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
CMS stands for:
Centers for Medicare at Medicaid Service
6 pillars of CMS:
Protect Programs
Engage Partners
Drive Innovation
Expand Access
Foster Excellence
Advanced Equity
ONC stands for:
Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT
5 Areas of ONC:
Privacy and Security
Adoption
Standards
Incentives
Governance
MACRA stands for:
Medicare Access and CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Plan) Reauthorization Act
Two widely used types of health IT that help healthcare professionals store and manage patients’ medical images.
Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS)
Vendor Neutral Archives (VNAs)
PACS and VNAs are integrated in what department?
Radiology
Neurology
Cardiology
Type of HIT that information are isolated within the department
Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS)
Type of HIT that information can be access by all departments
Vendor Neutral Archives (VNAs)
According to ______, _______ is the composition of individuals, systems, and process that want to share, exchange, and access all forms of health information
Health Information and Management Systems Society (2017), Health Interoperability Ecosystem
Percent of healthcare organizations that uses cloud-based application
83%
Advantages of Health Informatics in the Cloud
Error Reduction
Integrated and Efficient Patient Care
Better Management of Data
Disadvantages of Health Informatics in the Cloud
Cost Justification
Potential Risks to Personal Information
Cloud Set-up Seems Cumbersome
CHITS stands for:
Community Health Information Tracking System
CHITS was named finalist at the?
Stockholm Challenge 2006
It is one of the top three e-government projects in the Philippines by the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Digital Opportunity Center and is currently utilized in _______?
Community Health Information Tracking System (CHITS), 111 government health facilities
