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Introduction to Health Informatics and Health Information Technology (Part 1)...Nawanan Theera-Ampornpunt
Presented at the Health Informatics and Health Information Technology Course, Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Science Programs in Data Science for Health Care (International Program), Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University on October 3, 2017
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Healthcare trends & HI
HI professional environments
HI education / training opportunities & degrees
HI organizations / journals / meetings / events
HI professional certificates
HI books
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Overview of Health Informatics (Ramathibodi 7th Healthcare CIO)
1. Overview of
Health Informatics
Nawanan Theera-Ampornpunt, M.D., Ph.D.
Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital
For 7th Healthcare CIO,
Ramathibodi Hospital Administration School
July 8, 2016 Except where citing
other works
2. 2
A Few Words About Me...
2003 Doctor of Medicine (1st-Class Honors) Ramathibodi
2009 M.S. (Health Informatics) University of Minnesota
2011 Ph.D. (Health Informatics) University of Minnesota
Currently
• Deputy Executive Director for Informatics
Chakri Naruebodindra Medical Institute
Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University
Contacts
nawanan.the@mahidol.ac.th
SlideShare.net/Nawanan
www.tc.umn.edu/~theer002
groups.google.com/group/ThaiHealthIT
3. 3
Session Outline
• Overview of Health Informatics
– This presentation
• Overview of Health IT
– Next presentation
4. 4
What Is “Informatics”
• French: informatique = the science and
technology of information processing using
computers (Greenes & Shortliffe, 1990)
• “[T]he discipline focused on the acquisition,
storage, and use of information in a specific
setting or domain” (Hersh, 2009)
• “[T]he science of information”
(Bernstam et al, 2010)
5. 5
Medical Informatics
• “Ancient” term
• Being retired
• Future use discouraged by experts
• Only retained in titles of professional
organizations
Main Problems
• Medical = Doctor? (e.g. not nursing?)
• Medical informatics vs. Clinical informatics
6. 6
Better Terms
• Biomedical informatics
• Health informatics
• Biomedical and Health informatics
A Few Subtleties
• Health informatics suggests the goal is “health”
• Health informatics vs Public health informatics
• Health informatics includes Bioinformatics?
• No clear winner between
Biomedical informatics vs. Health informatics
7. 7
But What Is M/B/H Informatics Anyway?
• Medical computing/computers in medicine?
• ‘[R]eferring to biomedical informatics as
“computers in medicine” is like defining
cardiology as “stethoscopes in medicine”.’
(Bernstam et al, 2010)
• “[T]he field concerned with the cognitive,
information processing, and communication
tasks of medical practice, education, and
research, including the information science and
technology to support these tasks”
(Greenes & Shortliffe, 1990)
8. 8
More Definitions of M/B/H Informatics
• “[T]he field that is concerned with the optimal
use of information, often aided by the use of
technology, to improve individual health,
health care, public health, and biomedical
research” (Hersh, 2009)
• “[T]he application of the science of
information as data plus meaning to
problems of biomedical interest” (Bernstam et al, 2010)
9. 9
Summary About M/B/H Informatics
• Focuses more on information, not technology
• Task-oriented view:
Collection Processing
Storage
Utilization
Communication/
Dissemination/
Presentation
10. 10
Summary About M/B/H Informatics
• Areas under the domain of M/B/H informatics
– Health service delivery (health care)
• Medical, dental, nursing, pharmacy, etc.
• IT management in health care organizations
– Public health
• Policy & administration, epidemiology, environmental
health, health services research, etc.
– Individual patient/consumer’s health
– Education of health professionals
– Biomedical research (clinical trials, public health
research, research in biomedical sciences)
18. 18
Class Exercise #1: Problem A
• Patient A has a blood pressure
reading of 170/100 mmHg
19. 19
Class Exercise #1: Problem A
• Patient A has a blood pressure
reading of 170/100 mmHg
• Data: 170/100
• Information: BP of Patient A = 170/100 mmHg
• Knowledge: Patient A has high blood pressure
• Wisdom:
– Patient A needs to be investigated for cause of HT
– Patient A needs to be treated with anti-hypertensives
– Patient A needs to be referred to a cardiologist
20. 20
Class Exercise #1: Problem B
• Patient B is allergic to penicillin. He
was recently prescribed amoxicillin
for his sore throat.
