Essays on Health Information

Health information refers to any personally identifiable information about a person’s health, medical records, and history of illness, treatments and examinations. A person’s health information is some of the most private information a person “owns.” Health information is unlike other personal information such as your credit card PIN. Health information is much more intimate and provides a comprehensive picture about an individual other than just the products they bought online. Unwanted disclosure of a person’s health information can lead to embarrassment, shame and ridicule. Public knowledge of your health information can also have an important impact ...

Literature Review: Building Health Information Technology Workforce

Introduction
Health information technology is an aspect of healthcare that involves the exchange of health data and information via an electronic platform or in an electronic environment. In its broadest form, health information technology encompasses the technology that is used for various operations management, administrative and even direct clinical functions in medical institutions. One of the most recognizable elements of health information technology is the electronic health records commonly abbreviated as EHR. An electronic health record refers to a record of a patient’s health information that includes medications, immunization, radiology reports, laboratory data, patient demographics, vital signs amongst ...

The importance of Health Information Technology (HIT) to the healthcare sector cannot be overemphasized. The availability of information as well as the ability to exchange this information is very crucial to the efficient delivery of care across all levels of the health care system. These levels involve different stakeholders that include the care team, patients, and health care organizations among others, which in totality comprise a political, economic system. The diagnosis and effective treatment of patients depend on the capacity of care providers, whether individual medical practitioners or large healthcare organizations to access three main types of medical related ...

Introduction

In the current dynamic world, there is a huge need for organizations to avail a method of syncing various consumer related information so as to avail quality customer service. This is particularly very vital in the healthcare sector where even the smallest bit of information can play a significant role in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of patients. This paper aims to explore an example of a technology in the healthcare sector that has enabled the syncing of patient related information between various healthcare providers. The technology in question is Health Information Exchange commonly abbreviated as HIE. The paper ...

As the director of health information management, there are many roles and responsibilities that fall under my portfolio. However, to sum up my role in one general statement, I am responsible for the management of all information health systems in the hospital including ensuring the security and integrity of these systems. I ensure that the existing systems are utilized as per the set state and federal guidelines and that the manipulation of health information by these systems is secure and also abides by the relevant guidelines. I am also responsible for ensuring the health information systems at my current ...

Abstract

Owing to technological advances, health care providers have found it imperative to adopt an also use electronic health records to aid in the documentation of relevant data in its quest to facilitate the provision of better, efficient and less costly health care. The effective implementation of this process cannot be met without an adequate Health Information Technology workforce. Extant literature and research on the subject has tended to focus on the staffing ratios, job roles, leadership and educational qualifications, competencies as well as gap and growth whilst ignoring other salient parameters necessary in building the appropriate human capacity.
This ...

1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

THMIS document gives the procedures for use by the emergency room wing of a hospital in planning and carrying out the design of strategies and operational plans for strengthening the health management information system available to emergency room wing in a hospital.

The document is designed to help apply and implement the concepts and principles presented in the Health Metrics Network frameworks and Standards for Country Health information Systems. The document is based upon the guiding principles defined in the HMN frame work for guiding health information system design ...

Health Information Exchange In the U.S.

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Introduction. According to the HIE directory “Health information exchange is the transmission of healthcare-related data among facilities, health information organizations and government agencies, according to national standards for interoperability, security and confidentiality.” After more than two decades of working to achieve effective and efficient health, this goal is still not fully actualized. The utilization of personal health information is still not fully exploited to support optimal care because the creation and storage of data is fragmented since information tends to be isolated within physician practices, hospitals, pharmacies, laboratories, or clinics. In an effort ...

Nowadays, information of healthcare institutions, providers, and patients are usually communicated via mail or fax. However, this method of communication of information is slow, less secure, and costly. These drawbacks are solved by the Direct Project, a set of standards and services aimed at improving the transport of health information, for a faster, more secure, and less expensive way of exchange of information between healthcare-giving entities.
The Direct Project emphasizes on technical standards and services (and not the actual content exchanged) to facilitate easy and reliable method of communication with an aim for more advanced levels of interoperability than ...

Abstract

The implementation of health information system in the healthcare settings provides a tremendous improvement in the utilization of data that facilitates a more efficient exchange of knowledge that is crucial in improving the delivery of health services in any medical facility. The decision making process is improved and patient data and medical information are updated and the health information system provides a more promising competence for all health care providers to respond accurately and to comprehensively address every patient’s health care needs. An important aspect of health information system management is keeping every patient record private and safe. ...

