This document discusses enabling consumer-centered care through a transformative shift in health data and technology. It notes the current context of increasing health care costs and demand. Technology is seen as a catalyst for change by allowing greater data sharing and monitoring. Victoria's future health model prioritizes a person-centered view and preventing chronic disease. Building blocks for digital health include clinical services, patient indexing, information exchange, and referrals. Challenges include integrating legacy systems and funding models focused on episodic rather than continuous care.
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Introduction
In the ever-evolving healthcare landscape, technology integration has become indispensable. Health informatics is a multidisciplinary field combining health science. information technology, and data management, is pivotal in transforming healthcare delivery. improving patient outcomes, and streamlining clinical processes. This article delves into the intricate tapestry of health informatics. exploring its various facets, applications, challenges. and the promising future for the healthcare industry.
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I. Understanding Health Informatics
A. Definition and Scope
Health informatics applies information and computer science to healthcare delivery, management, and planning. It encompasses various technologies and methodologies designed to enhance healthcare information's acquisition, storage, retrieval, and use. The scope of health informatics extends beyond electronic health records (EHRs) to include telemedicine. mobile health (mHealth), health information exchange (HIE), and more.
B. Key Components
1. Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
EHRs serve as digital repositories of patient health information. promoting seamless data sharing among healthcare providers. This section explores the benefits, challenges, and future advancements in EHR systems. emphasizing their role in improving care coordination and patient engagement.
2. Telemedicine and Remote Patient Monitoring
The rise of telemedicine has revolutionized the way healthcare services delivered. Discussing the impact of telemedicine on access to care, patient outcomes. and the challenges associated with its widespread adoption provides a comprehensive overview of this crucial component of health informatics.
II. Applications of Health Informatics
A. Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS)
CDSS leverages advanced algorithms and data analytics to assist healthcare providers in making informed decisions. By examining real-world examples and success stories. this section highlights the role of CDSS in enhancing diagnostic accuracy. treatment planning, and patient care.
B. Precision Medicine
It is pivotal in advancing precision medicine. and tailoring treatments based on individual patient characteristics. Explore the integration of genomics, proteomics, and other 'omics' data into clinical practice. shedding light on the potential of personalized medicine in improving treatment outcomes.
C. Public Health Informatics
The intersection of health informatics and public health is vital for disease surveillance. outbreak response, and health promotion. Analyzing the contributions of informatics to public health initiatives provides insights into its role in safeguarding population health.
III. Challenges in Health Informatics
A. Data Security and Privacy
As the volume of health data grows, ensuring patient information security. and privacy becomes a paramount concern. This section delves into the challenges and strategies for safeguarding sensitive health
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Pediatric nurses play a vital role in the health and well-being of children. Their responsibilities are wide-ranging, and their objectives can be categorized into several key areas:
1. Direct Patient Care:
Objective: Provide comprehensive and compassionate care to infants, children, and adolescents in various healthcare settings (hospitals, clinics, etc.).
This includes tasks like:
Monitoring vital signs and physical condition.
Administering medications and treatments.
Performing procedures as directed by doctors.
Assisting with daily living activities (bathing, feeding).
Providing emotional support and pain management.
2. Health Promotion and Education:
Objective: Promote healthy behaviors and educate children, families, and communities about preventive healthcare.
This includes tasks like:
Administering vaccinations.
Providing education on nutrition, hygiene, and development.
Offering breastfeeding and childbirth support.
Counseling families on safety and injury prevention.
3. Collaboration and Advocacy:
Objective: Collaborate effectively with doctors, social workers, therapists, and other healthcare professionals to ensure coordinated care for children.
Objective: Advocate for the rights and best interests of their patients, especially when children cannot speak for themselves.
This includes tasks like:
Communicating effectively with healthcare teams.
Identifying and addressing potential risks to child welfare.
Educating families about their child's condition and treatment options.
4. Professional Development and Research:
Objective: Stay up-to-date on the latest advancements in pediatric healthcare through continuing education and research.
Objective: Contribute to improving the quality of care for children by participating in research initiatives.
This includes tasks like:
Attending workshops and conferences on pediatric nursing.
Participating in clinical trials related to child health.
Implementing evidence-based practices into their daily routines.
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Defecation
Normal defecation begins with movement in the left colon, moving stool toward the anus. When stool reaches the rectum, the distention causes relaxation of the internal sphincter and an awareness of the need to defecate. At the time of defecation, the external sphincter relaxes, and abdominal muscles contract, increasing intrarectal pressure and forcing the stool out
The Valsalva maneuver exerts pressure to expel faeces through a voluntary contraction of the abdominal muscles while maintaining forced expiration against a closed airway. Patients with cardiovascular disease, glaucoma, increased intracranial pressure, or a new surgical wound are at greater risk for cardiac dysrhythmias and elevated blood pressure with the Valsalva maneuver and need to avoid straining to pass the stool.
