Information Systems in the Healthcare Industry The Healthcare Industry has many dynamic movements and innovations. As stated by Kathleen M. Young, “every action taken depends on previous information and knowledge” (Young, p. 11). If the industry missed even one piece of information it would put many lives on the line. Information systems (IS) have become critical to help healthcare professionals better serve patients by accessing, saving, and analyzing data. The data could be anything from patient statistics to the research for an untreatable disease. Healthcare informatics help professionals turn these vast amounts of data into saved lives. Between the cycles of data to information to knowledge, informatics happens when “knowledge is then
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Suzanne Bakken points out greater patient safety and evidence-based practice (EBP) as two key resulting improvements of an “informatics infrastructure” (Bakken, p. II-52) implementation. Setting up such systems have enabled greater access to information and communication forums on mobile devices. Patient Safety and EBP have become a reality because informatics have standardized data and created “reminders to clinicians regarding standardized protocols and clinical practice guidelines (Bakken, p. II-53). With these systems alerting doctors about clinical protocol or symptoms that suggest an infectious disease, better decisions are made and lives are saved. (Bakken, p. …show more content…
The discipline is really taking off as many colleges add the major to their curriculum. In her 2014 article, Weintraub mentions how “new grads can expect a relatively short job search (Weintraub, p. 2). Students who graduate with this degree are taught to “build medical applications such as EHRs” (Electronic Health Records) and about “patient privacy legislation, health care policy, and health economics” (Weintraub, p. 1). Even CIO of the Cleveland Clinic knows this “advanced degree is valuable” because “problems health analysts are being tasked with solving are only getting more complex” (Weintraub, p. 2). Considering the growing regulations surrounding healthcare, it is unlikely that this area of employment would see a decline in the near
Suzanne Bakken points out greater patient safety and evidence-based practice (EBP) as two key resulting improvements of an “informatics infrastructure” (Bakken, p. II-52) implementation. Setting up such systems have enabled greater access to information and communication forums on mobile devices. Patient Safety and EBP have become a reality because informatics have standardized data and created “reminders to clinicians regarding standardized protocols and clinical practice guidelines (Bakken, p. II-53). With these systems alerting doctors about clinical protocol or symptoms that suggest an infectious disease, better decisions are made and lives are saved. (Bakken, p. …show more content…
The discipline is really taking off as many colleges add the major to their curriculum. In her 2014 article, Weintraub mentions how “new grads can expect a relatively short job search (Weintraub, p. 2). Students who graduate with this degree are taught to “build medical applications such as EHRs” (Electronic Health Records) and about “patient privacy legislation, health care policy, and health economics” (Weintraub, p. 1). Even CIO of the Cleveland Clinic knows this “advanced degree is valuable” because “problems health analysts are being tasked with solving are only getting more complex” (Weintraub, p. 2). Considering the growing regulations surrounding healthcare, it is unlikely that this area of employment would see a decline in the near