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Informatics

INFORMATICS
• A broad term defined as the application of
computer, and information management and
processing of data, information, and knowledge.
INFORMATICS
• The science concerned with the gathering,
manipulation, classification, storage, and
retrieval of recorded knowledge
• The techniques and practices used to manage
and operate information systems and
technology.
Technologies associated with
pharmacy informatics
• Automated inventory and procurement systems
• Intelligent-fusion devices
• Compounding devices
• Automated dispensing devices and robots
• Web-based knowledge systems
• Bar-coding
• CDS
• Electronic communication
• Radio-frequency identification
• Pharmacy information systems
• CPOE
• Electronic prescribing
• E-health record
Topics associated with Pharmacy
Informatics
• Information security and confidentiality
• Educational applications
• Operations
• Clinical application
• Systems integration
• Opportunities and training
Role of IT
• Implementation of CPOE
• E-documentation of administration
• Integration with pharmacy systems
• Dispensing devices
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009
• Help contain health care costs
• Certification Commission for Healthcare
Information Technology, serve as certification
bodies to ensure successful adoptation and
interoperability of health information
technologies
Data, Information, and Knowledge
Management
DATA
• Simply discrete and objective facts about subject
or an event
• Easy to capture and store in media such as
databases and files
EXAMPLE
Patient laboratory values, drug orders, patient’s
weight
INFORMATION
• Data that has relevance and purpose
• Has meaning because it is contextualized,
categorized, calculated, corrected, or condensed
EXAMPLE
Knowing particular lab result was high or low
from reference valur
KNOWLEDGE
• Broader, deeper, and richer than data and
information
How information is transformed into
knowledge?
• Through comparison between current situation
and similar one
• Understanding the consequences of the
information gathered
• Knowing how the information connects to other
information
• Understanding what people think about the
information
Why is this important in the field of
informatics?
Advantages of Electronic Information
• Availability of information from almost
everywhere
• Reduced space requirements for storing
information
• Greater ability to maintain up-to-date
information
• Improved efficiency of information retrieval
The 20 Most Popular Health Websites
(June 2009)
1. WebMD.com 11. everydayHealth.com
2. NIH.gov 12. RightHealth.com
3. MedicineNet.com 13. wellsphere.com
4. MayoClinic.com 14. FamilyDoctor.org
5. Drugs.com 15. QualityHealth.com
6. Yahoo!Health 16. HealthCentral.com
7. RxList.com 17. Prevention.com
8. RealAge.com 18. Health.com
9. MedHelp.org 19. RevolutionHealth.com
10. Healthline.com 20. eMedicine.com
Information Retrieval/Knowledge
Sources
• E-databases and search engines
• Medicine, Int’l Pharmaceutical Abstracts
• E-journals
• E-drug information resources (Micromedex,
Multum, etc.)
• E-textbooks
• The Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database
Important Quality for Health-Related
Websites
• Transparency and honesty
• Transparency of provider of site, purpose, and
objective of site
• Target audience is clearly defined
• Authority
• Clear statement of sources for all information
and date of publication
• Privacy and data protection policies
• Clear and regular updating of information with
date clearly displayed
• Accountability for information
• Process for user feedback and appropriate
oversight responsibility
• Editorial policy has clear statement on process
used for selection of content
• Guidelines on accessibility, searchability,
readability

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