Overview of Medical Informatics

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it is the science of information and the blending of people, biomedicine, and technology

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informatics

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symbols or observations reflecting differences in the world

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data

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does data have an associated meaning?

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no, it does not have

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a meaningful data or facts from which conclusion can be drawn by humans or computers

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information

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an information that is justifiably considered to be true

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knowledge

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critical use of knowledge to make intelligent decisions

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wisdom

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hierarchy of data?

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data - information - knowledge - wisdom

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when did health informatics started?

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a concept started in 1950’s to 1960’s

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on the start of the concept of health informatics, what does it cover?

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it covers the broad scope of healthcare

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the evolution of health informatics is due to?

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the volume of medical knowledge and patient data

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health information is materialized to?

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it is materialized to create coordination of patient information for better access for clinicians to medical data seamlessly

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what is health informatics?

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it is the information science that deals with management of healthcare data and information through application of computers and other technologies

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is health informatics of more of an actual technology or applying?

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no. health informatics is more of applying than an actual technology

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what is biomedical informatics?

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it is the interdisciplinary field that studies and pursues the effective use of biomedical information and knowledge for scientific inquiry, problem solving, and decision making for betterment of human health

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it is the interdisciplinary field that studies and pursues the effective use of biomedical information and knowledge for scientific inquiry, problem solving, and decision making for betterment of human health

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biomedical informatics

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it is a subfield of biomedical informatics that is concerned with biological data, particularly DNA and genomic information, as opposed to clinical, public health, or other data

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bioinformatics

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what is bioinformatics?

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it is a subfield of biomedical informatics that is concerned with biological data, particularly DNA and genomic information, as opposed to clinical, public health, or other data

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it is the application of computers and technology in healthcare settings

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health information technology

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what is health information technology?

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it is the application of computers and technology in healthcare settings

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it provide tools to generate information from data that humans (clinicians and researchers) can turn into knowledge and wisdom

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health information technology

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what do information science promote?

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it tends to promote data in formats that can rapidly transmitted, shared, and analyzed.

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HIT Level 1?

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nonelectric data (paper forms)

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HIT Level 2?

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unstructured, viewable electric data (for of scanned papers)

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HIT Level 3?

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structured, viewable electronic data (electronically entered data that cannot be computed by other systems)

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HIT Level 4?

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computable electric data (electronically entered data that can be computed by other systems)

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what are the 6 health data sources?

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- EHR - PHR - Claims data - Data warehouse - HIE - Home monitoring

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what builds up enterprise data warehouse?

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clinical data, financial data, and administrative data

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enterprise data warehouse builds?

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data mart, and enterprise data warehouse

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what makes up business analytics / intelligence?

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either enterprise data warehouse, or data mart

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information is consists of ?

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external and internal data

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internal and external data is an example of?

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information

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technology includes

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network: internet, HIS, LIS, and RIS databases

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healthcare functions includes?

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- patient care - medical records - ancillary records: laboratory, radiology, pharmacy - administrative: financial, business analytics - research

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what are the applications or programs that produces health-related data? there are 8 examples

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- community health status indicators - child growth charts - health data interactive - behavior risk factor surveillance system - births - mortality - population census - cancer profiles

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what are the key players in health information technology? there are 7

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- patients - support staff - public health - physicians and nurses - medical educators - insurance companies - hospitals

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what are the driving forces that influences health information technology? there are 7

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- increase efficiency of healthcare - improve quality of healthcare resulting in improved patient safety - reduced healthcare costs - improved communication, coordination, and continuity of care - improve healthcare access with technologies such as telemedicine - improve medical education for clinicians and patients - standardize of medical care

Question 37

what is the challenge of health informatics?

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development of software/ application that specializes on handling big data?

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what are the 3 big data referred to as a challenge in health informatics?

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- integration of data - archiving data - mine data

Question 39

what is the reference for this chapter?

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health informatics: a practical guide for healthcare and information technology professionals (6th edition) by Hoyt, R. (2014)