1) The document discusses the promise and potential perils of eHealth technologies like remote monitoring devices, virtual assistants, and personalized health records.
2) Factors driving eHealth include patient demand for convenient access to information, the ability to link separate health services, and using technology to address issues like staff shortages.
3) Potential benefits include improved patient information and choice, better communication between providers, and links to vetted external health resources. However, issues around privacy and control of personal data still need solutions.
1) The document discusses the promise and potential perils of eHealth technologies like remote monitoring devices, virtual assistants, and personalized health records.
2) Factors driving eHealth include patient demand for convenient access to information, the ability to link separate health services, and using technology to address issues like staff shortages.
3) Potential benefits include improved patient information and choice, better communication between providers, and links to vetted external health resources. However, issues around privacy and control of personal data still need solutions.
Ms. Patel uses the internet to research her risk of breast cancer after her mother's diagnosis. The document discusses how eHealth tools allow people to research health issues without a doctor's consultation. It describes search engines, patient portals, and ways to access medical literature. Risk is often described in complex ways, so many people prefer professional help interpreting information. Guidelines suggest when to see a genetics specialist based on family cancer history.
The Indian Parliament passed the Companies Bill 2013, replacing the previous Companies Act of 1956. The new law aims to modernize corporate regulation in India and promote business-friendly initiatives. It provides for greater transparency, accountability, and protection of minority shareholders and investors. Some key changes include allowing more members in private companies, introducing one-person companies, mandatory CSR spending for large companies, restrictions on related party transactions and loans to directors, and establishing a new National Company Law Tribunal to handle corporate matters instead of the High Court. The new law is expected to facilitate business while improving governance.
1. Ms Smith developed symptomatic renal impairment that may have been avoided if her underlying medical issues were properly diagnosed and treated earlier at multiple points in her care.
2. Ensuring appropriate follow-up and continuity of care between primary care physicians and specialists can help reduce risks for patients with chronic conditions like Ms Smith.
3. Integrating medical records electronically across different parts of a healthcare system can improve information sharing, guide treatment according to best practices, and ultimately enhance patient outcomes.
How decision support tools help define clinical problemseduardo guagliardi
1) The document discusses using informatics resources like decision support tools to consider issues beyond a patient's presenting problem during a clinical consultation, including management of continuing problems, opportunistic health promotion, and modification of help-seeking behaviors.
2) It provides an example of how these tools could help in the consultation of a patient, Mr. Evans, who presented with headaches and sleep issues but was also found to have high blood pressure and undisclosed alcohol use, which are relevant to understanding his overall health situation and treating his depression.
3) The document examines how electronic prompts can help bring hidden issues to light and make both doctors and patients aware of all factors that could impact the patient's health, though clinical judgement
This document summarizes key concepts around using clinical data and informatics tools to improve healthcare services. It discusses how data from multiple sources can be linked and analyzed to provide intelligence to decision-makers. However, issues around data protection, privacy and ensuring data is used appropriately must be addressed. Effective presentation of data is important so clinicians view it as valid and are motivated to change practices. Feedback of performance data can improve quality when done constructively and by considering the local context.
This document provides definitions for various terms related to health informatics. It defines terms such as algorithm, bioinformatics, clinical coding system, clinical data system, clinical decision tool, communication, database, electronic health record, and medical knowledge. The definitions cover topics such as the use of informatics methods and technologies in clinical care, research, public health, and consumer health contexts.
This document provides definitions for various terms related to health informatics. It defines terms such as algorithm, bioinformatics, clinical coding system, clinical data system, clinical decision tool, communication, database, electronic health record, and medical knowledge. The definitions cover topics such as the use of informatics methods and technologies in research, clinical practice, public health, and consumer health contexts.
How computers can help to share understanding with patientseduardo guagliardi
This document provides an overview of how computers and interactive health applications can help doctors share information and clinical understanding with patients. It discusses the case of Ms. Patel, who met with her doctor and genetics clinic team to discuss her family history of breast cancer and 30% lifetime risk of also developing breast cancer. The team created a genogram to visualize her family history and risks. The document then discusses the benefits of interactive tools for improving patient understanding, reducing uncertainty, and better supporting patients. It provides some examples of how images, videos and other multimedia can help explain clinical information to patients during consultations.
1) The article discusses health informatics and how it helps doctors make better decisions by improving how patient data and medical knowledge is captured, processed, communicated and applied.
2) It focuses on how information is handled during routine clinical tasks like consultations and covers broader issues related to things like medical record keeping, communicating with colleagues and patients, and keeping clinical knowledge up to date.
3) It explains the differences between actual information, representations of that information, and how individuals may interpret it, noting that information is best captured and represented in a way that helps both human and computer users find and interpret it.
This document summarizes key aspects of clinical review and use of health informatics in patient assessment. It discusses 1) using open questions rather than closed questions to understand the patient's reason for visiting, 2) considering symptoms and non-verbal cues to form an initial hypothesis, 3) gathering a medical history over time to understand recurring issues, 4) reviewing records such as laboratory results, prescriptions, and family history to inform the diagnosis, and 5) the importance of coding clinical data for storage and communication between healthcare providers and systems.
