Lesson 5 Flashcards
(29 cards)
What is the application of both technology and systems in a healthcare setting.-
Health informatics
Focuses on tools,.
Cover the records, coding, documentation, and administration of patient and ancillary services–
-Health Information Technology.
Health Information Systems
Refer to 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.
Health Information Systems
This definition encompasses district level routine information systems, disease surveillance systems, and also includes laboratory information systems, (PAS) and (HRMIS).
Health information system
hospital patient administration systems
human resource management information systems
Decisions informed by evidence contribute to more efficient resource allocation–
Information about the quality and effectiveness of services can contribute to better outcomes.–
At a policy level
At the delivery level.
describes ___as a mechanism to keep track of everything related to patients, from patient’s medical history, to medication logs, contact information, appointment times, insurance information and billing and payment accounts.
Sheahan, health information systems
describes ___as a mechanism to keep track of everything related to patients, from patient’s medical history, to medication logs, contact information, appointment times, insurance information and billing and payment accounts.
Sheahan, health information systems
Roles and function of HIS
Files Are Easier to Access
More Controls
Staff must be authorized to access the health information system
Doctors may have permission to update, change and delete information from the electronic medical record.
The receptionist, however, may only have the authority to update a patient’s appointments.
Easy to Update
Communication
A good Health Information System delivers the accurate information in a ____- enabling decision-makers to make better-informed choices about different aspects of the health institution, from patient care to annual budgets. It also upholds transparency and accountability due to the easier access to information.
Timely manner
The ____in their Framework and Standards for Country Health Information Systems (2008),has defined a Health Information System as consisting of six components:
Health Metrics Network (HMN),
Legislative, regulatory and planning frameworks
personnel, financing, logistics support, information and communications technology (ICT), and coordinating mechanisms within and between the six components.
Health Information Systems Resources
is the basis for a health information system plan and strategy
Indicators
Indicators need to encompass determinants of health;
Outputs,inputs,outcomes, and health status
These include occasional health surveys, research, and information produced by community-based organizations
Data Sources
A number of data-collection approaches and sources fit into either of the above main categories but can provide important information that may not be available elsewhere. T or f?
f
2 categories of data
(1) population-based approaches (censuses, civil registration and population surveys) and
(2) institution-based data (individual records, service records and resource records
This covers all aspects of data handling from collection, storage, quality-assurance and flow, to processing, compilation and analysis.
Data Management–
Data must be transformed into information that will become the basis for evidence and knowledge to shape health action.
Information Products–
The value of health information is enhanced by making it readily accessible to decision-makers and by providing incentives for, or otherwise facilitating, information use. t or f what kind of component?
Dissemination and Use
Inputs
Processes
Indicators
Data sources
Data managment
Outputs
information products.
Dissemination and use.
HISR
Indicators
Data sources
Data management
Outputs
information products.
Dissemination and use.
Different data sources for Health Information System
Demographic data- Administrative data- Health risk information- Health status(or health-related quality of life) - Patient medical history- Current medical management- Outcomes data
Different data sources for Health Information System
Demographic data- Administrative data- Health risk information- Health status(or health-related quality of life) - Patient medical history- Current medical management- Outcomes data
consist of facts such as age (or birth date), gender, race and ethnic origin, marital status, address of residence, names of and other information about immediate family members, and emergency information. Information about employment status (and employer), schooling and education.
Demographic data
-involves facts, with respect to services provided (e.g., diagnostic tests or outpatient procedures), and also typically include charges and amounts paid, the kind of practitioner (physician, podiatrist, psychologist), physician specialty, and nature of institution (general or specialty hospital, physician office or clinic, home care agency, nursing home, and so forth)
Administrative data
