Slide show provided by Chelley Plueger

1. Issues addressing Health
Informatics
Michelle Plueger
HCA 496 Health Informatics Capstone
Mohammad Bajwa
February 03, 2013

2. Health Informatics Topics
• The impact on the electronic medical
records integration
• Legal and ethical aspects of health
information management
• Current health care information
systems

3. The impact on the electronic medical
records integration
• The impact on electronic medical
records integration will be discussed by
exploring the challenges related to
adoption
• The importance of this is that EMR
adoption can increase the safety and
efficiency of health care practices.

4. Legal and ethical aspects of health
information management
• Legal and ethical aspects that
challenge facilities will be discussed
by evaluating security measures and
breaches
• The importance of this topic is
adequate protection of health
information and security for facilities

5. Current health care information systems
• Current health care information systems will be
discussed using frameworks for the improvement
of care through clinical research, empirical and
qualitative approaches, and case studies
• The importance of this topic is the continuum of
research for the long term objectives of improved
health information management

6. Outline Objectives
•
The impact on electronic medical records
integration: financial, infrastructure, and
personnel challenges
•
Legal and ethical aspects of health
information management: HIPAA compliance
and penalties.
•
Current health care information systems:
data derived from clinical research, empirical
and qualitative approaches, and case studies
for the improvement of HIM