Integrating Health Informatics and Technology into University Curriculum
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This document discusses integrating health informatics and technology in Rwanda. It lists several relevant areas including electronic health records, telemedicine, consumer health informatics, health knowledge management, mHealth, virtual healthcare teams, and various health information systems. It also discusses statistical software, GIS/mapping, research packages, and productivity tools important for health informatics. Finally, it poses discussion questions about the most important topics for students, integrating technologies into curriculum, and topics the author wants to learn more about.
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Integrating Health Informatics and Technology into University Curriculum
- 1. Integrating Health Informatics and Technology Adam Papendieck 4 June 2012 Kigali
- 3. E-Health/Health Informatics Relevant in Rwanda • Electronic health records • Telemedicine • Consumer health informatics • Health knowledge management • Virtual healthcare teams • mHealth or m-Health • Healthcare Information Systems • Public Health Information Systems • Community-based Information Systems
- 5. Telemedicine http://saravanarajan.com/2009/09/09/state-of-health-information-exchanges-in-america/
- 6. Consumer health informatics Source: Vince Kuraitis
- 7. Health knowledge management e.g. Medscape, MDLinx
- 8. mHealth
- 9. Virtual healthcare teams “healthcare professionals who collaborate and share information on patients through digital equipment” Source: Smeenk et al. 1997
- 11. Public Health Information Systems
- 13. Statistical Software and Research packages • Statistical Packages – SPSS, SASS, STATA, EpiInfo, Excel • GIS/Thematic mapping – ArcGIS, QGIS (open source), WebMapping • Research Packages – Network Analysis (e.g. UCINET etc.) – Qualitative Research (ATLAS.ti etc.) – Crowdsourcing • Productivity tools
- 14. Discussion 1. What are the most important Health Informatics topics or technologies for students in your field to know about? 2. What steps could be taken to improve their integration into curriculum? 3. What topics or technologies would you most like to learn more about?
Editor's Notes
- There are many, many technologies, systems and approached to enhancing medical and health science and practice with technology. Not all are appropriate for the Rwandan context right now. A constellation of a few higher priority ICT/Informatics should stand out for potential integration into faculty development activities and student curriculum.
- Electronic health records: enabling the communication of patient data between different healthcare professionals (GPs, specialists etc.);
- Telemedicine: physical and psychological treatments at a distance
- Consumer health informatics: use of electronic resources on medical topics by healthy individuals or patients;
- Health knowledge management: e.g. in an overview of latest medical journals, best practice guidelines or epidemiological tracking (examples include physician resources such as Medscape and MDLinx);
- mHealth or m-Health: includes the use of mobile devices in collecting aggregate and patient level health data, providing healthcare information to practitioners, researchers, and patients, real-time monitoring of patient vitals, and direct provision of care (via mobile telemedicine);
- Virtual healthcare teams: consisting of healthcare professionals who collaborate and share information on patients through digital equipment;
- Healthcare Information Systems: also often refer to software solutions for appointment scheduling, patient data management, work schedule management and other administrative tasks surrounding health.