Application of Health Informatics Flashcards
Application of health informatics in Clinical Practice (3)
- E-health
- Telemedicine
- Electronic Health Record
Application of health informatics in Administration (1)
Clinical & Administrative health Information System
The WHO defines this as “the cost effective and secure use of information and communication technologies in support of health and health-related fields, including health-care services, health surveillance, health literature, and health education, knowledge and research”
E-HEALTH
Application of health informatics in Education (3)
- E-learning
- Teleconferencing
- Webinar
The use of digital technologies and telecommunications, such as computers, the internet, and mobile devices to facilitate health improvement and health care services
E-HEALTH
Three main core areas of eHealth:
- Delivery of information
- Using the power of IT and e-commerce to improve public health services
- Use of e-commerce and e0business practices in health systems management
Examples of eHealth solutions in:
- Hospital
- Clinic
- Home
- Hospital:
- Electronic health record
- Radiation & laboratory services
- Telemedicine - Clinic:
- Use of computer systems for pt
- Electronic messaging
- Patient portals
- eBookings - Home:
- eVisits
- Remote vital signs monitoring systems
- Asthma monitor & home dialysis systems
He created the 10 E’s of E-Health
GUNTHER EYSENBACH
10 E’s of E-health
- Efficiency
- Enhancing quality
- Evidence-based
- Empowerment
- Encouragement
- Education
- Enabling
- Extension
- Ethics
- Equity
The remote diagnosis and treatment of patients by means of telecommunications technology
TELEMEDICINE
Features of telemedicine (4)
- Chronic health management
- Throughout care
- Prescription compliance
- Store-and-forward
Barriers for telemedicine implementation
- Confidentiality
- Complexity
- Cases of misdiagnoses
- Controlled substances
- Fraud & abuse
- Medical liability
- Data accuracy
- Patient privacy
Give examples of Digital Health Technologies (7)
- Electronic Health Records (EHR)
- Telehealth
- Wearable devices
4 Mobile health apps - Personalized medicine
- Telemedicine
- Electronic Medical Records (EMR)
Concerns surrounding EHR
- Patient data security
- Physician burnout
- Interoperability
- User error
- Patient-provider relationship
An electronic version of patient’s medical history
ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD (EHR)
Differentiate EHR from EMR
EHR - digital record of patient health information
EMR - digital version of a chart
Benefits of modern EHR
- Help streamline pat visits & care
- Pt can access their own information via an online portal
- Allows PCP to share other info w/ other specialty providers
It is set to meet the needs in improving patient care.
This provides nurses information system (NIS) that support the way nurses documents the care that given to the patients
CLINICAL INFORMATIN SYSTEM
This refers to a series of technologies or schemes devised to manage data entry in healthcare organizations
ADMINISTRATIVE HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM
This provides information technology solutions and services that enhance the administrative operations
ADMINISTRATIVE HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM
Give examples of administrative information systems
- Financial Information Systems
- Human Resource information systems
- Decision support systems
- Master patient index
- Patient registration
- Scheduling systems
- Practice management systems
- Materials management information systems
- Facilities management systems
This track and manage people within organizations
HUMAN RESOURCE INFORMATION SYSTEMS
This assist management and staff in making decisions
DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS
This monitor and control financial aspects of facility
FINANCE INFORMATION SYSTEMS
It allows the facility to make efficient use of resources such as operating rooms
SCHEDULING SYSTEMS
Provided permanent record of patients treated at the facility
MASTER PATIENT INDEX
Systems collect info on patients receiving treatment
PATIENT REGISTRATION
It combines a number of applications required to manage a physician practice
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
manage supplies and equipment within the facility
MATERIALS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Allow physical plant operations to
control the automated systems
within the facility for patient safety
and comfort
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
A learning system based on formalized teaching but with the help of electronic resources
E-LEARNING
Three main criteria an enterprise should follow to ensure an effective e-learning program:
- MOBILE FRIENDLY
- SOCIAL FEATURES
- INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
2 types of e-learning:
- Asynchronous
- Synchronous
a live audio or audiovisual meeting
with two or more participants.
TELECONFERENCING
Types of teleconferencing
- Audio teleconferencing
- Video teleconferencing
- Web teleconferencing
These voice-only calls are
conducted similar to normal
telephone calls but can support up
to 100 participants.
AUDIO TELECONFERENCING
This form of teleconferencing
combines live visual and audio
mediums
VIDEO TELECONFERENCING
an umbrella term that describes
teleconference services or
mediums provided online, which
includes web meetings, webinars
and webcasts
WEB TELECONFERENCING
an online event that is hosted by an
organization/company and
broadcast to a select group of
individuals through their computers
via the Internet.
WEBINAR
Is a nurse who combines their clinical skills with a knowledge of technology.
computers, and data
NURSE INFORMATICIST
Informatics competencies include
three features:
- Basic computer skills
- Informatics knowledge
- Information skills
Types of nursing informatics
- Clinical informatics
- Consumer Health informatics
- Educational health informatics
- Public health informatics
In a health care organization,
nurses will typically fill
applied/professional positions in the
IT department or expert/liaison
positions in the nursing department.
CLINICAL INFORMATICS
● In the 20th century, the focus of
health care informatics shifted from
supporting business processes like
billing and registration
CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATICS
Consumer health informatics applications
- Health 2.0
- mHealth
- Games for Health
- Telehealth
students in nursing and other health
care professions are benefitting from
online and Wed-enhanced courses,
as well as from the integration of
health in care information
technologies into their clinical
courses.
EDUCATIONAL HEALTH INFORMATICS
addresses the information needs of policymakers and public health professionals by applying informatics principles at the community and population levels
PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS
the ANA sees _____ as an
important function of the informatics
nurse specialist using systematic,
scientific methods to collect and
analyze data,
RESEARCH
