4 - Overview Flashcards
Is a contemporary term that describes the combination of computer technology (hardware and software) with data and telecommunications technology
Information Technology
Is an arrangement of data (information), processes, people, and information technology that interact to collect, process, store, and provide as output the information needed to support the organization.
Information System
Who defined IS in 2007?
Whitten and Bentley
The area of IT involving the design, development, creation, use and maintenance of information systems for the health care industry.
Health information technology
Who defined HIT in 2016?
Rouse
is expected to improve medical care, lower its costing, increase efficiency, reduce error and improve patient satisfaction.
Automation
For ambulatory care and in-patient health care providers: the aim of HIS is to optimize the what?
reimbursement procedures
Type of system where software providers can enter and track patient information (such as diagnoses and procedures) and process insurance and payment information.
Healthcare Software Systems
clinical library that offers template for rapid documentation
Prime Suite
award-winning EHR system that is designed to streamline the workflows for healthcare providers
eClinicalWorks
Meaning of EHR
Electronic Health Record (Rouse 2016)
PACS
Picture Archiving and Communication Systems
VNA
Vendor Neutral Archives
patient’s digital health record shared with multiple healthcare providers and agencies
EHR
use and implementation of HER systems. Regulated by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.
HITECH Act of 2009
manage the patient’s medical images. Used in radiology department. Serves as repository for medical images.
PACS and VNA
Compositions of individuals, systems and processes that share, exchange and access all forms of health information.
HEALTH INFORMATION ECOSYSTEM
HEALTH INFORMATION ECOSYSTEM is AKA?
Health Interoperability Ecosystem
offers a great opportunity to use patient data on a healthcare informatics scale to draw conclusions about public health and allow users to quickly and efficiently manage personal information.
HEALTH INFORMATICS IN THE CLOUD
quick access to medical health records.
Information at right movement
anytime anywhere access to data.
High level of interaction
pay-per-use services, no additional IT staff, no buying or upgrading of software.
Reduce It cost
accurate information of data, reliability and reduce human error.
High accuracy
private cloud, PIN personal identification number.
Secure data
ADVANTAGE of cloud technology that allows single access point for patient information, allows multiple doctors to reviews results.
Integrated and Efficient Patient Care
ADVANTAGE of cloud technology where EHR allows meaningful data mining that can be netter access the health of the general public.
Better Management of Data
Other advantages of cloud technology
- Practice management
- Beneficial to small hospitals and clinics
- Easy to share information
DISADVANTAGE of cloud technology where it is Vulnerable to data breaches.
Potential Risks to Personal Information
DISADVANTAGE of cloud technology where it is difficult for some practitioners who are not familiar with cloud technology.
Cloud Setup Seems Cumbersome
The application of both technology and systems in the health care setting
Health Informatics
HI started in the Philippines (IBM) what year
1980
CHITS started what year
2006
MEaning of CHITS
Community Health Information Tracking System
top 3 government project in the Philippines by APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation.
CHITS
Challenges in Health informatics in the PHI
- Lack of interest in the field
- Considered (IS) as novelty rather than a profession
- Decision-makers do not use the benefits of IT in the health sector
- Expenditure
Developed by the collaboration of information and communication technology community and health workers
CHITS
electronic medical record utilized by 111 government facilities
CHITS
goal: universal health for FILIPINOS (improving data gathering, policy making, and health service delivery towards achieving universal healthcare for all Filipinos) (December 13, 2010)
ICT4H
A web based system that addresses the data management needs od doctors, nurses, midwives, and other allied health professionals in the Philippines developed in 2011
SHINE
meaning of SHINE
secured health information network and exchange
digital platform in the Philippines, Provides quality and affordable digital health solutions for LGU
Wireless Access Health
Current state of the PHIL
- Uneven distribution of patients and medical resources
- Variable healthcare quality across facilities
- Unenforced gate keeping
- Lifestyle disease are leading cause of death
- Limited ICT adoption across health service delivery chain
- Minimal ability to provide continuity of care
- Limited ability to monitor service quality health outcomes and respond to disease outbreaks