This document summarizes how clinical information can help doctors understand patients and their health issues. It provides examples of how a doctor uses a patient's medical history, including prior visits, prescriptions, lab results, and family history to inform their assessment of the patient's current issues. The document also contrasts experienced doctors' hypothetico-deductive approach to less experienced doctors' more exhaustive checklist method. Overall, it discusses how electronic medical records can provide doctors important context to help identify health problems and guide their consultation with patients.
This document summarizes key concepts around using clinical data and informatics tools to improve healthcare services. It discusses how data from multiple sources can be linked and analyzed to provide intelligence to decision-makers. However, issues around data protection, privacy and ensuring data is used appropriately must be addressed. Effective presentation of data is important so clinicians view it as valid and are motivated to change practices. Feedback of performance data can improve quality when done constructively and by considering the local context.
This document summarizes an article about how clinical informatics tools can help make patient consultations more efficient. It discusses how computers can help clinicians obtain relevant patient information, assess the patient's status, and take effective management steps. It also explains how recording consultation data can produce useful information to improve local healthcare services and inform broader health system policies. The document provides a flow chart outlining the acute asthma management process in emergency departments for children over 5 years old.
This clinical review document provides an overview of health informatics and discusses key concepts around clinical information including how it is captured, represented, interpreted, stored, and used. It examines these issues through the example of a clinical encounter between Dr. McKay and patient Ms. Smith. The document also discusses where clinical information comes from, how to assess its quality, and the various costs associated with capturing and processing information.
Ms. Amulya Patel uses the internet to research her risk of breast cancer after her mother's diagnosis. She finds many resources online, including patient portals and medical literature, but may have difficulty interpreting information without professional help. The document describes how electronic tools can provide initial information for health issues, but a consultation is still beneficial for personalized risk assessment and advice. Online information prompted Ms. Patel to ask her family about their cancer history, finding a strong familial link, so she sought a genetics expert's opinion. While the internet can satisfy some health questions, patients may need a doctor's expertise to properly interpret data.
1) The document discusses the promise and potential perils of eHealth technologies like remote monitoring devices, virtual assistants, and personalized health records.
2) Factors driving eHealth include patient demand for convenient access to information, the ability to link separate health services, and using technology to address staffing shortages. However, eHealth may also shift costs to patients and change the role of healthcare providers.
3) Potential benefits of eHealth include improved patient information and choice, better communication between providers, and links to vetted external health resources. However, ensuring privacy and appropriate access to personal health data is also discussed.
This document discusses how essays are classified based on style and subject matter. Essays can be classified into formal or informal styles based on how they are written. They can also be classified based on their subject matter into categories like character sketches, descriptive essays, philosophical essays, editorials, critical essays, scientific essays, semi-narrative essays, and biographical essays based on their content and focus. Effective essays express a vital point, widen the reader's intellectual range, reveal the author's personality, and have an appropriately beautiful style with elements like humor or imagination.
Ms. Patel uses the internet to research her risk of breast cancer after her mother's diagnosis. The document discusses how eHealth tools allow people to research health issues without a doctor's consultation. It describes search engines, patient portals, and ways to access medical literature. Risk is often described in complex ways, so many people prefer professional help interpreting information. Guidelines suggest when to see a genetics specialist based on family cancer history.
The Indian Parliament passed the Companies Bill 2013, replacing the previous Companies Act of 1956. The new law aims to modernize corporate regulation in India and promote business-friendly initiatives. It provides for greater transparency, accountability, and protection of minority shareholders and investors. Some key changes include allowing more members in private companies, introducing one-person companies, mandatory CSR spending for large companies, restrictions on related party transactions and loans to directors, and establishing a new National Company Law Tribunal to handle corporate matters instead of the High Court. The new law is expected to facilitate business while improving governance.
1. Ms Smith developed symptomatic renal impairment that may have been avoided if her underlying medical issues were properly diagnosed and treated earlier at multiple points in her care.
2. Ensuring appropriate follow-up and continuity of care between primary care physicians and specialists can help reduce risks for patients with chronic conditions like Ms Smith.
3. Integrating medical records electronically across different parts of a healthcare system can improve information sharing, guide treatment according to best practices, and ultimately enhance patient outcomes.
How decision support tools help define clinical problemseduardo guagliardi
1) The document discusses using informatics resources like decision support tools to consider issues beyond a patient's presenting problem during a clinical consultation, including management of continuing problems, opportunistic health promotion, and modification of help-seeking behaviors.
2) It provides an example of how these tools could help in the consultation of a patient, Mr. Evans, who presented with headaches and sleep issues but was also found to have high blood pressure and undisclosed alcohol use, which are relevant to understanding his overall health situation and treating his depression.
3) The document examines how electronic prompts can help bring hidden issues to light and make both doctors and patients aware of all factors that could impact the patient's health, though clinical judgement
This document summarizes key concepts around using clinical data and informatics tools to improve healthcare services. It discusses how data from multiple sources can be linked and analyzed to provide intelligence to decision-makers. However, issues around data protection, privacy and ensuring data is used appropriately must be addressed. Effective presentation of data is important so clinicians view it as valid and are motivated to change practices. Feedback of performance data can improve quality when done constructively and by considering the local context.