Introduction

AHIMA foundation conducts research in various ways in support of the association, profession and healthcare community. The organization majorly conducts evidence-based HIM practice research as well as health policy supported by grants from private organizations and the government. However, AHIMA foundation current research priority is in the area of information governance that includes informatics and analytics among others. According to their records, AHIMA foundation notes that they have conducted various researches on computer assisted coding, manpower training on HER Incentive Program and health information exchange. Research papers, proposals and reports have been successfully written by the organization and delivered ...

Introduction

Ethical issues are very important for any organization to run successfully and gain the trust of its employees and clients. The healthcare section is one of the major areas where social and cultural ethical issues need to be taken seriously. Leaders in the healthcare section are the most victims of the ethical issues, and they challenges they face fall under dressing code, and nonverbal communications. Other areas where they face problems include the diverse beliefs of their employees, culture, location issues and Health informatics and health information. In the article, Ethical Challenges and Responsibility of Leaders, written by Squazzo ...

Abstract

The following article is a brief discussion over the subject of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Of 1996, (HIPAA, 1996) as it describes the use of Information Technology (IT) in the field of Healthy Care and dictates the security issues that IT must keep in mind for the general public health.
Also discussed in the article are the importance of the IT industry in the present scenario practical implications and hurdles that IT must face in applying HIPAA health privacy guidelines, as well as, its impact upon the masses as a whole.

HIPAA

As it relates to IT
HIPAA ( ...

Issues for Healthcare Organizations

Lesson 3:1- Antitrust
Lesson 3:2 - Health Information Management
Lesson 3:3 - Fraud, Abuse, and Corporate Compliance
Abstract
This document contains answers to lessons 3 units 1, 2, 3 pertaining to Issues for Healthcare Organizations. Unit 1 explores antitrust management; unit 2 - Health Information Management and unit 3 Fraud, Abuse, and Corporate Compliance.
Issues for Healthcare Organizations
Lesson 3:1- Antitrust

Question 1: Antitrust regulations - Sherman and Clayton Acts

- Mergers, consolidations and acquisition components of Sherman and Clayton antitrust acts like any other corporate legal intervention endorses regulations regarding purchasing; selling, dividing and combining with other companies that offer different or similar products and services. The ...

Health information technician www.indeed.com/q-Registered-Health-Information-Technician-jobs.html
The first job title associated with the title is a health information technician. A health information technician is usually posted in a medical facility for example a hospital. A health information technician’s work involves going through medical charts and ensuring that they have been filled completely and accurately. They are also responsible for generating reports from the medical charts, which is important in patient care. They also work under health information managers to gather, analyze, and manage health data. After generating reports, this information is used to ensure proper patient care. Their work is ...

HIPAA Compliance

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by Congress in order to standardize and simplify healthcare administrative processes. The components of an overall compliance include implementing non-intimidating and easy reporting system, training users of information systems to recognize suspicious incidences, having hospital staff follows through with the investigations and report back findings to the user.According to Intronis (2013), the privacy of patients is a major topic of concern as the technology continues to evolve. Since the majority of patient’s informationis transferred in digital format, healthcare Information Technology (IT) realizes that they are exposed to some risks.
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The Electronic Health Records

Electronic medical record is the acquisition, storage and retrieval of health care data in digital form. It has been touted has having the potential to improve the efficiency, safety and quality of health care service delivery (Wilder, 2010). Ultimately, it is expected that the health care being offered to individuals would be improved. Aside from this, electronic medical record would also be an easy and ready source of information for the purpose of research and administrative purposes for the development of public health policies (Wilder, 2010). The transition from paper to electronic records has been health care workers and ...

HIPPA and Electronic Health Information

Participants and beneficiaries in a group health plan have the rights to be protected. Health Insurance portability Act (HIPAA) ensures physicians protect the privacy and security of patient`s medical information (Jeffrey, & Geoffrey, 2008). This protection covers areas such as confidentiality of patient information, the integrity, and its availability. Healthcare organizations now practice this as a legal requirement despite just doing it as best practice for healthcare services
As part of achieving HIPAA compliance, there are several processes adopted. The processes are adopted to cover the security management lifecycle and they help to identify gaps in an organization`s ...

Management

The privacy rules of HIPAA are defined as the right of any persons to have an access to all protected health information that is of him or her and controlled by an entity that operates in a primary paper-based surroundings. Protected health information is been converted from paper records to electronic forms through the help of health information technology. There is a massive adoption of electronic health records in most health institutions to create quality and efficiency in healthcare delivery. The health IT highlights the measures that individuals can request electronically for their protected health information.
The critical role ...

