Health Information Technology LIS 4785 Introduction to Health Informatics Fall 2015, Week 2-1 Instructor: Dr. Sanghee Oh

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Topics Covered Last Week Health informatics definitions Health informatics and related disciplines Health informatics vs. health information management Career opportunities in health informatics

Health Informatics Definition Activity

Health IT for You: Giving You Access to Your Medical Records When and Where They're Needed

Key players in HIT

______________ Online searches health information and choice of physician, hospital or insurance plan Personal health records Web portals for storing personal medical information, making appointments, checking lab results, e-visits, drug refills, etc. Online chat, blogs, podcasts, vodcasts and support group and Web 2.0 social networking Smartphone technology for test message reminders, health and fitness apps, internet access, etc. Limited access to electronic health records and health information exchange (HIEs) Telemedicine

______________ Online searches with PubMed, search engines, medical databases, resources, and digital libraries Patient web portals, secure and e-visits, telemedicine Physician web portals Clinical decision support, e.g., reminders and alerts Electronic health records (EHRs) Electronic medication administration record (eMar) Smartphone loaded with medical software Voice recognition software Online continuing medical education (CME) Electronic-prescribing Disease registries

______________ Patient enrollment Electronic appointments Electronic coding and billing EHRs Web-based claims clearing houses Telehomecare monitoring Secure patient-office communication

______________ EHRs Electronic coding and billing Information systems to monitor outcomes, length of stay, disase management, etc. Electronic Medical Administration Records Track patients, medications, assets, etc. E-intensive care units Patients and physician portals E-prescribing Telemedicine

______________ Incident reports Syndrome surveillance as part of bioterrorism program and meaningful use program criteria Geographic information systems to link disease outbreak with geography Telemedicine Disease registries

______________ Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN) Financial support for EHR adoption and health information exchange Development of standards, services, and policies for HIT Information technology pilot projects and grants Disease management EHRs, PHRs Telemedicine Broadband adoption Health IT workforce development Health information organizations

______________ Electronic claims transmission Trend analysis through data analytics Physician profiling Monitor adherence to clinical guidelines Promote claims-based personal health records and information exchanges Alerts to reduce test duplicates

Benefits of HIT adoption

Barriers to HIT adoption

Project Group Meeting

Next Session Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom in Health IT Clinical data warehousing Wiki Membership Request (Due 9/3)