Health informatics

paper-based health records, a new and more improved way of keeping healthcare records has emerged in more recent years. The electronic health record is an electronic format of a patient’s current and past medical history. Electronic health records are maintained by a provider that is capable of sharing healthcare information such as provider notes, injuries, past surgeries, medications, and allergies by network connected information systems. Whether confronted by natural disasters, health…

former Director of AHRQ, speaking at the 2005 American Medical Informatics Association on Health IT, “if (physicians) are going to avoid injuring patients—and succeed in giving them the right treatments—and spend dollars effectively—then (physicians) need the best information (they) can get about which treatments really work, and for whom. “In a word, (physicians) need the strongest foundation possible, of evidence and results in health care.” Not all applications of technology to healthcare…

The thread of nurse informatics has become a part of most schools’ curriculum. Both the National League for Nursing’s and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s accrediting agencies have added beginning informatics as a curriculum requirement (Thede, 2012). Informatics is essential in nursing education and is now offered at the graduate level for both nursing informatics and healthcare informatics to train knowledgeable personnel. Although nurse informatics is essential, barriers…

where information was mission critical. The founders quickly realized hospitals were organized internally as silos and needed a method for coordinating care. They also understood that data generated in the silos could improve the quality and safety of health care if the information was shared in a common platform. In the 1980’s, Cerner created that platform (“History of Cerner Corporation” (1997). In 1984, Cerner rolled out its first software application, the PathNet Laboratory Information…

clients while at a distant location, using the latest technologies. According to the Center for Connected Health Policy, telehealth is described as a collection of methods for improving health care, public health, and the support of health education delivery using telecommunication technologies. The same article continues to elaborate on the four distinct applications…

• Spreading the Use of Health IT Health information technology has a great impact in underserved communities in improving the delivery of care. Enhancing health IT can address and have an impact on the quality of care, access to care, health outcomes and status, and patient engagement. Health IT tools can assist in the improvement of decision-making and aid in health education within communities so they are willing to learn more about their condition and health. Challenges may arise, but gaining…

toward the health information management career. Psychology is the science of mental states and processes. (dictionary.com, 2015)In relation to psychology, health information management is a combination of business, science, and information technology. Those who work in this field are experts in processing, analyzing and reporting information vital to the health care industry, respected staff members who interact daily with the clinical and administrative staff, all of whom depend on health…

Identify The How Health Information Technology (HIT) Can Be Used To Engage Patient, Improve Patient Outcomes, Provide Better Patient Care, And Lowering Cost. Patient engagement has become a critical pillar in the healthcare sector today. There is much emphasis on patient engagement, and healthcare providers are making all efforts to ensure that patients get engaged in their healthcare process. The healthcare providers have seen the need of putting the patients at the center of the healthcare…

nurses can interact with patients via phone, interactive video conferencing, online portals, or Personal Health Records (PHRs). For many years, the government had been making efforts to hasten the use of electronic medical records (EMRs) and the technologies that supports it in an effort to bring down the rising costs in health care. This was until President Obama proclaimed the National Health Information Technology, which entailed that healthcare providers and patients were to be connected in…

Predictive Analysis of Health Care Data using SPARK Vengamamba Pachava Computer Information Systems University of Houston – Clear Lake Houston, Texas Pachavav2901@uhcl.edu Abstract—the main objective of this research is to provide a thorough review on how to handle the rapid growth of health care data using Apache Spark framework. Healthcare data is not very structured and unique. This data is more diversified and complex and using linear analysis techniques on it is not helpful.…