IT Infrastructure in the

Healthcare Industry

Presented By,
Harsharaj U Melanta
Ganesh Prasad N Hosurmath
Issues faced by Healthcare industry in terms of IT infrastructure:

• Physical records maintained on paper

• Integration between medical devices does not exist
• Integration of patient data in the patient portal
• Data backup for emergency
• Old non efficient infrastructure
• Infrastructure backup to handle emergency situation

Importance of Healthcare IT:

• Improve medical care
• Reduce medical errors
• Lower healthcare costs
• Increases patient safety
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 Importance of IT in
Healthcare:

• Accessible to everyone, all the time

• Significant clinical data for analysis &
treatment
• Better medication reconciliation
• High quality communication and
connectivity
• Quicker recovery and pain reduction
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How IT improve the
quality of Healthcare?
• Barcode medication scanning
• Accurate clinical Documentation
• Improved communication between
doctors
• High-risk monitoring and Decision
support
• Retained surgical items technology

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 How IT policies regulate Legal
and Safe Healthcare?
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act (1996)
• Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act
(2015)
• Health Information Technology for Economic and
Clinical Health Act (2009)
• Food and Drug Administration Safety and
Innovation Act (2012)
• Affordable Care Act (2010)

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 Examples of IT infrastructure
development in Healthcare Industry
• Internet of Things (IOT)
• Electronic Medical Records (EMR)
• Electronic Health Record (EHR)
• Master Patient Index (MPI)
• Clinical Decision Support (CDS)

Future of Healthcare IT:

• Virtual Reality (VR)
• Augmented Reality (AR)
• Healthcare trackers, wearables and sensors
• Medical tricorder
• Revolutionizing drug development
• Nanotechnology
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• Robotics Pharmaceuticals
Thank You
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