INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) ***eClinicalWorks - award-winning EHR system that is

designed to streamline the workflows for healthcare

Is a contemporary term that describes the combination of providers.
computer technology (hardware and software) with data and
telecommunications technology TYPES OF HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

INFORMATION SYSTEM (IS) Ø EHR – Electronic Health Record (Rouse 2016)

Is an arrangement of data (information), processes, people, Ø PACS – Picture Archiving and Communication Systems
and information technology that interact to collect, process,
store, and provide as output the information needed to Ø VNA – Vendor Neutral Archives
support the organization. (Whitten & Bentley, 2007)
***EHR – patient’s digital health record shared with multiple
healthcare providers and agencies

HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
The area of IT involving the design, development, creation, use
and maintenance of information systems for the health care
industry. Rouse (2016)
Automated and interoperable in HIS are expected to improve.
***HITECH Act of 2009 – use and implementation of HER
systems. Regulated by the Office of the National Coordinator
for Health IT.
***PACS and VNA – manage the patient’s medical images.
Used in radiology department. Serves as repository for medical
images.

***Automation is expected to improve medical care, lower its

costing, increase efficiency, reduce error and improve patient
satisfaction.

***For ambulatory care and in-patient health care providers:

the aim of HIS is to optimize the reimbursement procedures.

HEALTH CARE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS

HEALTH INFORMATION ECOSYSTEM
Providers can enter and track patient information and
Defines as Health Interoperability Ecosystem
process insurance and payment information.
Compositions of individuals, systems and processes that
Ø Examples Prime Suite and eClinicalWorks
share, exchange and access all forms of health information.
***Software providers can enter and track patient
Includes: discrete, narrative, and multimedia
information (such as diagnoses and procedures) and
process insurance and payment information. Examples
of medical practice management software include Prime
Suite and eClinicalWorks

***Prime suite is a clinical library that offers template for rapid

documentation
 1. Integrated and Efficient Patient Care
a. single access point for patient information,
allows multiple doctors to reviews results.
2. Better Management of Data
a. EHR allows meaningful data mining that can
be netter access the health of the general
public.

Other Advantages:

Practice management

HEALTH INFORMATICS IN THE CLOUD Beneficial to small hospitals and clinics

The cloud also offers a great opportunity to use patient data Easy to share information
on a healthcare informatics scale to draw conclusions about
public health and allow users to quickly and efficiently manage
personal information.
DISADVANTAGES OF CLOUD TECHNOLOGY
What are the needs of the Health Care sectors?
1. Potential Risks to Personal Information

• Vulnerable to data breaches.

2. Cloud Setup Seems Cumbersome

• Difficult for some practitioners who are not

familiar with cloud technology.

HEALTH INFORMATICS IN THE PHILIPPINES

Health Informatics

The application of both technology and systems in the health

care setting
***Information at right movement – quick access to medical
health records. • 1980 – started in the Philippines (IBM)

***High accuracy – accurate information of data, reliability • 2006 – CHITS

and reduce human error.
*** CHITS – Community Health Information Tracking System,
***High level of interaction – anytime anywhere access to top 3 government project in the Philippines by APEC (Asia
data. Pacific Economic Cooperation.

***Secure data –private cloud, PIN personal identification CHALLENGES

number.
• Lack of interest in the field
***Reduce It cost – pay-per-use services, no additional IT staff,
no buying or upgrading of software. • Considered (IS) as novelty rather than a profession

• Decision-makers do not use the benefits of IT in the

health sector

• Expenditure
ADVANTAGES OF CLOUD TECHNOLOGY

Community Health Information Tracking System (CHITS)
▶ electronic medical record utilized by 111 government
facilities
▶ Developed by the collaboration of information and
communication technology community and health
workers
▶ ICT4H Information Technology for Health = goal:
universal health for FILIPINOS (improving data
gathering, policy making, and health service delivery
towards achieving universal healthcare for all
Filipinos) (December 13, 2010)
▶ SHINE – secured health information network and
exchange. A web based system that addresses the
data management needs od doctors, nurses,
midwives, and other allied health professionals in the
Philippines
▶ Wireless access health – digital platform in the
Philippines, Provides quality and affordable digital
health solutions for LGU
CURRENT STATE OF THE PHILIPPINES
• Uneven distribution of patients and medical
resources
• Variable healthcare quality across facilities
• Unenforced gate keeping
• Lifestyle disease are leading cause of death
• Limited ICT adoption across health service delivery
chain
• Minimal ability to provide continuity of care
• Limited ability to monitor service quality health
outcomes and respond to disease outbreaks
HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Capture, store, manage and transmit health-related
information that can be sourced from individuals or activities
of a health institution.
The health information system provides the underpinnings for
decision-making and has four key functions: data generation,
compilation, analysis and synthesis, and communication and
use. The health information system collects data from the
health sector and other relevant sectors, analyses the data and
ensures their overall quality, relevance and timeliness, and
converts data into information for health-related decision-
making. (WHO, 2008)
HEALTH INFORMATICS
Is the application of both technology and systems in a
healthcare setting.
HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Cover different systems that capture, store, manage, and
transmit health-related information that can be sourced from
individuals or activities of a health institution.
Health planners and decision-makers need different kinds of
information including:
• Health determinants (socio-economic, environmental
behavioral, genetic factors) and the contextual
environments within which the health system
operates;
• Policy and organization, health infrastructure,
facilities and equipment, costs, human and financial
resources, health information systems;
• The performance or outputs of the health system
such as availability, accessibility, quality and use of
health information and services, responsiveness of
the system to user needs, and financial risk protection
; (cont.)
 • Health outcomes (mortality, morbidity, disease
outbreaks, health status, disability, wellbeing);

• Health inequities, in terms of determinants, coverage

of use of services, and health outcomes, and including
key stratifies such as sex, socio-economic status,
ethnic group, geographic location etc.

METHODS OF ASSESSING COUNTRY HEALTH INFORMATION

SYSTEM PERFORMANCE

• The Health Metrics Network (HMN) Framework

identifies the key components and standards of a
country health information system.

• The HMN health information system assessment

brings together country users and producers of health
data to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the
national health information system.

CORE INDICATORS FOR COUNTRY HEALTH INFORMATION

SYSTEM PERFORMANCE DIFFERENT DATA SOURCES FOR HEALTH INFORMATION
SYSTEM
• Health Surveys

• birth and death registration

• Census

• Health facility reporting

• health system resource tracking

• Capacity for analysis, synthesis, and validation of data

ROLE AND FUNCTION OF HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS

1. Easier access to files

2. Better control

3. Easier update

4. Improved communications

COMPONENTS OF HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS