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Information Technology has revolutionized health care services. It has improved and

reconstructed healthcare systems in a way that it decreases the chance of human error, enhances

clinical practices, promotes care coordination, supports practice efficiencies, and secures data

tracking (Alotaibi & Federico, 2017, p. 1176). This transformative instrument is now better

suited in response to the needs of every individual. Health care organizations undergo myriads of

changeovers to raise their quality of services or to improve their strategies through the

application of information technologies.

Health care managers initiate the implementation of an information technology

application. In this case, the role of a health manager is to proceed with policies and strategies to

ensure that information technology is utilized accordingly for the betterment of the organization.

They are to supervise the changes in the system, oversee the need for new information

technology, and come up with the necessary measures to develop it. Moreover, it is also their job

to adapt to up-and-coming technologies and set the right condition for the health care

management services.

Evidence-based health care makes use of the most reliable clinical evidence available that

is collected using a meticulous process to create resolutions for an individual or the entire patient

population. The methodology involves the use of a “problem-solving algorithm that (1)

formulate answerable questions, (2) gather evidence, (3) evaluate the evidence, (4) put evidence

into practice, and (5) evaluate the results of putting evidence into practice” (Hurwitz et al., 2006,

p. 1874). Evaluating evidence and applying it to practice compels clinicians to interpret and use

“statistics, probability, clinical research, guided inquiry, systematic reviews, and levels of

evidence” (Hurwitz et al., 2006, p. 1874). Thus, health information technology is an essential
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factor in the practice of evidence-based health care. As this requires an analysis of a large

amount of complex information, it helps create an avenue for healthcare practitioners to have

better access and evaluation of clinical evidence to amplify better patient care strategies. The

usage of health information technology is a means to make the collection of data and assessment

of the presented evidence more efficient.

Data science and machine learning are valuable instruments in health care delivery

because it is useful for conducting the assimilation and evaluation of quantities of complex

clinical information that is beyond human capacity. The advantages are its flexibility and

scalability unlike the traditional biostatistical methods, which makes it deployable for many

tasks, such as risk stratification, diagnosis and classification, and survival predictions (Ngiam &

Khor, 2019). Furthermore, another advantage of data science and machine learning algorithms is

that the interpretation of various kinds of data such as demographic information, laboratory

results, and imaging data is made easier. Health care professionals use this analysis to formulate

outcomes and predictions on the possibility of disease risk, diagnosis, prognosis, and appropriate

remedies for patients. With this, there is now a higher chance of better health care delivery and

management.

With the emergence of technological innovations, it is no surprise that the health care

industry began to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into its services and in hospitals, clinical

laboratories, and research facilities. It has opened up opportunities for clinical practitioners and

health service organizations that have never been ventured before. In a healthcare context, AI

applications are used to accurately analyze large amounts of complex data to create a connection

between prevention or treatment measures and patient health outcomes. Not only that, but AI can

analyze and process these kinds of information in a fast and thorough way, making the decision-
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making process more efficient and precise. It is cost-efficient and lessens the duration of

diagnosis and management of disease conditions.

Although AI can further the advances in quality healthcare, there are also safety and data

privacy concerns that need to be addressed to avoid causing critical issues. Most of the AI

applications are dependent on large amounts of data to carry out their functions, some of these

contain personal and sensitive information. It poses a problem because there is the possibility of

identity theft and the data breach that may be used against the people involved. Furthermore,

there is also the matter of the low prediction accuracy of AI, which is an alarming safety issue.

For example, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) are guided and validated through data sets

in clinical settings may not transpose well to a more extensive population. Like the surveillance

of skin lesions for the detection of skin cancer because these may be more diverse in the general

population (Ellahham et al., 2019, p. 344). Thus, despite its advantages, it is uncertain that an

information technology can completely provide valid or accurate predictions that is beneficial in

health services.
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Hurwitz, S. R., Tornetta, P., & Wright, J. G. (2006). An AOA Critical Issue How to Read the

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