Overview of the Information System Flashcards

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It integrates data collection, processing, reporting, and use of the information necessary for improving health service effectiveness and efficiency through better management at all levels of health services

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Healthcare Information System

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Benefits of Data-Driven Decision Making

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o Valuable insights
o Continual growth
o Improved program outcomes
o Optimized operations
o Prediction of future trends
o Actionable insights

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3
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Function of HIS

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o Collect
o Analyze
o Ensure quality
o Convert

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Subsystems of HIS

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o Preventive health information system
o Hospital information and medical records system
o Disease surveillance system
o Population/ community-based health information system
o Geographic information systems
o Vital registration system

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5
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Saw the initiation of social programs to aid in the medical cure of the aged (Medicare) and poor (Medicaid). Prior to the founding of these institutions, the US government had founded other health programs and institutions

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1960s

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6
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Shared hospital accounting system

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1960s

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7
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IT drivers are expensive mainframes and expensive storage

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1960s

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Healthcare drivers are medicare and medicaid

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1960s

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The medical and health industries grew rapidly during the decade to become second only to the military in size and cost, many still lacked access to basic health care

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1970s

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X-ray machine

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1970s

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IT drivers were smaller computers and improved terminals and connectivity

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1970s

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Healthcare drivers in 1970s

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o Hospital-wide communication (ADT, OC, Bed Control)
o Broadened admin systems
o Departmental systems processing
o Expanded finance admin systems

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13
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Marked by a period of adjustment as health care markets and institutions adapt to innovative reimbursement reforms and increasing competition

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1980s

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Departmental imaging and managed care financial and administrative systems

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1980s

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IT drivers during the 1980s

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o Personal computers
o Cheaper storage
o Networking
o Independent software applications

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Healthcare drivers during the 1980s

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o Diagnostic related grouping
o reimbursement

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17
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Considerable change in the Medicaid program. At the beginning of the decade, Medicaid was still primarily a program that provided health care coverage to persons receiving cash assistance

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1990s

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18
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Emergence of integrated EMR data offerings

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1990s

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IT drivers during the 1990s

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o Cheaper hardware and storage
o Broadened distributed computers

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Healthcare drivers during the 1990s

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o Integrated hospital, provider, and managed care offering
o Competition and consolidation
o Need to integrate hospitals, providers, and managed care

21
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How much was the increase in NHE percentage in GDP in the 2000s

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1.2% - increase
13.3% - percent in 2000s

22
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When George W. Bush was elected President, he wanted to update Medicare to include prescription drug coverage. This idea turned into what?

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Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (in 2000s)

23
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Beginnings of outcomes-based reimbursement

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2000s

24
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IT driver during the 2000s

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Cloud computing

25
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Healthcare driver during the 2000s

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Outcomes-based reimbursement

26
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“The area of IT involving the design, development, creation, use, and maintenance of information systems for the health care industry.”

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HIS according to Rouse, 2016

27
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A contemporary term that describes the combination of computer technology (hardware and software) with data and telecommunications technology

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Information Technology (IT)

28
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An arrangement of data (information), processes, people, and information technology that interact to collect, process, store, and provide as output the information needed to support the organization

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Information System (IS) according to Whitten & Bentley, 2007

29
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Providers can enter and track patient information and process insurance and payment information

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Health care software systems

30
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Examples of health care software systems

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Prime suite and eClinicalWorks

31
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EHR

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Electronic Health Record

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PACS

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Picture Archiving and Communication Systems

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VNA

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Vendor Neutral Archives

34
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Compositions of individuals, systems, and processes that share, exchange, and access all forms of health information

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Health Information Ecosystem

35
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Includes: discrete, narrative, and multimedia

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Health Information Ecosystem

36
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What are the needs of the health sector?

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Information at right movement
High Accuracy
Higher level of interaction
Secure data storage and access
Reduce IT costs

37
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Advantages of Cloud Technology

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  • Integrated and efficient patient care
  • Better management of data
  • Other advantages:
    o Practice management
    o Beneficial to small hospitals and clinics
    o Easy to share information
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Disadvantages of cloud technology

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  • Potential risks to personal information
    o Vulnerable to data breaches
  • Cloud setup seems cumbersome
    o difficult for some practitioners who are not familiar with cloud technology
39
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When did the IBM started in the ph

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1980

40
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When was CHITS created

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2006

41
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What is CHITS

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Community Health Information Tracking System

42
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What are the developments in health informatics in ph?

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Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
Wireless Access for Health (WAH)
Secured Health Information Network Exchange (SHINE)
Community Health Information and Tracking System

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Challenges in the information system in ph

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  • Lack of interest in the field
  • Considered (IS) as novelty rather than a profession
  • Decision-makers do not use the benefits of IT in the health sector
  • Expenditure
44
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Central component of the health IT infrastructure

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Electronic health record (EHR)

45
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Two widely used types of health IT that help healthcare professionals store and manage patients’ medical images

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Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) and vendor neutral archives (VNAs)

46
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True of False. Despite the developments in health informatics in the Philippines, the nation still suffers from various issues that hamper its progress, one of which is the lack of human resource interest in the field

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True

47
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True or false. The benefits of IT in the ph is seen by many, especially the decision-makers in the healthcare sector

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False. It is not apparent

48
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True or false. An efficient health interoperability ecosystem provides an information infrastructure that uses technical standards, policies, and protocols to enable seamless and secure capture, discovery, exchange, and utilization of health information

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True