitable allocation of resources among programs, services and patients. Health IT provides information from the health record and numerous authoritative sources that informs patients and clinicians to the point where they collaborate in the quest for longitudinal improvement in patient health. In other words, from cradle to grave. Ethical practices in end-of-life care or palliative care are another area where health IT can provide clinicians with insight and patience in resolving end-of-life patient issues. This would include the ability to choose independent living facilities, or assisted living and/or nursing care facilities. Health IT can help patients re-enter the workforce and support a valuable aspect of providing a livelihood for people with disabilities or illnesses that may have reduced or eliminated their ability to obtain gainful employment. Health informatics is effective in teaching clinicians how to behave with certain patient populations (Fox, Crigger, Bottrell, & Bauck, n.d., p..