21. 21
Class Exercise #1: Problem B
• Patient B is allergic to penicillin. He was recently
prescribed amoxicillin for his sore throat.
• Data: Penicillin, amoxicillin, sore throat
• Information:
– Patient B has penicillin allergy
– Patient B was prescribed amoxicillin for his sore throat
• Knowledge:
– Patient B may have allergic reaction to his prescription
• Wisdom:
– Patient B should not take amoxicillin!!!
23. 23
Class Exercise #1: Problem C
• Patient C’s plain film X-ray
• Data:
• Information:
– Patient C’s plain film X-ray is as seen in the image
– There is a break in the continuity of the periosteum of
Patient C’s left radius and ulna
• Knowledge:
– Patient C has fractures of left radius and ulna
• Wisdom:
– Patient C’s fractures need to be properly treated
Image Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone_fracture
24. 24
Back to Earlier Definitions of Informatics
M/B/H Informatics is...
• “[T]he field that is concerned with the optimal
use of information, often aided by the use of
technology, to improve individual health,
health care, public health, and biomedical
research” (Hersh, 2009)
• “[T]he application of the science of
information as data plus meaning to
problems of biomedical interest” (Bernstam et al, 2010)
Informatics focuses on “I”, not “T”
26. 26
Biomedical Informatics
Biomedical informatics (BMI) is the
interdisciplinary field that studies
and pursues the effective uses of
biomedical data, information, and
knowledge for scientific inquiry,
problem solving, and decision
making, motivated by efforts to
improve human health.
Reproduced/Adapted from American Medical Informatics Association
(http://www.amia.org/about-amia/science-informatics)
27. 27
Biomedical Informatics:
Corollaries to the Definition
1. BMI develops, studies and applies
theories, methods and processes
for the generation, storage,
retrieval, use, and sharing of
biomedical data, information, and
knowledge.
2. BMI builds on computing,
communication and information
sciences and technologies and
their application in biomedicine.
Reproduced/Adapted from American Medical Informatics Association
(http://www.amia.org/about-amia/science-informatics)
28. 28
3. BMI investigates and supports reasoning, modeling,
simulation, experimentation and translation across the
spectrum from molecules to populations, dealing with a variety
of biological systems, bridging basic and clinical research and
practice, and the healthcare enterprise.
4. BMI, recognizing that people are the ultimate users of
biomedical information, draws upon the social and behavioral
sciences to inform the design and evaluation of technical
solutions and the evolution of complex economic, ethical,
social, educational, and organizational systems.
