OVERVIEW OF HEALTH HEALTH INFORMATION

INFORMATICS ECOSYSTEM
HEALTH INFORMATION
- Healthcare Information SYSTEMS
and Management
HEALTH INFORMATION OVERVIEW OF HEALTH
Systems Society (2017)
TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS
◼ Health Interoperability
Rouse (2016) ecosystem - Captures, stores,
➢ Composition of manages, transmits
- Area of IT involving individuals, systems information
design, development,
creation, use,
maintenance
HEALTH INFORMATICS IN ROLE AND FUNCTION OF
- To improve:
THE CLOUD HEALTH INFORMATION
◼ Medical Care
SYSTEMS
◼ Lower costs - 83% use cloud-based
◼ Increase efficiency 1. Files are Easier to access
◼ Reduce error 2. More controls
◼ Improve patient ADVANTAGES OF CLOUD: 3. Easy to update
satisfaction 4. Communication
1. Integrated and Efficient
Patient Care
2. Better Management
HEALTHCARE SOFTWARE COMPONENTS OF HEALTH
Data
SYSTEMS INFORMATION SYSTEM
3. Error Reduction
Rouse (2016) - Health Metrics Network
(HMN)
- Electronic Health
DISADVANTAGES OF CL: ◼ Inputs
Record (EHR)
1. Health Information
- Central component of 1. Potential risks to
system resources.
the health IT personal information
- Consists of legislative,
- Person’s official digital 2. Cloud Set-up seems
regulatory, planning
health record cumbersome
- Key elements 3. Cost Justification
◼ Personal Health Record
◼ Health Info Exchange ◼ Processes
2. Indicators
HEALTH INFORMATICS IN
3. Data sources
THE PHILIPPINES
4. Data management
2 WIDELY USED TYPES OF
- 1980’s 5. Information products
HEALTH IT
◼ Community Health 6. Dissemination and
Information Tracking use
System (CHITS)
- Picture archiving and
➢ Named finalist at
communication systems
Stockholm Challenge DIFFERENT DATA
(PACS)
2006 SOURCES FOR HEALTH
- Vendor Neutral
➢ One of top 3 e-gov INFORMATION SYSTEM
Archives (VNA)
projects in phil
➢ Demographic Data
➢ CHITS is an Electronic
medical record (EMR)
 - Consists of facts such as 7. Drug
age, gender, race, ethnic inventory/equipment
8. Lack of standard names
➢ Administrative Data and codes
- Services provided,
charges, amount paid

➢ Health Risk Information

➢ Health Status
- Generally reported by
individuals themselves

➢ Patient Medical History

➢ Current Medical
Management
- Content of encounter
forms or parts of Patient
Record

➢ Outcomes data
- Wide array of measures
of the effects

HEALTH MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION SYSTEM

PROBLEMS FACED BY
HOSPITALS (traditional)
1. No real-time data
available
2. Evidence-based program
was a challenge
3. Undue delays
4. Retrieval of old manual
records
5. Duplication of Records
6. Monthly reports as hard
copy