Introduction

As technology continues to advance every single day, health care systems are also advancing together with this technology. One aspect of heath care system that has witnessed massive advancement is the Electronic Health Record Systems, usually abbreviated as EHR. Electronic Health Records refers to a record of a patient’s health information and history generated and stored in electronic databases. The information may be in regards to aspects such as allergies, x-rays medications, immunizations amongst others. More and more health institutions are adopting this brand of health technology and abandoning the traditional methods recording health data that involve manual ...

Problem Statement

The purpose of this study is to analyze the role of AHIMA body knowledge in medical field and also to analyze the impact of AHIMA research in the real world today. The main purpose of this research is to observe the industry transitions from paper-based health records to electronic use.

Purpose of Study

The aim of this study is understand the Impact of AHIMA in the medical sector and the roles & responsibilities of health information management professionals in the drastically expanded in industry’s demand.

Methodology

- I will conduct survey from market and conduct interviews from professionals.
- I will also review ...

1). The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or HIPPA and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act HITECH regulations are significant as they exert their impact on the health care system. They are also significant because they also exert their influence on the future of the health care system as health related security concerns are associated with these regulations. HIPPA has a wide impact on the health policy of the state, on the insurers, health providers, and consumers (Sridhar, 2013). HITECH is, however a part of ARRA or American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which comprises ...

Critical Thinking

There is no arguing over the pervasive role of technology, especially information technology, especially in the field of medicine and the health sciences. A major area of health information technology (HIT) is biomedical informatics, which is the interdisciplinary technology field that synthesizes biomedical data, information and knowledge and relates them to scientific inquiry, problem-solving and decision-making with the end in view to impact positively on human health (Hsu, Markey and Wang, 2013). Biomedical imaging informatics (BMII) emerged as a subfield of biomedical informatics that tackles all concerns of biomedical informatics, including the social and behavioral considerations in the design ...

Introduction

The healthcare sector plays a crucial role in the society and promotes physical, social, and economic wellbeing of a country. Hence, health information should be well managed for better service. Advancements in technology have led to the emergence of various systems for managing client data. Key among these is the healthcare informatics technology.

What is EHR?

EHR stands for Electronic Health Records, an informatics system that allows access and evaluation of a wide pool of data entities ranging from a diverse spectrum. Data sources such as population-specific and non-patient information and articles can help generate the data entries. Moreover, data entities can ...

Health information exchange is a concept that came into existence after the realization that there is high mobility of people. A person working in another state or area can have serious health problems or emergencies. It is important for the new doctor handling your case to have information about you. The doctor needs information about your prior treatment or chronic diseases, what allergies do you have and the current drugs the patient is currently using. Despite the fact that such information could have been stored very well in electronic formats in your primary health care, the new doctor much ...

Any hospital security engineer must observe the HIPAA privacy rule, which monitors the access and sharing of individual health information, as well as the HIPAA security rule, which comprises of the national security standards that safeguards the electronic health information. Since the hospital stores patient information using the paper based system, the manager will ensure that the implementation of electronic based health information systems is achieved within the shortest time possible (Keller & Associates, 2011). The paper records are always not secure and they contain massive irregularities and drawbacks towards the process of patient care and treatment. The paper based ...

Categorically, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act abbreviated as HIPAA connotes to a federal legislation that got passed in 1996. The cited legislation requires health care providers to prioritize the privacy of patient records as well as health information. HIPAA mandated the federal Department of Health and Human Services to build up regulations to implement the mentioned privacy requirements, known as the Privacy Rule. The suggested privacy rule became effective on 14th April 2003. Prevalently, there exist myriad features and elements of HIPAA. The cited elements often get geared towards the well-being of the patient. The paper, therefore, ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was enacted by the 104th United States congress in a bid to improve on the portability and continuity of the health insurance coverage in group and individual markets. It aim is to help reduce fraud, waste and abuses in health care delivery and health insurance, to make easy health insurance administration and to improve the access to long-term coverage and care services. It has two titles, title one protects the health insurance coverage for those workers who change jobs or lose jobs and their families and title two provides for establishment of ...