Reproduced/Adapted from American Medical Informatics Association
(http://www.amia.org/about-amia/science-informatics)
Biomedical Informatics:
Corollaries to the Definition
29. Basic Research
Applied Research
And Practice
Biomedical Informatics Methods,
Techniques, and Theories
Bioinformatics
Clinical
Informatics
Imaging
Informatics
Public Health
Informatics
Biomedical Informatics ≠ Bioinformatics
Reproduced/Adapted from American Medical Informatics Association
(http://www.amia.org/about-amia/science-informatics)
Biomedical Informatics in
Perspective
30. 30
Interdisciplinary Nature of
Biomedical Informatics
Biomedical
Informatics
Cognitive Science
& Decision Making
Management
Sciences
Clinical
Sciences
Basic Biomedical
Sciences
Epidemiology
And Statistics
Bioengineering
Computer
Science
(hardware)
Computer
Science
(software)
Reproduced/Adapted from American Medical Informatics Association
(http://www.amia.org/about-amia/science-informatics)
32. Biomedical Informatics in
Perspective
Basic Research
Applied Research
And Practice
Biomedical Informatics Methods,
Techniques, and Theories
Imaging
Informatics
Clinical
Informatics
Bioinformatics
Public Health
Informatics
Molecular and
Cellular
Processes
Tissues and
Organs
Individuals
(Patients)
Populations
And Society
Biomedical Informatics ≠ Health Informatics
Health Informatics
Reproduced/Adapted from American Medical Informatics Association
(http://www.amia.org/about-amia/science-informatics)
33. Basic Research
Applied Research
And Practice
Biomedical Informatics Methods,
Techniques, and Theories
Imaging
Informatics
Clinical
Informatics
Bioinformatics
Public Health
Informatics
Molecular and
Cellular
Processes
Tissues and
Organs
Individuals
(Patients)
Populations
And SocietyContinuum with “Fuzzy” Boundaries
Biomolecular
Imaging
Consumer
Health
Pharmaco-
genomics
Reproduced/Adapted from American Medical Informatics Association
(http://www.amia.org/about-amia/science-informatics)
Biomedical Informatics in
Perspective
34. Basic Research
Applied Research
And Practice
Biomedical Informatics Methods,
Techniques, and Theories
Imaging
Informatics
Clinical
Informatics
Bioinformatics
Public Health
Informatics
Molecular and
Cellular
Processes
Tissues and
Organs
Individuals
(Patients)
Populations
And SocietyContinuum with “Fuzzy” Boundaries
Clinical
Translational
Science
Reproduced/Adapted from American Medical Informatics Association
(http://www.amia.org/about-amia/science-informatics)
Biomedical Informatics in
Perspective
35. Biomedical Informatics Methods,
Techniques, and Theories
Applied
Informatics
Clinical or
Biomedical
Domain of
Interest
Contributes to….
Draws upon….
Computer
Science
Draw upon….
Contribute to...
Reproduced/Adapted from American Medical Informatics Association
(http://www.amia.org/about-amia/science-informatics)
Biomedical Informatics in
Perspective
36. Decision
Science
Biomedical Informatics Methods,
Techniques, and Theories
Applied
Informatics
Clinical or
Biomedical
Domain of
Interest
Contributes to….
Draws upon….
Draw upon….
Contribute to...
Reproduced/Adapted from American Medical Informatics Association
(http://www.amia.org/about-amia/science-informatics)
Biomedical Informatics in
Perspective
37. Cognitive
Science
Biomedical Informatics Methods,
Techniques, and Theories
Applied
Informatics
Clinical or
Biomedical
Domain of
Interest
Contributes to….
Draws upon….
Draw upon….
Contribute to...
Reproduced/Adapted from American Medical Informatics Association
(http://www.amia.org/about-amia/science-informatics)
Biomedical Informatics in
Perspective
38. Information
Sciences
Biomedical Informatics Methods,
Techniques, and Theories
Applied
Informatics
Clinical or
Biomedical
Domain of
Interest
Contributes to….
Draws upon….
Draw upon….
Contribute to...
Reproduced/Adapted from American Medical Informatics Association
(http://www.amia.org/about-amia/science-informatics)
Biomedical Informatics in
Perspective
39. Management
Sciences
Biomedical Informatics Methods,
Techniques, and Theories
Applied
Informatics
Clinical or
Biomedical
Domain of
Interest
Contributes to….
Draws upon….
Draw upon….
Contribute to...
Reproduced/Adapted from American Medical Informatics Association
(http://www.amia.org/about-amia/science-informatics)
Biomedical Informatics in
Perspective
40. Other
Component
Sciences
Biomedical Informatics Methods,
Techniques, and Theories
Applied
Informatics
Clinical or
Biomedical
Domain of
Interest
Contributes to….
Draws upon….
Draw upon….
Contribute to...
