OVERVIEW OF HEALTH INFORMATICS Flashcards
Who defines the Health Information Technology as The area of IT involving the design, development, creation, use, and maintenance of information systems for the health care industry.
ROUSE (2016)
The central component of health IT infrastructure. A medical record of a person’s official digital health record that is shared among multiple health care providers and agencies.
ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD
A person’s self-maintained health record.
PERSONAL HEALTH RECORD
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
MACRA stands for?
MEDICARE ACCESS AND CHIP REAUTHORIZATION ACT
CHIP stands for?
CHILDREN’s HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN
PACS stands for?
PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
VNAs stands for?
VENDOR NEUTRAL ARCHIVES
What are the two widely used types of health IT for storing and managing patients medical images?
PACS and VNAs
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
Its role are undeniably significant in everyday lives.
HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS IN THE CLOUD
What are the advantages of Health Informatics in the Cloud? Give at least one.
- INTEGRATED AND EFFICIENT PATIENT CARE
- BETTER MANAGEMENT OF DATA
- ERROR REDUCTION
What are the disadvantages of Health Informatics in the Cloud? Give at least one.
- POTENTIAL RISKS OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
- CLOUD SET-UP SEEMS CUMBERSOME
- COST JUSTIFICATION
It allows multiple doctors to review lab results or notes on patients.
INTEGRATED AND EFFICIENT PATIENT CARE
The information contained within medical records may be subjected to theft or other violations of privacy and confidentiality.
POTENTIAL RISKS TO PERSONAL INFORMATION
It will allow more meaningful data mining that can better assess the health of the general public.
BETTER MANAGEMENT OF DATA
CHITS stands for?
COMMUNITY HEALTH INFORMATION TRACKING SYSTEM
It is an electronic medical record developed through the collaboration of the Information and Communication Technology designed for Philippine health centers in disadvantaged areas.
CHITS
