Overview of Health Informatics Flashcards
“…the area of IT involving the design, development, creation, use, and maintenance of information systems for the healthcare industry.”
Health Information Technology
“Automated and interoperable healthcare information systems are expected to (1) improve medical care, (2) lower costs, (3) increase efficiency, (4) reduce error and (5) improve patient satisfaction.”
Health Information Technology
Health Information Technology
“Automated and interoperable healthcare information systems are expected to
(1) improve medical care
(2) lower costs
(3) increase efficiency
(4) reduce error
(5) improve patient satisfaction
provide innovation to health care delivery
Health Information Technology
connection among users and stakeholders
Health Information Technology
Health Informatics =
Health Information Technology
+
Health Information Management
Health Care Software Systems
(HPPVE)
• HIE (Health Information Exchange)
• PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications Systems)
• VNA (Vendor Neutral Archives)
• PHR (Personal Health Record)
• EHR (Electronic Health Record)
EHR (Electronic Health Record)
aka…
EMR (Electronic Medical Record)
• patient’s official health record in digital form
• information is shared across multiple healthcare providers and agencies
EHR (Electronic Health Record)
• person’s self-maintained and self-documented health record
PHR (Personal Health Record)
PHR (Personal Health Record)
information typically includes:
AFaMSH
• allergies
• family history
• medications taken
• surgeries performed
• hospitalization record
•health data clearinghouse comprised of healthcare organizations with interoperability pact
•to share data among their health information technology systems
HIE (Health Information Exchange)
• securely stores and digitally transmits electronic images and clinically-relevant reports
PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications Systems)
•integrate radiology into the main hospital workflow
VNA (Vendor Neutral Archives)
stores medical images in a standard format and interface, making them accessible to healthcare professionals regardless of what proprietary system created the images
VNA (Vendor Neutral Archives)
“a composition of individuals, systems and processes that want to share, exchange, and access all forms of health information, including discrete, narrative and multimedia”
Health Interoperability Ecosystem
DATA THAT CAN BE ACCESSED ON DEMAND
Health Informatics in the Cloud
Cloud Technology
• Advantages
•Offers a single access point for patient information
•Allows multiple doctors to review lab results
•Doctors can spend more time diagnosing and treating patients instead of waiting for information
Integrated and Efficient Patient Care
Cloud Technology
• Advantages
•More meaningful data mining
•Better assess the health of the public
•More data = more opportunities to identify trends in disease
Better Management of Data
Cloud Technology
Disadvantages
•Vulnerable to data breaches
•Information may be stolen
•Violations to privacy and confidentiality may arise
•Safeguards: encryption, proper data disposal, backup, etc
Potential Risks to Personal Information
Cloud Technology
Disadvantages
•Transition to automated system may be difficult to some members of the organization
•Proper education and demo of its function may convince hesitant practitioners
Cloud Setup Seems Cumbersome
Health Informatics in the Philippines
• loosely practiced since _____
1980s
Health Informatics in the Philippines (2)
• International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) word processors
• Community Health Information Tracking System (CHITS)
•Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP-based system (GPL)*
Community Health Information Tracking System (CHITS)
