U2.1: Overview of Information System Flashcards
integrates data collection, processing, reporting, and use of the information necessary for improving health service effectiveness and efficiency through better management at all levels of health services
Health Information System
6 benefits of data-driven decision-making
- valuable insights
- continual growth
- improved program outcomes
- optimized operations
- prediction of future trends
- actionable insights
4 functions of HIS
- collect
- analyze
- ensure quality of collected data
- convert to usable information
What does the correlation between the collected data and information imply?
The collection of quality data produces quality information.
3 Levels of HIS
- patient/ client management level
- health unit management level
- systems management level
level of HIS where data is collected from one individual only
patient/ client management level
level of HIS where data is collected from many individuals
health unit management level
level of HIS where data collected considers a group of patients and several health units
systems management level
level of HIS where law makers and politicians come about
systems management level
6 HIS subsystems
- preventive health information system
- hospital information and medical records system
- disease surveillance system
- population/ community-based health information system
- geographic information systems
- vital registration system
Identify what decade:
saw the initiation of social programs to aid the medical care of the aged (Medicare) and poor (Medicaid)
1960s
Healthcare drivers in 1960s
- medicare
- medicaid
a federal program that provides health coverage if you have very low income
Medicaid
federal program that provides medical coverage if you are 65 and above or under 65 with disability regardless of income
Medicare
T/F:
Medicare’s and medicaid’s benefits cover the whole population.
False
Where does the government get the funds for Medicare and Medicaid?
From the workers (who are not covered by the programs)
IT Drivers in 1960s
- expensive mainframes
- expensive storage
Identify what decade:
1. Healthcare was a critical concern in this year.
2. The medical and health industries become second only to the military.
3. Many lacked access to basic healthcare
1970s
Healthcare Drivers in 1970s
- hospital-wide communications
- broadened admin systems
- department systems processing
- expanded finance admin systems
IT Drivers in 1970s
- smaller computers
- improved terminals and connectivity
Identify what decade:
marked by a period of adjustment as health care markets and institutions adapt to innovative reimbursement reforms and increasing competition
1980s
Healthcare Drivers in 1980s
- diagnostic related groupings
- reimbursement
IT Drivers in 1980s
- personal computers
- cheaper storage
- networking
- independent software applications
Identify what decade:
1. saw considerable change in the Medicaid program
2. At the beginning of the decade, Medicaid was still primarily a program that provided health care coverage to persons receiving cash assistance.
1990s