This document provides definitions for various terms related to health informatics. It defines terms such as algorithm, bioinformatics, clinical coding system, clinical data system, clinical decision tool, communication, database, electronic health record, and medical knowledge. The definitions cover topics such as the use of informatics methods and technologies in clinical care, research, public health, and consumer health contexts.
This document provides definitions for various terms related to health informatics. It defines terms such as algorithm, bioinformatics, clinical coding system, clinical data system, clinical decision tool, communication, database, electronic health record, and medical knowledge. The definitions cover topics such as the use of informatics methods and technologies in research, clinical practice, public health, and consumer health contexts.
How computers can help to share understanding with patientseduardo guagliardi
This document provides an overview of how computers and interactive health applications can help doctors share information and clinical understanding with patients. It discusses the case of Ms. Patel, who met with her doctor and genetics clinic team to discuss her family history of breast cancer and 30% lifetime risk of also developing breast cancer. The team created a genogram to visualize her family history and risks. The document then discusses the benefits of interactive tools for improving patient understanding, reducing uncertainty, and better supporting patients. It provides some examples of how images, videos and other multimedia can help explain clinical information to patients during consultations.
1) The article discusses health informatics and how it helps doctors make better decisions by improving how patient data and medical knowledge is captured, processed, communicated and applied.
2) It focuses on how information is handled during routine clinical tasks like consultations and covers broader issues related to things like medical record keeping, communicating with colleagues and patients, and keeping clinical knowledge up to date.
3) It explains the differences between actual information, representations of that information, and how individuals may interpret it, noting that information is best captured and represented in a way that helps both human and computer users find and interpret it.
This document summarizes key aspects of clinical review and use of health informatics in patient assessment. It discusses 1) using open questions rather than closed questions to understand the patient's reason for visiting, 2) considering symptoms and non-verbal cues to form an initial hypothesis, 3) gathering a medical history over time to understand recurring issues, 4) reviewing records such as laboratory results, prescriptions, and family history to inform the diagnosis, and 5) the importance of coding clinical data for storage and communication between healthcare providers and systems.
This document summarizes how clinical information can help doctors understand patients and their health issues. It provides examples of how a doctor uses a patient's medical history, including prior visits, prescriptions, lab results, and family history to inform their assessment of the patient's current issues. The document also contrasts experienced doctors' hypothetico-deductive approach to less experienced doctors' more exhaustive checklist method. Overall, it discusses how electronic medical records can provide doctors important context to help identify health problems and guide their consultation with patients.
This document summarizes key concepts around using clinical data and informatics tools to improve healthcare services. It discusses how data from multiple sources can be linked and analyzed to provide intelligence to decision-makers. However, issues around data protection, privacy and ensuring data is used appropriately must be addressed. Effective presentation of data is important so clinicians view it as valid and are motivated to change practices. Feedback of performance data can improve quality when done constructively and by considering the local context.
This document summarizes an article about how clinical informatics tools can help make patient consultations more efficient. It discusses how computers can help clinicians obtain relevant patient information, assess the patient's status, and take effective management steps. It also explains how recording consultation data can produce useful information to improve local healthcare services and inform broader health system policies. The document provides a flow chart outlining the acute asthma management process in emergency departments for children over 5 years old.
This clinical review document provides an overview of health informatics and discusses key concepts around clinical information including how it is captured, represented, interpreted, stored, and used. It examines these issues through the example of a clinical encounter between Dr. McKay and patient Ms. Smith. The document also discusses where clinical information comes from, how to assess its quality, and the various costs associated with capturing and processing information.
Ms. Amulya Patel uses the internet to research her risk of breast cancer after her mother's diagnosis. She finds many resources online, including patient portals and medical literature, but may have difficulty interpreting information without professional help. The document describes how electronic tools can provide initial information for health issues, but a consultation is still beneficial for personalized risk assessment and advice. Online information prompted Ms. Patel to ask her family about their cancer history, finding a strong familial link, so she sought a genetics expert's opinion. While the internet can satisfy some health questions, patients may need a doctor's expertise to properly interpret data.
1) The document discusses the promise and potential perils of eHealth technologies like remote monitoring devices, virtual assistants, and personalized health records.
2) Factors driving eHealth include patient demand for convenient access to information, the ability to link separate health services, and using technology to address staffing shortages. However, eHealth may also shift costs to patients and change the role of healthcare providers.
3) Potential benefits of eHealth include improved patient information and choice, better communication between providers, and links to vetted external health resources. However, ensuring privacy and appropriate access to personal health data is also discussed.
This document discusses how essays are classified based on style and subject matter. Essays can be classified into formal or informal styles based on how they are written. They can also be classified based on their subject matter into categories like character sketches, descriptive essays, philosophical essays, editorials, critical essays, scientific essays, semi-narrative essays, and biographical essays based on their content and focus. Effective essays express a vital point, widen the reader's intellectual range, reveal the author's personality, and have an appropriately beautiful style with elements like humor or imagination.