HIS #3

• Information - primary product of the clinical laboratory
• HIT - Health Information Technology
• EHR -Electronic health record
• Electronic Health Record - central component of the health IT infrastracture.
• PHR - Personal Health Record
• Personal health record - a person's self-maintained health record
• ONC - Office of the national coordinator for health Information technology.
• Office of the National Coordinator - eligible to receive incentive payments.
• PACS - picture archiving and communication systems
• VNA - Vendor netural archives
• PACS and VNA - widely used types of health IT that help health care professionals store and mange patients' medical images.
• Health interoperability ecosystem : composition of individuals, systems, and processes that want to share, exchange, and access all forms of health information
• Cloud technology - offers a single access point for patient information
• Health information in the cloud Advantage and Disadvantage:

  
  

  Advantage:

  
  

  Integrated and efficient patient care

  Better Management of Data

  Error Reduction

  
  

  Disadvantage:

  
  

  Potential Risk to information

  Cloud Set-up seems cumbersome

  Cost Justification
• CHITS - Community Health Information Tracking system
• CHITS - Electronic Medical record developed through collaboration of information and communication technology and health workers
• Health Information system - refer to any system that captures, stores, manages, transmits information related to the health of individuals
• Role and Function of Health Information System

  1. Files Are easier to access
  2. More Controls
  3. Easy to Update
  4. Communication
• Files are easier to access - Health information system have revolutionized the way that doctors and health care professionals maintain information
• More Controls - Staff must be authorized to access the health information system.
• Doctors - have the permission to update, change, and delete information from the electronic medical record.
• Easy to Update - let doctors create electronic medical records for their patients.
• HMN - Health Metrics Network - defined health information system as consisting of six components.
• COMPONENTS OF HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM

  Input

  1. Health Information system Resources

  Processes

  1. Indicator
  2. Data Sources
  3. Data Management

  Outputs

  1. Information Products
  2. Dissemination and Use
• Health Information System Resources - consist of the legislative, regulatory and planning frameworks required to ensure a fully functioning health information system
• Indicators - a core set of indicators and related targets for the three domains of health information.
• Data sources - Divided into two main categories which is population based approach and institution based data.
• Data management - Covers all aspects of data handling
• Information Products - must be transformed into information that will become the basis for evidence and knowledge
• Dissemination and use - Vale of health information can be enhanced by making it readily accessible to decision-makers.
• Different Data Sources for Health Information system

  1. Demographic data
  2. Administrative data
  3. Health Risk Information
  4. Health Status
  5. Patient Medical History
  6. Current Medical Management
  7. Outsource data
• Demographic data - consist of facts such as age, gender, race.
• Administrative data - involve facts with respect to services provided and also typically include charges and amounts paid.
• Health Risk Information - Reveals lifestyle and behavior and facts about family history and genetic factors.
• Health Status - generally reported by individuals themselves.
• Patient Medical history - considers data on previous medical encounters such as hospital, admissions, surgical procedures.
• Current Medical Management - The content of encounter forms or parts of the patient record.
• Outcomes - data comprise a wide array of measures of the effects of health care and aftermath of various health problems.
• HMIS - Health Management Information System
• Health Management Information system - an information system specially designed to assist in the management planning of health programs.