Health Information System Flashcards
This refers to the intersection between the healthcare’s business process and information systems.
-Health Information System
What is the paradigm shift in healthcare according to Smith (1997)?
-Moving from “Industrial Age Medicine” to “Information Age Healthcare”
What is considered as the main concern for Health Information System to be truly effective in its application in a healthcare setting such as the hospital?
Patient Confidentiality
Health Information Systems involve the interaction between which of the following?
People
Process
Technology
What is the purpose of Health Information System?
-To deliver better healthcare services
Health Information System (HIS) is the intersection between the healthcare’s business and information systems.
Process
A good relationship is a one that the organization becomes alert to and aware of changing needs.
Dynamic
Health Information System has become increasingly important as social, political, and technological factors have advanced over time.
Economic
In a Hospital Health Information System, the hospital is the healthcare as well as healthcare institution.
Environment
A well-utilized and managed Health Information System in the hospital setting contributes to a high-quality, efficient patient.
Care
For Health Information System to be effective, only a portion of the patient information should be made available to someone from the system who performs a certain function.
Necessary
Health Information System was introduced to fully utilize especially the in providing better healthcare.
Internet
The main issue constantly tackled in the application of Health Information System is how to manage the between healthcare providers and patients.
Relationship
Providing the patient with speedy and quality healthcare while assuring that the patient’s is protected fosters good relationship between the patient and the healthcare provider.
Confidentiality
Providing the patient with speedy and healthcare while assuring that the patient’s confidentiality is a protected fosters good relationship between the patient and the healthcare provider.
Quality
The emphasis of Health Informatics is on these types of application. Select all that apply.
- Clinical applications
- Biomedical applications
Why do we gather data in the first place?
-To provide us with information which we use to implement important decisions
Insurance agencies keep these digital records of their clients. These records also contain other important information that affect their clients’ overall health status.
-Electronic Health Record
This focuses only on the patient’s recent and significant medical conditions
-Electronic Medical Record
This electronic record contains the overall health data of a student, which is then stored in the University’s database.
-Electronic Health Record
This also includes other information that affect a person’s overall health status.
-Electronic Health Record
According to the Goldschmidt (2005), this “deals with the storage, retrieval, sharing, and use of health care information, data, and knowledge for communication and decision making.
-Health Information Technology
These are the components of Health Information System. Select all that apply.
Health Informatics Heath Information Technology Electronic Health Record Electronic Medical Record Electronic Patient Record
According to Conrick (2006), this is the “field that concerns itself with cognitive, information processing, and communication tasks of medical practice, education, research”.
Health Informatics
The shift from paper-based to computer-based processing and storage, as well as the increase of data in health care settings.
1st Milestone
The shift from institution centered departmental and, later, hospital information systems towards regional and global HIS
2nd Milestone
the inclusion of patients and health consumers as HIS users, besides health care professionals and administrators.
3rd Milestone
the use of HIS data not only for patient care and administrative purposes, but also for health care planning as well as clinical and epidemiological research.
4th Milestone
the shift from focusing mainly on technical HIS problems to those of change management as well as strategic information management
5th Milestone
the shift from mainly alphanumeric data in HIS to images and now also to data on the molecular level.
6th Milestone
the steady increase of new technologies to be included, now starting to include ubiquitous computing environments and sensor-based technologies for health monitoring.
7th Milestone
Diagnosis Related Group was first introduced
1983 – 1991
Prospect of National Healthcare
1991-2000
Government Sponsored Growth
1945-1965
Medicare was first introduced
1965-1973
Database Management System was first utilized for healthcare
1973-1983
Singapore was among the first three nations that implemented Health Information System.
-TRUE (including Canada and Australia)
Health Information System aspires to bring the usage of health applications even to the homes of the ordinary citizen.
TRUE
The most common trend in Health Information System as seen in developed nations is the adoption of e-health systems toward the use of Electronic Medical Record.
TRUE
Healthcare facilities that increase utilization of Health Information System will use more paper for documents.
FALSE
USA was among the first three nations that implemented Health Information System.
-FALSE
Improved Health Information System seeks to transfer patient information form digital format into paper for storage and management.
-FALSE
Health Information System aims that only healthcare professionals will have sole access to health related applications.
-FALSE
Among the aims of Health Information System is to extend the application from hospitals to smaller healthcare providers.
TRUE
Health Information System wishes to limit its application only in the hospital setting.
FALSE
Philippines was among the first three nations that implemented a Health Information System.
FALSE
It allows the gathering and sharing of many medical, health and clinical records/data banks of hospitals, health organization, and drug companies.
-HealthGrid
It is a mobile app platform that delivers care and education materials traditionally distributed from practices to patients via paper.
-HealthGrid
An electronic copy of the prescription is sent to the pharmacy, either of your choice or the doctor’s recommendation.
-e-Prescribing
Mobile health applications can perform complete health check based on your provided answers.
-TRUE
You can check your symptoms using mobile health application
-TRUE
Mobile health applications are meant to replace diagnosis by medical professionals
FALSE
Pulse is a health and wellness app that provide 24/7 real-time health information. It is affiliated with what company?
-Pru Life UK
What mobile app application was presented in the video?
-Pulse
What are some reasons why technology might be used in case investigations and contact tracing? Select all that apply.
- Public health staff time if limited
- Timing of events is every important
- There is a need to reach people quickly
- Technology improves efficiency
- Technology improves speed
- Technology meaningfully improves process without creating major difficulties
Contact tracing is a new strategy that has been developed to fight COVID-19 pandemic.
FALSE
If you test positive for COVID-19, your identity will be automatically divulged to your close contacts.
FALSE
Links of cases or contacts can be automatically sent to social services to help them isolate and quarantine.
TRUE
Automated text messages can be sent to cases or contacts to monitor them of their symptoms each day.
TRUE