Normal defecation is painless, resulting in passage of soft, formed stool
CONSTIPATION
Constipation is a symptom, not a disease. Improper diet, reduced fluid intake, lack of exercise, and certain medications can cause constipation. For example, patients receiving opiates for pain after surgery often require a stool softener or laxative to prevent constipation. The signs of constipation include infrequent bowel movements (less than every 3 days), difficulty passing stools, excessive straining, inability to defecate at will, and hard feaces
IMPACTION
Fecal impaction results from unrelieved constipation. It is a collection of hardened feces wedged in the rectum that a person cannot expel. In cases of severe impaction the mass extends up into the sigmoid colon.
DIARRHEA
Diarrhea is an increase in the number of stools and the passage of liquid, unformed feces. It is associated with disorders affecting digestion, absorption, and secretion in the GI tract. Intestinal contents pass through the small and large intestine too quickly to allow for the usual absorption of fluid and nutrients. Irritation within the colon results in increased mucus secretion. As a result, feces become watery, and the patient is unable to control the urge to defecate. Normally an anal bag is safe and effective in long-term treatment of patients with fecal incontinence at home, in hospice, or in the hospital. Fecal incontinence is expensive and a potentially dangerous condition in terms of contamination and risk of skin ulceration
HEMORRHOIDS
Hemorrhoids are dilated, engorged veins in the lining of the rectum. They are either external or internal.
FLATULENCE
As gas accumulates in the lumen of the intestines, the bowel wall stretches and distends (flatulence). It is a common cause of abdominal fullness, pain, and cramping. Normally intestinal gas escapes through the mouth (belching) or the anus (passing of flatus)
FECAL INCONTINENCE
Fecal incontinence is the inability to control passage of feces and gas from the anus. Incontinence harms a patient’s body image
PREPARATION AND GIVING OF LAXATIVESACCORDING TO POTTER AND PERRY,
An enema is the instillation of a solution into the rectum and sig
the IUA Administrative Board and General Assembly meeting
Digital health summit 20 april 2016
1. Andrew M Saunders
Health Chief Information Officer
Enabling consumer centred care
through a transformative shift in health
data and technology
Digital Health Summit Melbourne 20 April 2016
2. Current Health Sector context
2
Key theme:
Person centred health care
• Prevent illness
• Better manage demand
• Reduce admissions and
re-admissions
• Reduce unit costs
Key drivers:
Increasing demand
• population growth
• population aging
• increasing chronic disease
Increasing costs
• Health care costs rising faster
than inflation
Reducing federal contribution
Increasing community expectation
• that the government should “join
the dots” in providing services
3. Technology as a Catalyst for change
Ride the wave of change or be swept away!
Consumers driving adoption of innovation
Scale of ICT has dramatically changed
The Cloud is real and changing service offerings
People and Computing are beginning to merge
Shared collaboration between suppliers &
consumers
Shareable individual digital health data
Wearable health monitoring devices
Sub acute care independent of hospital setting
4. Victoria’s Future Healthcare Model
4“Enabling person-centred health and wellbeing”
There are 6 emerging priorities to deliver Health 2040:
1. A person-centred view of healthcare
2. Preventing and treating chronic disease
3. Improving people’s health outcomes and experience
4. Improving the way that the system works together
5. Better health for people in rural and regional areas
6. Valuing and supporting our workforce
5. The person is at the centre of improved
health & wellbeing outcomes
5
Preventative Health Episodic Health Care
Continuity of CareApplied Health Research
- Active participation
Person centred
Health
Sector Integration
6. Building block Description
A. Digital Clinical
Services
Modern Patient Administration (PAS), Electronic Medical Record
(EMR) & supporting clinical systems.
B. Enterprise Master
Patient Index
Uniquely identifies a person and enables linking of all clinical
information for the person across multiple health services.
C. Clinical Information
Exchange
Provide a repository for key clinical information for a person,
including discharge summaries, radiology & pathology.
D. eReferrals &
Discharge
Summaries
Automate referrals and discharge summaries, ensuring ability to
integrate directly into clinical systems and associated workflows.
E. Place based
implementations
Enable easy navigation through the system via integration of
systems and information, customised to place based needs.
F. Health network Deliver a robust & secure network that provides equity of access
for all health services and supports telehealth.
Some Digital Health Building Blocks
8. Consumer Digital Health Innovation
Smart toilets
Precision / genomic medicine
‘A 20-month-old girl
suffering from a rare
neurodegenerative
disease was diagnosed
by exome sequencing
and successfully treated’
Fashionable
wearables
Clinical wearables
Insertable
cardiograph
chips
9. Challenges to overcome
Paper based records that
can’t be easily shared
Digital clinical systems are all about
the workflows, and changes to them.
Need to evolve from existing legacy
building and ICT infrastructure
Funding approach currently supports
discrete episodic care delivery.
