2. Objectives
Define and discuss informatics
terminology and tools in healthcare
Explore the potential and practices of
mHealth
Consider risks associated with
informatics applications
6. Informatics is NOT automating
everything in pharmacy
(making it an assembly line with quotas)
7. Health Informatics is…
Multidisciplinary field focused on
the use and integration of data,
information, knowledge, and
technology into healthcare in order
to improve outcomes
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2007;64(2):200-3.
18. Personal Health Record Partners
“allows patients to link their Walgreens
prescription information to other health
and medical records and share a
complete profile with other health care
providers”
“customers have the ability to securely
download their prescription histories to
their individual Microsoft HealthVault
record”
19.
20. Contact lenses that change
color with variations in glucose
and can dispense medications
Advanced Functional Materials 2008;18(13):1912-21.
37. Wearable Cardiac Monitoring System
Bluetooth heart monitor records
ECG and transmits information via
patient's phone
Analyzer circuit checks the ECG
signal for signs of cardiac failure
Cell phone automatically alerts the
patient and nearest medical center
via SMS
International Journal of Electronic Healthcare 2007;3(3):303-16..
38. What would it be worth to keep you or
a family member living independently?
JAMA 2002;287(8):1022-8.
58. Two hospital staff
were fired after a
nurse appeared on
Facebook in
„a revealing pose‟
…the picture also
showed a patient in
the background
NursingTimes.net February 2009
59. Data Mining
Companies scour social media sites to find
and aggregate information on individuals
Results used to infer behavioral patterns and
impact decisions about: employment, health
insurance coverage, credit rates
Can also be used benevolently to help
prevent fraud, etc.
http://mashable.com/2010/03/02/data-mining-social-media
66. Treatment #1 Treatment #3
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project 2009
60% of e-patients said health information found
online affected their treatment decisions