Development of RHIO will be driven by:
• HEALTHCARE PRIORITIES OF THE COMMUNITY & STAKEHOLDERS
• KEY DECISIONS TO DEVELOP THE RHIO
• INFORMATION & CRITERIA TO ENABLE KEY DECISIONS
• CONSENSUS METHODS USED TO BUILD TRUST
As the key decisions are made to create the RHIO, the Project Plan will evolve into more of an Operational Plan
CHALLENGES OF PRIVACY
• LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE FUTURE OF ELECTRONIC HEALTHCARE
• EFFECTIVENESS OF INFORMATICS.
• UNDERSTANDING INFORMATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS:
• UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS
• USAGE
• DISCLOSURE
• DISRUPTION
• MODIFICATION
• DESTRUCTION
Some major challenges in developing information systems for healthcare are that there is a great diversity of data that must be captured. The effectiveness …show more content…
Administrative safeguards mandate that organizations create policy and procedures that will create programs such as risk management teams that will conduct ongoing risk assessments. In addition, administrative safeguards will require the proper IT systems and services.
Physical Safeguards shield the hardware and the facilities that store protected health information (PHI) (HRSA, 2014). This includes: Computer security and who has access to each workstation, accountability of removable hardware such as handheld devices and physical limitation to the access of where health IT is stored.
Technical Safeguards are safeguards that are installed in the health IT system to secure the health data and who has access to it. Some ways of ensuring this process is by implementing a level of hierarchy for data access, constantly examining and recording activity within the system, ensuring that outside mechanism cannot alter or destruct the PHI and proof of identity (HRSA, 2014). …show more content…
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
• MEDLINE PLUS. NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
• KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION
• RODS
• HEALTH MAP
PubMed. National Library of Medicine is a database the has over 18.5 million citations for biomedical articles from MEDLINE and life science journals.
Medline Plus. National Library of Medicine is a government run database that has massive information about drugs and medical journal articles
Kaiser Family Foundation is a public health database that deals with state health facts. Some of these facts include Minority health, STD’s and health insurance.
RODS Real-time Outbreak and Disease Surveillance is a database that gathers and examines disease surveillance in real time.
Health Map- is a web based map that displays real-time information on developing infectious diseases
Reference: Larsson, Laura. Selected Public Health Tools: finding, organizing, using, retrieving, disseminating, and communicating using tools of various kinds. Retrieved on August 19, 2014 from http://www.nwpublichealth.org/docs/nph/f2009/larsson_tools_bibliography_fw2009.pdf
REDUCTION OF HEALTH INEQUITIES THROUGH ITS DEVELOPMENT
• DECREASE HOSPITAL RE-ADMITTANCE