The Concept of Health Informatics - 3
The Concept of Health Informatics - 3
The Concept of Health Informatics - 3
FUNDAMENTALS OF HEALTH
INFORMATICS
The Concepts of Health
Informatics
Seth Afa
Objectives
Margaret Rouse-WhatIs.com
Health IT Infrastructure
EHR - The electronic health record is the central component of the
health IT infrastructure. An EHR is an individual's official, digital
health record and is shared among multiple facilities and agencies.
1960
Medical Information Science
1974
Medical Informatics
Any domain where there is a need for analysis of data and dissemination of
information through the use of computer applications is a possible
application domain.
Medical informatics
Bioinfomatics
Public health informatics
Clinical informatics
Consumer health informatics
Dental informatics
Nursing informatics
Imaging informatics
HEALTH INFORMATICS VIEWED AS FOUR SUBFIELDS
Bioinformatics
It relates to the acquisition of image and its conversion to, digital form, and the analysis, manipulation, and use of those images once they are in digital
form
Systems orientation
From ‘Information Systems’ to ‘Electronic Health
Records’
Personal computers
Networks
Enterprise-wide – ‘integrated’ - systems
Office automation
Shift to clinical focus from financial focus
Clinical data repositories
Order entry/results reporting systems
Early decision support systems
Where Are We Now
(Infrastructure)
Networks (LAN & WAN)
Simple Broadcast LANs (10 Mbps)
Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps)
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (150 - 600Mbps)
PC Workstation platforms
e.g. Microsoft NT
Office Automation (e.g. MS Office)
E-mail Standards
Database Standard (e.g. Oracle)
Internet/Intranets
Where Are We Now
(Financial Systems)
ERP – a few but growing
Payroll and Human Resources
Materials Management/Logistics
Purchasing
Inventories
Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable/Billings
General Ledger
Budgeting
Facilities Management
Cost Accounting - limited
Where Are We Now
(Management Reporting Systems)
Management reports from Transaction
Processing Systems (TPS)
Financial reporting
actual vs. budget
productivity management