Health Informatics Capstone - Week 1

1. Health Informatics: Its Evolution
and Impact
Lynn Wedin
Health Informatics Capstone
Instructor: Olivia Pollard
October 6, 2014

2. Health Informatics: Its Evolution and
Impact
Topics of Discussion
 Health care informatics evolution and transitions to
today
 The impact on the electronic medical records integration
 Current health care information systems

3. Health care informatics evolutions and
transitions to today
 Discuss the history of regulations
 Discuss the Health Information Technology
Economic and Clinical Health Act
 Discuss the evolution of electronic health
records
 Discuss Meaningful Use
 Discuss advanced health record technologies

4. Impact on the Electronic Medical Records
Integration
 Discuss end user adoption and usability
 Discuss workflow changes and challenges
 Discuss interoperability
 Discuss availability of patient health information
 Discuss use of evidence based medicine and
documentation standardization
 Discuss codification of health information

5. Current Health Care Information Systems
 Discuss various health care information
system components
 Discuss hardware security
 Discuss access and software security

6. Why is this important?
 Understand why health care needs to change
 Understand how informatics can support change
 Understand informatics options available to support
change
 Understand how to implement health informatics

7. Final Project Outline
 Health Informatics Evolution and Transitions to Today
 IOM (1999), To Err is Human
 Estimated 98,000 people die annually in U.S. hospitals
 HiTech Act
 Penalties for not using electronic health records
 Meaningful Use
 Increase communication, efficiency, quality, and safety
 Meet objectives across stages

8.  Impact on Electronic Medical Record Integration
 Ease adoption
 Training
 End user involvement
 Workflow challenges
 Incorporating computer in workflow
 Standardized templates and evidence based order sets
 Codification
 Standardized identification of items
 Data sharing and extraction
 Better patient care
 Increased quality
 Increased safety
 Faster diagnostic result turnaround

9.  Current Health Care Systems
 Registration and Finance
 Admission and scheduling
 Billing and charging
 Clinical
 Order entry
 Documentation
 Pharmacy
 Medication verification
 Barcode medication administration
 Diagnostic
 Laboratory
 Radiology
 Cardiology

10. References
 Blumenthal, D. (2011). A quick look at Meaningful Use: The age of
meaningful use. Stat: Bulletin of the Wisconsin Nurses Association, 80(5), 1-3.
Retrieved from EBSCOhost.
 Goldberg, L., Lide, B., Lowry, S., Massett, H. A., O'Connell, T., Preece, J., &
Schneiderman, B. (2011). Usability and accessibility in consumer health
informatics: Current trends and future challenges. American Journal of
Preventative Medicine, 40, pS187-
S197. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2011.01.009Hamid, F., & Cline, T. W. (2013).
 Hamid, F., & Cline, T. W. (2013). Providers' Acceptance Factors and their
Perceived Barriers to Electronic Health Record (EHR) Adoption. Online
Journal Of Nursing Informatics, 17(3), 1-11.
 Perkins, J., & Schmidt, M. (2012). Meaningful Use: Today and tomorrow.
MLO: Medical Laboratory Observer, 44(10), 34-36.