Health Care Organizations

main features, capabilities, and operational benefits
1. Information Management (IM) / Information Technology (IT) Analysis is being incorporated into many types of organizations and healthcare is no different. Hospitals are discovering that with the appropriate implementation and training, comprehensive electronic health record (EHR) systems are coordinating services for more efficient service and shorter patient stays. (Silow-Carroll, Edwards and Rodin, 2012, p. 16) The purpose of installing EHR systems into health care organizations is to integrate and streamline and outpatient and inpatient care. Another purpose is to harmonize the spectrum of services so each patient is appropriately matched with the ...

Increasingly, a great deal of consumers engages in health information seeking through the internet. Taken from a communication perspective evaluation for that reason argues why professionals in public health ought to be concerned about consumer health information. Over 70 000 websites today disseminate information and close to 50 million online health information seekers are likely to suffer the consequences. The internet offers pervasive access to information tailoring, health information, anonymously as well as the advantages of interactivity (Masters, 2014, p. 333). However, despite the platform laid in accessing health information, its use and access is inequitable as it is ...

Introduction to Nursing

Las Vegas Health is a website that was established to provide the latest health information not only to American citizens from Las Vegas but also to all kinds of people around the world. There are two types of information that the site visitors can find across the entire website: health information about some of the common health issues, and the latest news regarding health in Las Vegas and in continental America.
It appears that the volume of health news and information that website visitors can find in this website is fairly limited. That flaw could however be attributed to ...

Health Information Systems is a discipline that connects computing and information technology and health care practices and research. Computer hardware, software and communication equipment, forming a complex network. It entails the resources, equipment and means of obtaining, storing, retrieving and analyzing information in the health sector. This involves use of programmed systems to manage health information and securely exchange it between patients, health institutions, insurers and even government agencies. This interaction will improve value, safety and effectiveness of health delivery. These health information systems will find application in multiple healthcare disciplines including nursing, public health, pharmacy, pathology and dentistry.

Increased and consistent adaptation and usage of Health Information Systems in the above named disciplines will improve the quality of healthcare, decrease healthcare costs, increase managerial efficiencies, increase access to cheap healthcare and also avert medical errors. These systems will monitor chronic diseases while outbreaks of infectious diseases will be detected and contained in time.

Health Information Systems trace their roots to the second half of the 20th century when computer usage began and started increasing. Universities in Germany, France, Netherlands and Belgium dedicated departments and training programs in health informatics during early 1960s. In the U.S and Poland, these research units started in the 1970s. Health informatics has experienced massive investments in manpower and infrastructure and continues to advance as technology advances. The United States National Bureau of Standards used digital computers for dental projects symbolizing the earliest use of computers in medicine. Other agencies were to follow suit later, and many publications would follow with a view to introducing medics to computing methods. They included 1959’s “Reasoning Foundations of Medical Diagnosis” by Lesley and Lee B. Lusted. This has resulted in a rapidly growing community of health informatics in the Americas and European Union nations.

In mid 1960s at the Massachusetts General Hospital’s Computer Science Laboratory, the MUMPS programming language was developed for clinical application. MUMPS is an acronym for (Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System). The MUMPS operating system supported the specifications of this language. As recently as 2004, a version of this system was still in use, in hospitals like the U.S Veterans Affairs Hospital. This hospital’s system has an electronic medical record. It also has a graphical user interface that allows different providers to assess and update patients’ e-records at any of their branches. This underlines the relevance of integrating communication technology to modern healthcare.

With time, both information communications technology and healthcare have advanced tremendously. This can be attributed to increasing opportunities and challenges witnessed in the past, currently and certainly in the future. Medical scholars have come up with noteworthy factors that have and will continue to manipulate healthcare systems and health informatics at large. Trends and factors with the most significant clout on current health information systems include:

1. Pressure to manage healthcare costs: Need to suppress operational costs as much as possible is of top priority since most healthcare providers are profit-making institutions. This will see corporate restructuring in favor of lean and effective workforces. Increased use of health information systems will see more low-grade employees laid off as these systems take over their jobs. These measures will cut across the board and affect both managerial and medical staff that will be rendered jobless.

According to a report by Price Waterhouse Coopers' Health Research Institute (Needles in a haystack: Seeking knowledge with clinical informatics), 52% of health providers said that informatics will help reduce costs by increasing patient involvement in their own preventive care. 85% of Health insurers believed that preventable hospital visits and admissions would be reduced drastically by health informatics. This implies reduced costs for not only the health providers but also for the patients. Cost controls will undoubtedly affect all healthcare disciplines, including but not limited to, dentistry, medical research, nursing and pharmacy.

