This document outlines the objectives and content of the IT120 Computer Skill and Information Technology course. The course aims to highlight the importance of information technology in healthcare, identify key concepts, and address legal and ethical issues. It will cover healthcare information systems including electronic health records, personal health records, and health information exchanges. Students will be assessed through assignments, labs, midterm, final exams, and a practical exam. The course will also discuss healthcare IT topics like picture archiving systems, benefits and challenges of electronic records, and current issues in the field including data integration and use of cloud computing.

1. IT120
Computer Skill and Information
Technology

2. COURSE OBJECTIVES
• To highlight the importance of using Information Technology in
medical field.
• To Identify the definitions and concepts of health care information
technology.
• To recognize the legal and ethical issues related to the use of
information technology in healthcare management
• To state the concepts to deal adequately with the data and
information.
• To recognize the importance of having patient records database

3. Text Book
• Ellis, Technology and the Future of Health Care: Preparing for the
Next 30Years, Bass, 2010. ISBN-10: 0787957372.
• Collen, Morris, A History of Medical Informatics in the United States,
AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association), 2005.
• formatics Series, Springer 2013.

4. ASSESSMENT METHODS:
• Lab work and assignment:
12.5%
• Midterm: 12.5%
• Final written exam: 25%
• Practical exam: 50%

5. Healthcare information Technology
• Health information technology is the
area of IT involving the design,
development, creation, use and
maintenance of information systems
for the healthcare industry.
• HISs will continue to improve
medical care and public health by:
• lower costs,
• increase efficiency,
• reduce errors,
• improve patient satisfaction,
• optimizing inpatient healthcare.

6. Healthcare Information Technology Systems
• The Electronic Health Record (EHR) or Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
system is the central component of the health IT infrastructure that may
include:
• A person's official, digital health record and is shared among multiple
healthcare providers and agencies.
• The Personal Health Record (PHR) which is a person's self-maintained
health record
• The Health Information Exchange (HIE) which is a system that allows a
group of healthcare organizations to share data between their various
health IT systems.

7. The difference between HER and EMR.
• EMR is a digitalized version of the patient’s chart stored inside a
clinic.
• It contains the medical and treatment history of the patients
during one practice.
• While EHRs are designed to be shared with labs and other
health providers, EMRs are not allowed to be shared outside
the clinic.

8. Healthcare Information Technology Systems
• Picture Archiving and
Communication
Systems (PACS) and
• Vendor-Neutral
Archives (VNAs)
Are two widely used types
of health IT that help
healthcare professionals
store and manage
patients' medical images.

9. Healthcare Information Technology Systems
• Cardiology and neurology, have
also become large-scale
producers of clinical images.
• However, PACS and VNAs are
integrating radiology into the
main hospital workflow
• VNAs is to merge imaging data
stored in separate departments'
image banks in a multifacility
healthcare system.

10. What is Electronic Health Record (EHR)?
• Electronic record of health related
information on an individual
• Conforms to nationally recognized
interoperability standards
• Created, managed and consulted by
authorized clinicians and staff
• Used for billing, reporting,
communication, research and other
purposes.

11. The use of EMR and EHR systems
• View a patient’s medical history
• Track a patient’s health
• Identify trends
• Assist in making medical decisions
• Improve efficiencies
• Optimize patient care
• Bill insurance companies for payment
• Provide required documentation

12. The Benefits of EHR and EMR for
Healthcare Providers and Patients
• Improved availability of medical information
• Better and quick decision making
• Improved Care Coordination
• Improved Diagnostics
• Reduction in medical errors
• Reduced Paperwork & cost savings
• Improved privacy and security of patient data
• Higher efficiencies and systematic improvements
• Improved long-term care and management for conditions like diabetes,
hypertension or breast and colon cancer

13. Challenges of EMR and EHR Systems
• LACK OF COMMUNICATION FROM PROVIDER TO
PROVIDER
• Without proper communication between EMR systems, the patient will most
likely need to re-explain the accident to multiple doctors
• PATIENTS STRUGGLE TO ENGAGE WITH THEIR OWN
RECORD
• When patients cannot engage with their health systems, they fail to schedule
routine screenings. They may not follow up on their care after a diagnosis, or
they may not seek treatment for problems that might require emergency
care.
• LACK OF INTEGRATION WITH OTHER TECHNOLOGIES
• EMRs host a massive amount of data and that data needs to be referenced by
other systems

14. Healthcare Information Technology Today (1)
• EHRs still need work
• The primary complaint by physicians is that poorly designed EHR
confusing and more time consuming than paper.
• Actionable insights from data
• Healthcare organizations are investing in data tools to lower
outcomes and comply with value-based mandates.
• Cloud adoption
• Healthcare organizations are shifting from data centers to cloud
goal is to lower the cost of data storage and enhance the ability
data within departments and among other entities.

15. Healthcare Information Technology Today (2)
• Internet of Things (IoT) healthcare devices
• Real-time data availability and information sharing. But IoT devices are
hackers and the technology still has some maturing to do.
• Accessing unstructured data
• Healthcare organizations have been turning to platforms that enable
data too.
• Automating healthcare administration
• Major administrative functions of healthcare — such as hospital
and physician billing — have been automated.
• Technology driven innovation
• Reduce medical errors, computerized physician data entry (CPDE) and

16. Next Lecture
• Healthcare data and information recourses.
• Health information management (concepts and definitions).
• Types of Data.
• Data presentation.
• Data processing System

17. Q & A
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