HIS FOR MLS | LECTURE

PRELIM | 1st Semester S.Y 2021-2022

A OVERVIEW OF HEALTH INFORMATICS
LEARNING OBJECTIVES  Loosely practiced since 1980s
 Define health information technology  IBM word processors
 Discuss health care software system and health  CHITS
information ecosystem o Community Health Information Tracking
 Explain the advantages and disadvantages of System
health informatics in the cloud o Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP-based
 Describe the status of health informatics in the system (GPL)
Philippines o An electronic medical record (EMR)
HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY developed through the collaboration of the
ROUSE, 2016 ICT community (NTHC) and health
 “the area of IT involving the design, development, workers
creation, use, and maintenance of information o Primarily designated for use in
systems for the healthcare industry.” Philippine health centers in
 “Automated and interoperable healthcare disadvantage areas
information systems are expected to (1) improve
medical acre, (2) lower costs, (3) increase
efficiency, (4) reduce error and (5) improve
patient satisfaction.”
o Already
KUSHNRIK AND BORYCKI, 2017
 Provide innovation to health care delivery
 Connection among users and stakeholders
HEALTH CARE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS
HER (Electronic Health Record)
 Aka EMR (Electronic Health Record)
 Patient’s official health record in digital form
 Information is shared across multiple healthcare
providers and agencies
PHR (Personal Health Record)
 Person’s self-maintained and documented health
record
 Information typically includes:
o Allergies
o Family histories
o Medications taken
o Surgeries performed
o Hospitalization record
HIE (Health Information Exchange)
 Health data clearinghouse which is comprised of
healthcare organization with interoperability pact
to share data among their health information
technology systems
PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications Systems)
 securely stores and digitally transmits electronic
images and clinically-relevant reports
VNA (Vendor Neutral Archives)
 integrate radiology into the main hospital workflow
 stores medical images in a standard format and
interface, making them accessible to healthcare
professionals regardless of what proprietary system
created the images
HEALTH INFORMATION ECOSYSTEM
HEALTH INTEROPERABILITY ECOSYSTEM
 “a composition of individuals, systems and
processes that want to share, exchange, and
access all forms of health information, including
discrete, narrative and multimedia”
HEALTH INFORMATICS IN THE CLOUD
CLOUD TECHNOLOGY
ADVANTAGES
 Integrated ad Efficient Patient Care
 Better Management of Data
DISADVANTAGES
 Potential Risks to Personal Information
 Cloud Setup Seems Cumbersome
HEALTH INFORMATICS IN THE PHILIPPINES

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