Week 3 - Foundation and Application of Health Informatics Flashcards

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EHR - what abbreviate

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Electronic health record

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EHR - definition

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health record under the custodianship of the health system used in support of multiple care settings

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EHR - what does it provide

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provides ea canadain with secure and private lifetime record of key health history and care within the HC system

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EHR - how available

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available electronically to authorized HCPs and the individual anytime, anywhere ins support of high quality care

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EHR - what facilitate

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sharing of data across continuum of care, HC delivery organizations and geographical area
ex. alberta netcare

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DIS - what abbreviate

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drug information system

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DIS - different from drug information?

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different from drug information

-providing patient care by developing search strategies for various information needs

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DIS - is a component of what

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component within EHR

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DIS - enables what

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enables authorized users to access, manage, share and safeguard pateints medication histories

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10
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DIS - what is within

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record of all prescription medications dispensed

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DIS - what does it support

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supports storage and retrieval of patient Rx and medication info

may provide application services supporting dispensing activities such as drug usage evaluation

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12
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DIS - examples

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BC: pharmaNet

PEI: DIS

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13
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EMR - what abbreviate

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Electronic medical record

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14
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EMR - what is it

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a record under the custodianship of a HCP that is used in a community physician or specialist physician practice setting

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EMR - what records maintained

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records maintained on patient:

  • demographics
  • medical and drug history
  • diagnostic information (including lab results and imaging)
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16
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EMR - office management functions

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EMR has office management functions such as billing and scheduling

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17
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EMR - more advanced EMR fts (5)

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more advanced EMRs include order entry for medications and test, alerts, reminders and clinical decision support

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18
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EHR contains (6)

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patient registries

lab information systems

diagnostic imaging repositories

provider registries

DIS

public health surveillance

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PHR - what abbreviate

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personal health record

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PHR - who is custodian

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a health record under the custodianship of a patient which might include a family member or caregiver

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21
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PHR - where used

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used in any setting where individuals are managing their own care

22
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PHR - what is it

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computer based medical record that holds all or a portion of the relevant health information about individuals over their lifetime

23
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PHR - information sources

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health system and CoC for the individuals

24
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PHR - often integrated with what

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PHR is often integrated with the EMR and EHR (possibly with other systems as well) used by clinicians and delivery organizations

25
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PHR - who may input info

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family members, caregivers, and the individual may input relevant information
-including from medical devices

26
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Benefits of digital records: Communication

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improved communication between clinicians and care providers

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Benefits of digital records: access

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  • easily accessible through variety of hardware interfaces (ex. computers, mobile devices, etc)
  • information can be accessed by those involved in care since the patient’s record is not in a physical location
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Benefits of digital records: patient safety

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expedited retrieval of information

ex. can generate reports for drug recall, safety alerts

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Benefits of digital records: convenient

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can be accessed by a variety of clinicians at one time and in different locations (remotely)

30
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Benefits of digital records: efficient

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information immediately available (no delay)

31
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Benefits of digital records: patient outcomes

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can track outcomes for chronic disease management (ex. diabetes)

32
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Benefits of digital records: decreases errors

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information is legible, easier to find, more complete

33
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Benefits of digital records: list them all

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communication
access
patient safety
convenient
efficient
patient outcomes
decreases errors
34
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challenges of digital records: cost

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  • high upfront acquisition costs for relevant software, routine support and maintenance, and necessary hardware updates
  • converting paper records to digital records is required
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challenges of digital records: user reluctance to adopt

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clinicians who may be less comfortable with computers and software

36
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challenges of digital records: disruption to workflow

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modifying the workflow in a physical space that likely was designed for a paper-based system

37
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challenges of digital records: perceived vulnerability to security breaches

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clinicians and patients may be concerned with data security

38
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challenges of digital records: list all of them

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cost
user reluctance to adopt
disruption to workflow
perceived vulnerability to security breaches

39
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major challenges with EHRs: cost

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software, hardware, support, and maintenance

40
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major challenges with EHRs: privacy laws

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each province has laws regarding the collection, use, protection, and disclosure of PHI

41
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major challenges with EHRs: implementation issues

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integrating different EMRs

Integrating different EHRs

42
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major challenges with EHRs: list all

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cost
privacy laws
implementation

43
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Ontario EHRs

  • when developed/how organized
  • list the 3 clusters
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development since 2008, divided into 3 clusters

northern and eastern region (NER)

south west ontario (SWO)

Greater Toronto Area (GTA)

44
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South West Ontario Cluster

- history

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originally managed by connecting south west ontario (cSWO)

  • program ended march 31 2020
  • transition back to Ontario Health (digital)
  • now manage under Hamilton Health Sciences
45
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South West Ontario Cluster

-oversee what four local health integration networks (LHIN)

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earie St Clair

south west

waterloo wellington

hamilton niagra haldimand brant

46
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What is Clinical Connect

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South west ontarios regional electronic health record`

secure web based viewr that provides health service providers with reat time acess to their pateitns PHI

47
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can anything be altered in ClinicalConnect

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NO

its just a viewer, nothing can be altered or deleted

48
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security of ClinicalConnect

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securely encrypted over the internet and accessible anywhere you have an internet connection

49
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Access to clinicalConnect

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access through ONE ID

-secure single entry point to a suite of provincial data

50
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From ClinicalConnect, partcipating organizations can gain access to data from:

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Acute and Community Clinical Data repository (acCDR)
-transcriptions from hospitals outside south west ontario

Diagnostic imaging Common Service (DI-CS)
-Dianostric imaging and reports from hospitals and independent health facilities across ON

Digital heatlh drug repository (DHDR)
-dispensed community publicly-funded drugs, monitored drugs, and pharmacy services across ON

ontario Laboratory information system (OLIS)
-Laboratory test orders and results from hospitals and community based labs across ON

51
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why is EHR access important for pharmacy practice (5)

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for new or unfamiliar patients:
-to verify narcotic dispensing history

  • assist patients in an emergency situation who find themselves without their Rx meds
  • when pateitns move to the community from outside the region (ensure patient not missing any therapies)
  • Assist physicians at walk-in-clinics, when pateints regular pharmacy is closed
  • allow RPh to work to full SoP