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Health informatics

Health informatics. … is the intersection of clinical, IM/IT and management practices to achieve better health. Health IT is unique:. It requires a stronger interaction with a broad set of stakeholders: Patients Health care professionals Government Vendors Academics

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Health informatics

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  1. Health informatics …is the intersection of clinical, IM/IT and management practices to achieve better health

  2. Health IT is unique: • It requires a stronger interaction with a broad set of stakeholders: • Patients • Health care professionals • Government • Vendors • Academics • It is defined by the characteristics of the information found in the healthcare segment

  3. Healthcare data: • Fragmented • Dispersed • Interconnected • Complex • Ethical • Emotive

  4. Informatics competencies

  5. Information structure, modeling: • Database design • Vocabulary • Knowledge architectures • System architectures

  6. Workflow fit and effectiveness • Organizational development • Functional Requirement • Human factors • Operational research • Evaluation

  7. Other aspects of systems development: • Information retrieval • Scientific visualization/imaging informatics • Data privacy • Data mining • Natural language processing • Decision models and experts systems

  8. eHealth • Hospital, clinicalcare • Home care setting • Primary care settings • Educational processes (patient and providereducation) • Research

  9. Public health principles • Promotion of health in the general population • Emphasis on prevention of disease and injury by altering the conditions of the environment • Recognition of the influence of government and other contexts on public health information systems and applications

  10. Imagine…. „ A person comes to the emergency department complaining of severe pain. The doctor enters the symptoms into the electronic health record system (EHR) . As the doctor tries to determine what’s causing the pain an alert from the health department pops back up on the screen– public health surveillance data advices that there’s been a salmonella outbreak in the region. The patient receives a proper medication and avoids an overnight stay because of the prompt action.”

  11. We cancreateusefulremindersaboutprevalence of diseasein a community http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VnB9x8HyyI

  12. Examples • Geo Sentinel Surveillance Network • Global Public Health Intelligence Network GPHIN • National Electronic Disease Surveillance System NEDSS • Electronic Surveillance System Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics ESSENCE

  13. Sources: • Health IT and Electronic Health http://searchhealthit.techtarget.com/news/2240033923/Data-exchange-pilot-targets-public-health-surveillance-in-real-time • E-How, „Health informatics”, http://www.ehow.com/about_5659295_history-health-care-informatics.html • Claudia Parvanta, David E. Nelson, Sarah A. Parvanta, and Richard N. Harner, Essentials of Public Health Communication, Mississauga, Ontario: Jones and Bartlett learning, 2011. ISBN 978-0-7637-7115-7 • Health Canada, Health care system http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hcs-sss/ehealth-esante/index-eng.php • Youtube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VnB9x8HyyI

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