HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Question 1

is the application of both
technology and systems in a healthcare setting.

Answer 1

Health informatics

Question 2

focuses on tools, programs, and storage of data.

Answer 2

Health Information Technology

Question 3

cover the records, coding, documentation, and administration of patient and ancillary services.

Answer 3

Health Information Systems

Question 4

refer to any system that “captures, stores, manages or transmits information related to the health of individuals or the activities of organizations that work within the health sector.”

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Health information systems

Question 5

This definition encompasses:

Answer 5

-district level routine information systems,
-disease surveillance systems,
-laboratory information systems,
-hospital patient administration systems (PAS)
-human resource management information systems (HRMIS).

Question 6

Role and Function of Health Information
Systems

Answer 6

1.Files Are Easier to Access
2. More Controls
3. Easy to Update
4. Communication

Question 7

must be authorized to access the health information system.

Answer 7

Staff

Question 8

may have permission to update, change and delete
information from the electronic medical record.

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Doctors

Question 9

may only have the authority to update a
patient’s appointments.

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Receptionist,

Question 10

Health information systems have revolutionized the way that doctors and health care professionals maintain patient information. These systems
are electronic, so the days of hard files and loose papers are over.

Answer 10

Files Are Easier to Access

Question 11

-Staff must be authorized to access the health information system.
-Doctors may have permission to update, change and delete information from the electronic medical record.
-Receptionist, however, may only have the authority to update a patient’s appointments.

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More Controls

Question 12

Health information systems let doctors create electronic medical records for their patients. Patient information can be pulled up for review at any time and copies can be made for the patient upon request.

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Easy to Update

Question 13

Health information systems support communication between multiple doctors or hospitals. According to Government Health IT, medical professionals must pay close attention to confidentiality issues, such as patient privacy and security safeguards to ensure unauthorized users cannot access the information.

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Communication

Question 14

These include the legislative, regulatory and planning
frameworks required for a fully functioning health information system, and the resources that are required for such a system to be functional includes:

Answer 14

Health Information Systems Resources

Question 15

the resources that are required for such a system to
be functional includes:

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A. Personnel
B. Financing
C. Logistics support
D. Information and communications technology (ICT),
E. Coordinating mechanisms within and between the six components

Question 16

A core set of related targets is the basis for a health information system plan and strategy. need to encompass determinants of health; health system inputs, outputs and outcomes; and health status

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Indicators

Question 17

(censuses, civil registration and population surveys)

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population-based approaches

Question 18

(individual records, service records and resource records).

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institution-based data

Question 19

This covers all aspects of data handling from collection, storage, quality-assurance and flow, to processing, compilation and analysis

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Data Management

Question 20

Data must be transformed into information that will become the basis for evidence and knowledge to shape health action

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Information Products

Question 21

The value of health information is enhanced by making it readily accessible to decision-makers and by providing incentives for, or otherwise facilitating, information use.

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Dissemination and Use

Question 22

age (or birth date), gender, race and ethnic origin,
marital status, address of residence, names of and other information about immediate family members, and emergency information, information about employment status (and employer), schooling and education.

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DEMOGRAPHIC DATA

Question 23

A. services provided (e.g., diagnostic tests or outpatient procedures), and also typically include
B. charges and amounts paid,
C. the kind of practitioner (physician, podiatrist,
psychologist),
D. physician specialty, and
E. nature of institution (general or specialty hospital, physician office or clinic, home care agency, nursing home, and so forth).

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ADMINISTARTIVE DATA

Question 24

-lifestyle and behavior (e.g., whether an individual uses tobacco products or engages regularly in strenuous exercise)
-facts about family history and genetic factors to evaluate propensity for different diseases.

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HEALTH RISK INFORMATION

Question 25

-data on previous medical encounters such as hospital
admissions, surgical procedures, pregnancies and live
births, and the like
-information on past medical problems and possibly family history or events (e.g., alcoholism or parental divorce).

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PATIENT MEDICAL HISTORY

Question 26

-health screening, current health problems and diagnoses, allergies (especially those to medications)
-diagnostic or therapeutic procedures performed,
-laboratory tests carried out,
-medications prescribed
-counseling provided.

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CURRENT MEDICAL MANAGEMENT

Question 27

-effects of health care and the aftermath of various health problems;
-they might reflect health care events such as re admission to hospital or unexpected complications or side effects of care, and also include measures of satisfaction with care.

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OUTCOME DATA