Reproduced/Adapted from American Medical Informatics Association
(http://www.amia.org/about-amia/science-informatics)
Biomedical Informatics in
Perspective
41. Education of Biomedical
Informatics Researchers
Basic Research
Applied Research
Biomedical Informatics Methods,
Techniques, and Theories
Bioinformatics
Imaging
Informatics
Clinical
Informatics
Public Health
Informatics
Education
and
Experience
at Both
Levels
Contributions
Expected
Reproduced/Adapted from American Medical Informatics Association
(http://www.amia.org/about-amia/science-informatics)
42. An Envisioned Cycle That Ties Patient Care
with Knowledge Creation and Dissemination
Providers
Caring for
Patients
Electronic
Health
Records
Regional
and
National
Public
Health and
Disease
Registries
Biomedical
and
Clinical
Research
Information,
Decision-Support,
and Order-Entry
Systems
Creation of
Protocols,
Guidelines,
and
Educational
Materials
Standards
for
Prevention
and
Treatment
A “Learning
Healthcare
System”
Reproduced/Adapted from American Medical Informatics Association
(http://www.amia.org/about-amia/science-informatics)
43. BMI and HIT
Biomedical Informatics
Training, Research and
Development
• Academia
• Research Institutes
• Corporate Research Labs
Clinical Systems Companies
Academic Medical Centers
Biomedical Research
Community
PEOPLE
Reproduced/Adapted from American Medical Informatics Association
(http://www.amia.org/about-amia/science-informatics)
Hospitals, Health
Systems, Practices,
Healthcare Industry
44. BMI and HIT
Biomedical Informatics
Training, Research and
Development
• Academia
• Research Institutes
• Corporate Research Labs
Clinical Systems Companies
Academic Medical Centers
Biomedical Research
Community
IDEAS
Reproduced/Adapted from American Medical Informatics Association
(http://www.amia.org/about-amia/science-informatics)
Hospitals, Health
Systems, Practices,
Healthcare Industry
45. BMI and HIT
Biomedical Informatics
Training, Research and
Development
• Academia
• Research Institutes
• Corporate Research Labs
Clinical Systems Companies
Academic Medical Centers
Biomedical Research
Community Reproduced/Adapted from American Medical Informatics Association
(http://www.amia.org/about-amia/science-informatics)
SOFTWARE
Hospitals, Health
Systems, Practices,
Healthcare Industry
46. BMI and HIT
Biomedical Informatics
Training, Research and
Development
• Academia
• Research Institutes
• Corporate Research Labs
Clinical Systems Companies
Academic Medical Centers
Hospitals, Health
Systems, Practices,
Healthcare Industry
Biomedical Research
Community Reproduced/Adapted from American Medical Informatics Association
(http://www.amia.org/about-amia/science-informatics)
METHODS
47. Biomedical Informatics
Training, Research and
Development
• Academia
• Research Institutes
• Corporate Research Labs
Clinical Systems Companies
Academic Medical Centers
Hospitals, Health
Systems, Practices,
Healthcare IndustrySynergies
Reproduced/Adapted from American Medical Informatics Association
(http://www.amia.org/about-amia/science-informatics)
BMI and HIT
48. Reproduced/Adapted from American Medical Informatics Association
(http://www.amia.org/about-amia/science-informatics)
BMI and HIT
49. AMIA:
The Professional
Home for Biomedical
and Health Informatics
Reproduced/Adapted from American Medical Informatics Association
(http://www.amia.org/about-amia/science-informatics)
52. 52
M/B/H Informatics and Other Fields
Biomedical/
Health
Informatics
Computer &
Information
Science
Engineering
Cognitive
& Decision
Science
Social
Sciences
(Psychology,
Sociology,
Linguistics,
Law &
Ethics)
Statistics &
Research
Methods
Medical
Sciences &
Public Health
Management
Library
Science,
Information
Retrieval,
KM
And More!
53. 53
Areas of Popular Interests (Selected)
• Health IT applications & implementation
– Electronic Health Records (EHRs)
– Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE)
– Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSSs)
– Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS)
– Other hospital IT (nursing, pharmacy, lab, etc.)
