Healthcare Informatics and Information Systems CHAPTER 14 Healthcare Informatics and Information Systems

OBJECTIVES Define healthcare informatics Describe automated healthcare delivery systems Discuss types of healthcare data Identify selected types and levels of computer-related personnel Differentiate between computer literacy, information literacy, computer-assisted instructions and health care informatics

Defining Healthcare Informatics and Related Terms Data Information Knowledge Wisdom

Automated Information Systems in Health Care Automated Applications Used in Healthcare Delivery Healthcare Information Systems Clinical Information Systems Administrative Information Systems Personnel Systems Consumer Information Systems Setting-Specific Systems

Types of Automated Data Used in Healthcare Information Systems Clinical or Client Data Financial Data Human Resources Data Material Resources Data Intellectual Data

Levels of Data Sharing Stand-alone systems Interfaced systems Do not share data or information Interfaced systems Maintain their own database while sharing Integrated systems Share a common database

Levels of Data Sharing Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Integration of a specific institution service or function Level 2 Sharing data for an individual healthcare institution Level 3 Sharing of data across all institutions within the larger organization Level 4 Sharing data outside the institutions

Healthcare Computing Personnel Chief Information Officer or Director Systems Analysis Programmers Systems or Network Administrators Microcomputer Specialists Computer Operators Information Specialists