SEMINAR

ON
HEALTH INFORMATICS
BY
SUBMITTED TO
MRS SASI MOHANDAS J SHEELA RAJAKUMARI
LECTURER MSC NURSING 1ST YEAR
MMM COLLEGE OF NURSING
MMM COLLEGE OF NURSING
 INTRODUCTION
Health informatics is an evolving specialization that links information
technology, communication and health care to improve the quality and
safety of patient care.
The term INFORMATIC is derived from French word “informatique”
meaning the science and technology of information processing using
computers.
 DEFINITION
 Health informatics is define as “The application of computers and
information science in all the basic and applied biomedical science to
facilitate the acquisition, processing, interpretation, optimal use and
communication of health – related data.”
(American medical informatics association-AMIA)
The united states national library of medicine (NLM)
defines health informatics as the interdisciplinary study of
the design, development, adoption and application of
information technology based innovations in health care
services delivery, management and planning.
 TOOLS FOR HEALTH INFORMATICS

Computers Medical Communication

Clinical guidelines
terminologies system
 AREAS WHERE HEALTH INFORMATICS ARE
USED

1. NURSING 7. ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

2. DENTISTRY 8. PUBLIC HEALTH
3. PHARMACY • Policy
4. PUBLIC HEALTH • Administration
5. BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH • Epidemiology
6. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY • Environment
PROCESS OF HEALTH INFORMATICS

Collection of Utilization
Processing
data

Communication/
Storage
dissemination
 HISTORY OF HEALTH INFORMATICS
• The world wide use of computers in medicine began in the early 1950’s
• In 1949, Gustav wagner – Austrian member of nazi established the first
professional organization for informatics in Germany
• Specialized university programs and informatics training programs began
during 1960s in France, Germany, Belgium and Netherlands.
• Medical informatics research units began during 1970s in Poland and in US
Early names of health informatics
medical computing,
biomedical computing,
 medical computer science,
computer medicine,
medical information science.
 HEALTH INFORMATICS IN INDIA

• In context to India, disparity between rural and urban health

care setup, unfavorable health indicators, increasing burden
of communicable and non- communicable diseases, alarming
situations such as disasters like floods, earthquake, epidemics
etc., necessitated the development of public health system with
enhanced capacities to address community health problems.
WHO AND ICT RELATED TOOLS ..

Geographical information system (GIS)

Telemedicine
Patient information system
Decision support system
Electronic health records
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
SYSTEM(GIS)
Definition
It is a system capable of interpreting, storing, editing,
analyzing, sharing and displaying geographically reference
information.
It is also called as geospatial information system.
 USES OF GIS IN HEALTH INFORMATICS

• GIS uses map overlay technique

• Application of GIS includes infectious disease surveillance and control,
especially vector borne disease
• Prompt location of cases , of information and quick mapping
 TELE - COMMUNICATION
Definition
Delivery of healthcare services, where
distance is a critical factor, by all healthcare
professionals using information and
communication technology for exchange of
valid information for diagnosis, treatment and
prevention of diseases and injuries, research
and evaluation, and for continuing education
of healthcare providers, all in the interests of
advancing the health of individuals and their
communities.
-WHO
 AIMS OF TELEMEDICINE

Provides clinical support

Intended to overcome geographical barriers
Involves the use of various types of ICT
Its goal is to improve health outcomes
 PROVEN POTENTIALS / ACHIEVEMENTS OF
TELEMEDICINE

• Reduced strain and distance for • Improved prognosis

rural people to travel super specialty • Maintains data with respect to
hospital various disease
• Cost reduction of treatment and • Updated health information
follow up care
• Time saving and timely availability
of expert medical services
 ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD
An electronic health record (EHR) is the
systematized collection of patient and population
electronically stored health information in a
digital format.

It is more than a digital version of a patients

record

It is also called as Womb to tomb record.

 EHR IN INDIA
• In India, the use of EHR is limited to large corporate hospitals and academic
medical institution.
• Ideally for a full-fledged public health informatic system it is essential to
have an EHR for each citizen.
• Even in well developed countries like US, Canada and Australia the
electronic health record system is still in evolving adoption.
 ADVANTAGES OF EHR
• Helps to reduce errors in medical record
• Easy to maintain for a long period
• Has low maintenance cost
• Easy to access from any corner of the world
• Helps to make proper diagnosis and follow up
• Improves efficiency of health care and also helps in research
THE CHALLENGES INDIA IS FACING
IN ADOPTING ELECTRONIC HEALTH
RECORD
 SCOPES OF HEALTH INFORMATICS
Epidemiological disease surveillance – using GIS

Disaster management

Health care services in remote areas

Electronic health records

Updated health statistics

Education and training purpose

 NURSING INFORMATICS

Definition
Nursing informatics is defined as the development and
evaluation of application, tools, processes and structures
which assist nurses with the management of data in taking
care of patients or supporting the practice of nursing.
 APPLICATION OF NURSING
INFORMATICS

Planned Staff
interventions scheduling Computer Literature
Computer Email for assisted searching
based records communication instruction Collection of
Error free Cost analysis Distance data
documentation. Quality learning analysis
, ect assurance
 ISSUES IN HEALTH INFORMATICS
• Informations can be easily exchanged and greater risk in
patients privacy and confidentiality
• Ethical aspects has to be followed to maintain patients
record
DISADVANTAGES OF HEALTH INFORMATICS

1. Expensive
2. Requires time to adapt
3. Over dependency
4. Susceptibility to network hackers
CONCLUSION..!

Health informatics is the budding specialty in the health

care system. But the potentials of health informatics are
prove.as a health care professional, we all should have
knowledge about health informatic and its domains.