HEALTH INFORMATICS Flashcards

1
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The central component of IT infrastructure, which contains a person’s official digital health record and is shared among multiple healthcare providers and agencies.

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Electronic Health Record (EHR)

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Advantages in the automation of the healthcare information systems

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Improved medical care
Lower costs
Increased efficiency
Reduce error
Improve patient satisfaction

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3
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A health interoperability ecosystem as a composition of individuals, systems, and processes.

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Health Information Ecosystem (HIE)

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4
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More data can mean more opportunities to identify trends in diseases and crises.

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Better management data

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5
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It is defined as an electronic medical record (EMR) developed through the collaboration of the Information and Communication Technology community and health workers, primarily designed for use in the Philippines health centers in disadvantaged areas.

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Community Health Information Tracking /System (CHIT/CHITS)

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6
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The area of IT involving the design, development, creation, use, and maintenance of information systems for the healthcare industry.

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Health Information Technology (HIT)

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7
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Key elements of the health IT infrastructure

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  • personal health record (PHR)
  • health information exchange (HIE)
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8
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T/F
Implementations of EHR systems have increased dramatically in the past few years since the inception of the HITECH Act in 2009

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True

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9
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What are the two widely used types of health IT that help healthcare professionals store and manage patients medical images.

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  • Picture Archiving Communication and Systems (PACS)
  • Vendor Neutral Archives (VNAs)
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10
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A composition of individuals, systems, and processes that want to share, exchange, and access all forms of health information, including discrete narrative and multimedia.

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Health Interoperability Ecosystem

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11
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Allows multiple doctors to review lab results or notes on patients.

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Cloud technology

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12
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The most important potential benefit of computetalized information processing is improvement and accuracy

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Error Reduction

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13
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4 based system released under the general public license.

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Linux
Apache
MySQL
PHP

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14
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Resulted in heightened efficiency among health workers, since more time can be spent on providing patient care.

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Implemetation of CHITS

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15
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It is seen more as a novelty rather than as a profession

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Health Informatics

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16
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T/F
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

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17
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Advantages of Health Informatics in the Philippines in cloud technology are:

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  • Integrated and efficient patient care
  • Better management data
  • Error Reduction
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18
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T/F
The transition from a traditional to an automated system is easy for members of healthcare organizations, particularly for smaller or older practices that may not be familiar with cloud technology.

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False
(difficult)

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19
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Any system that captures, stores, manages, or transmits information related to the health of individuals or the activities of organizations that work within the health sector.

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Health Information System

20
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T/F
A well-functioning HIS is an integrated effort to collect, process, report, and use health information and knowledge to influence policy and decision- making, program action, individual and public health outcomes, and research

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True

21
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Revolutionized the way that doctors and health care professionals maintain patient information

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Files are easier to access

22
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Doctors may have the permission to update, change, and delete information from the electronics medical record

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More controls

23
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Only have the authority to update a patient’s appointments

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Receptionist

24
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Let doctors create electronic medical records for their patients. Patient information can be pulled up for review at any time and copies can be made for the patient upon request.

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Easy to Update

25
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Health information systems abet communication between multiple doctors or patients.

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Communication

26
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T/F
A good health information system delivers accurate information in a timely manner, enabling decisions-makers to make better informed choices about different aspects of the health institution, from patient care to annual budgets.

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True

27
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Consists of the legislative, regualorty, and planning frameworks required to ensure a fully functioning health information system, and the resources involve personnel, financing, logistics support, information and communications technology.

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Health Information system resources

28
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A core set of indicators and related targets for the three domains health information, is the basis for a plan and strategy for a health information system.

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Indicators

29
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Two main categories of data sources

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  1. Population based approaches
  2. Institution based data
30
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Censuses, civil registration and population surveys belong to:

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Population based approaches

31
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Individual records, service records, and resource records belong to:

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Institution based data

32
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This covers all aspects of data handling: collection, storage, quality-assurance, flow, processing, compilation, and analysis.

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Data Management

33
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Data must be transformed into information that will become the basis for evidence and knowledge to shape action

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Information Products

34
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The value of health information can be enhanced by making it readily accessible to decision-makers and providing incentives for information use.

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Dissemination and use

35
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What are the different data sources?

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Demographic data
Administrative data
Health risk information
Health status
Patient medical history
Current medical management
Outsource data

36
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Consist of information about immediate family members and emergency information.
age, birthdate, gender, race, ethnic origin, marital status, address of residence.

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Demographic data

37
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Involves facts with respect to service providers.
diagnostic tests
outpatient procedures

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Administrative data

38
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It reveals lifestyle and behavior and facts about family history and genetic factors to evaluate prospensity for different diseases.

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Health risk information

39
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Health related quality of life. Generally reported by individuals themselves , reflects domains of health such as physical functioning, mental and emotional well- being, cognitive functioning, social and role functioning, and perceptions of one’s health in the past, present, and future compared with that of one’s peers.

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Health status

40
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Consider data on previous medical encounters such as hospital admissions, surgical procedures, pregnancies and live births, and the like.

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Patient medical history

41
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The content of encounter forms or parts of the patient record. Such information might reflect health screening, current health problems and diagnoses.

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Current medical management

42
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Comprise a wide array of measures of the effects of health care and the aftermath of various health problems.

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Outcomes data

43
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The components of HIS are
Inputs, processes, outputs

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Inputs
Health Information System Resources

Processes
Indicators
Data Sources
Data Management

Outputs
Information Products
Dissemination and Use

44
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T/F
HIS improves the services because files are easier to access, provided with more controls, easy to update, and easy communication .

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True

45
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The primary product of the clinical laboratory.

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Information