– Personal Health Records (PHRs)
– Telemedicine & Telehealth
• eHealth, mHealth, Health Information Exchange (HIE)
• Health IT adoption and use, public policy
• People & organizational (POI), ethical-legal-social (ELSI)
• Consumer health
• Knowledge representation & discovery, NLP
• Standards & Interoperability
• Workforce building & education
54. 54
Roles of People in M/B/H Informatics
• IT Executives
– Chief Information Officer (CIO)
– Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO)
– Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO)
– Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
• System analysts, designers, developers, implementers,
engineers, project managers, trainers
• Clinicians with informatics background (super-users,
change agents, business analysts)
• Specialists in specific areas
– HIE specialists, security & privacy specialists
– Health information management specialists, medical
records personnel
• Policy makers & policy analysts
• Academicians (educators, researchers, innovators)
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Levels of M/B/H Informatics Training
• Informatics contents in professional education
– Initial training (core/electives)
– Residency & fellowship training
– Continuing education
• Certificate programs/Short courses
• Bachelor’s degree in informatics or related fields
– Degree in M/B/H informatics: usually in Europe
– Degree in computer science/ICT with M/B/H informatics focus
• Master’s and doctoral degrees in informatics
– U.S., Europe, Australia, New Zealand
– Thailand (Master’s)
• Ramkhamhaeng University
• Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University
• (Future) Ramathibodi-Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
• Clinical informatics fellowships (U.S.)
• Postdoctoral fellowships (e.g. NLM)
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Informatics Workforce in Thailand
• In other countries, 1 IT staff is employed per
about 50-70 non-IT staffs (Hersh, 2008)
• No available data about Thailand but...
– Only a handful of “informaticians” available
(both formally trained and otherwise)
– Many clinicians (and executives) who got interested in
IT (but many focus on the “technology” not
“information” and so would usually jump up and
down on the new technologies but would not be a
good IT manager or executive)
– Most computer science/ICT graduates lack exposure
to or understanding about healthcare
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Professional Societies in M/B/H Informatics
• International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA)
– MEDINFO
• American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
– AMIA Annual Symposium
• Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
(HIMSS)
– HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition
– HIMSS Asia Pac
• American Health Information Management Association
(AHIMA)
• Thai Medical Informatics Association (TMI)
– TMI Annual Conference
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“Bible” of Biomedical/Health Informatics
Shortliffe EH, Cimino JJ, editors. Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in
Health Care and Biomedicine. 4rd ed. New York: Springer; 2014. 965 p.
https://www.amazon.com/Biomedical-Informatics-Computer-Applications-
Biomedicine/dp/1447144732
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Useful Online Resources
• Societies amia.org imia.org himss.org tmi.or.th
• U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT
(ONC) www.hhs.gov/healthit
• Handbook of Biomedical Informatics
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book:Handbook_of_Biomedical_Informatics
• Blogs
– Life as a healthcare CIO geekdoctor.blogspot.com
– Informatics Professor informaticsprofessor.blogspot.com
– TMI www.tmi.or.th/index.php?Itemid=46
– Thai Informatician gotoknow.org/blog/thethaiinformatician
• Twitter: twitter.com/nawanan/health-informatics
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Journals in the Field (Selected)
• Healthcare Informatics www.healthcare-informatics.com
• Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
(JAMIA) www.jamia.org
• International Journal of Medical Informatics (IJMI)
• Journal of Biomedical Informatics (JBI)
• Methods of Information in Medicine
• BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
• Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR)
• Yearbook of Medical Informatics
• Journal of the Thai Medical Informatics Association (JTMI)
• Occasionally, Health Affairs, New Engl J Med, & JAMA
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References
• Bernstam EV, Smith JW, Johnson TR. What is biomedical
informatics? J Biomed Inform. 2010 Feb;43(1):104-10.
• Greenes RA, Shortliffe EH. Medical informatics. An emerging
academic discipline and institutional priority. JAMA. 1990 Feb
23;263(8):1114-1120.
• Hersh W. A stimulus to define informatics and health information
technology. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2009;9:24.
• Hersh W. Health and biomedical informatics: opportunities and
challenges for a twenty-first century profession and its education.
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