Informatics Flashcards
Health information systems (HIS)
are information management systems that capture
and display data related to the delivery of health care services.
Use of HIS
includes clinical guidelines, medical terminology
dictionaries, and interfaces the various diagnostic devices and other clinical and
business information databases, such as laboratory, pharmacy and diagnostic imaging.
It is also used for public health and medical research purposes.
Subject based system
EMR
EHR
MPI
electronic medical
record (EMR) or electronic health record (EHR),
The most well-known type of health information system
the electronic equivalent of a
patient’s paper chart.
The EHR is a subject-based system
captures and stores information based on a patient’s name or medical record number. It may also display
information based on a physician’s name. (Ref #1) For example, a p
Master Patient Index (MPI)
a subject-based system.
It lists all the patients
who have ever been treated in a hospital or clinic.
Typically, the MPI system serves as
the foundation database for all other patient-related systems, both clinical and
administrative, such as patient scheduling, medical records, billing, claims processing
and business decision support.
Task-based Systems
those that capture and report information about specific
health care-related tasks .
These systems are driven by the MPI system and they capture information and copy it to the electronic health record system.
Task-based system
laboratory,
diagnostic imaging
medication management (pharmacy) systems.
Care Access Internet Systems
Uses secure internet portal
view their medical records, including test results;
update their demographic information; schedule an appointment;
request a prescription refill,
communicate with the doctor or nurse
allow physicians to remotely monitor patients with chronic conditions
Research conducted by the University of Colorado Hospital found that internet access
systems are most effective for patients with chronic conditions, such as diabetes, or
those who have had organ transplants need to continuously manage their health.
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Decision support systems
extract data from various clinical and administrative systems
and compile it in various ways.
identify trends
analyze costs
solve problem areas in operations.
Administrative health care systems
extract information from clinical systems and use it
to manage daily operations,
such as scheduling appointments
and billing insurance
carriers or patients for services rendered.
Canada Health Infoway Inc.
committed to fostering and accelerating the development and implementation of effective, interoperable electronic health record solutions that ensure the right people have the right infor- mation at the right time
developing a national registry of electronic health record initiatives.
telehealth
is an umbrella term used to describe many different features of health service delivery at a distance.
