Lesson 4: Overview Of Health Informatics Flashcards
The primary product of the clinical laboratory
Information
An information intensive activity
Medicine
According to ____, ____ is the area of IT involving the design, development, creation, use, and maintenance of information systems for the healthcare industry
Rouse (2016), Health Information Technology (HIT)
Vows to provide innovation to health care delivery and connection among users and stakeholders in the e-health market
Kushniruk and Borycki 2017
HIS are expected to:
Improve medical care
Lower cost
Increase efficiency
Reduce error
Improve patient satisfaction
The central component of the health IT insfrastracture
Electronic Health Record (EHR)
A person’s official digital health record and is shared among multiple healthcare providers and agencies
Electronic Health Record (EHR)
A person’s self-maintained health record
Personal Health Record (PHR)
A health data clearinghouse or a group of healthcare organizations that enter into an interoperability pact and agree to share data between their various health IT systems
Health Information Exchange (HIE)
HITECH (2009) stands for:
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009
Introduced the EHR meaningful use programs
HITECH Act in 2009
Key forms of Health Information Exchange
Directed Exchange
Query-based Exchange
Consumer Mediated Exchange
Receive secure information electronically between care providers to support coordinated care
Directed Exchange
Ability for providers to find and/or request information on a patient from other providers, often used for unplanned care
Query-based Exchange
Ability for patient to aggregate and control the use of their health information among providers
Consumer mediated Exchange