5: HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS Flashcards
__________ is the application of both technology and systems in a healthcare setting.
Health information Systems
• cover different systems that capture, store, manage, and transmit health-related
• Records, coding, documentation, and administration of patient and ancillary service information that can be sourced from individuals or activities of a health institution.
• Systems that capture, store, manage, and transmit health-related info
• Sourced from individuals or activities of health institution
• Well-functioning HIS is very useful in policymaking and decision making of health institutions and becomes the basis in creating program action.
• Sustainable, user friendly, and economical
• Mechanism which keeps track of all data related to the patient
HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS (HIS)
HIS resources
INPUTS
Formed from Indicators, Data Sources, and Data management
PROCESS
- Transformation of data into info
- Can be then used for decision-making and to the dissemination and use of such information.
OUTPUTS
• Basic data about the patient
• Educational background and employment
- DEMOGRAPHIC DATA
• Diagnostic Test or out-patient procedures
• Kind of practitioner
• Physician’s specialty
• Nature of institution
• Charges and payments
- ADMINISTRATIVE DATA
• Lifestyle and behavior
• Family medical history
• Other genetic factors
• Used to evaluate the patient’s propensity for different diseases
- HEALTH RISK INFORMATION
• How the current lifestyle leads to a certain future health status
• One’s perception of his or her health in comparison with that of his or her peers
• Includes the physical func, mental and emotional well-bing, cognitive func, and social func.
- HEALTH STATUS
• Past medical encounters (admissions, pregnancy, surgical procedures, etc)
• Family History
- PATIENT MEDICAL HISTORY
• Measure of the aftereffects of health care and of various health problems (like diseases).
• Show the health care events
• Measures of satisfaction with care
- OUTCOME DATA