2. Increasingly complex disease handling technologies will depend on the presence of reliable and efficient health information systems. Efforts to improve treatment procedures covering all ailments increase by the day. With the emergence of new diseases and drug resistant strains of existing ones, the need for investment in research cannot be underestimated. As clinicians and medical researchers develop new tools to counter these diseases, computer technologies will come in handy. They will help carry out extensive online research on diseases and medicines, record and store the findings safely and share this knowledge with other researchers over the internet. Computer programs and simulations will help monitor costs, efficiencies and outcomes of these researches. Such programs will help predict how commercially viable the products will be. They will also establish whether similar research has ever been carried out and their success rate.

Biomedical research, pharmacy and pathology are major casualties of how treatments and handling of diseases are administered. This is because they are intimately related to either the medicine used in the treatment or to the causes and nature of the diseases.

3. Introduction of powerful electronic gadgets like personal digital assistants (PDAs) will tremendously manipulate the healthcare systems. PDAs are minute and portable electronics devices that can store and transmit information. First and foremost, these equipments have multiple uses and will be bought for other reasons like entertainment and communication.

This factor will increase their client base hence a wider acceptance and purchase by a majority of the population. If effective voice recognition and reliable wireless communication systems are integrated, access to health services will be much increased.

For instance, a PDA installed with dietary software can be used for accurate self monitoring, as opposed to paper records which are cumbersome when checking on weight. PDAs can also be used by persons with diabetes for self-care especially the elderly who live alone or have no reliable helper. Also, patients can follow digital videos displayed on PDAs to carry out routine procedures. An article from the American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association “Personal Digital Assistants Used to Document Compliance of Bacterial Vaginosis Treatment” concluded that PDAs accurately documented compliance rates hence can reliably assess compliance in drug or contraceptive trials.

The use of these gadgets will affect the healthcare fields like nursing and pharmacy that are concerned with administering of drugs and taking records for each patient.

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Information Governance in Healthcare

The electronic health record system (HER) is one of the adopted health information technology. The core attention of the system is to improve the quality of services and to obtain efficiency in healthcare. Most of the healthcare industry adopts and implements the new technology such as the data collection and information and its strategies, advantages, and optimization. In 2014, AHIMA conducted a study that most of the healthcare organizations are beginners in terms of information tools in business knowledge and analysis. These organizations utilize and manage the information gathered for years and they considered the information as the competency ...

Regional health information organization (RHIO) is a one of the varieties of health information exchange that brings together stockholders in healthcare within defined demographic place and is used to govern the exchange of health information amongst them. The purpose is to improve healthcare in that community. Currently, most efforts of health information exchange are the regional health information organizations. It includes a range of participating healthcare provider entities and other stakeholders as the laboratories, payers, and public health departments which are often under the management of the board of directors that comprise of representatives from all the participating organizations ( ...

Research outline

- Abstract
- Introduction
- Concept
- Research problem
- Research questions
- Research objectives
- Research justification
- Limitations of the study
- Assumptions
- Scope of the study
- Ethical considerations
- Literature review
- Research methodology

Introduction

As the country advances towards a complex integration of healthcare systems, healthcare providers will be required to have a workforce with health information technology (HIT) skills. The workforce will support the use of electronic health records in this complicated environment. There are concerns, and the need to develop health information technology human resource that will help achieve effective implementation of ...

INTRODUCTION

Electronic Health Records forms the forefront of health information technology in a medical institution, and as such, the choice of the vendor, implementation and transition from paper to electronic records system should be conducted with the utmost care and efficiency. Healthcare technology has been promoted by laws such as HITECH Act in order to motivate the industry to invest in information technology as an avenue of improving health care provision and minimizing cost.
It thus makes sense that adopting the wrong HER system can wreak havoc on a clinical practice: resulting in productivity losses, low speed of referral and ...

Research asserts that Health Information Management (HIM) is a critical profession which resides along various legal, moral and ethical issues (Morrison, 2008). Therefore, HIM professionals are likely to face various challenges, which are closely correlated to ethical, legal and moral dilemmas. This proves that the legal system plays a crucial part in the procedures which are involved in medical facilities. This includes the way the nurses in a health facility take care of patients. Nowadays, an individual can easily file a suit against a health practitioner, health facility or even companies, which produce medical products and equipments in case ...

INTRODUCTION

The Quick Response (QR) codes technology is attracting diverse applications in the medical field. According to SecTech, Ślęzak & FGIT (2009), introduction of any new technology is characterized with the opportunities and some drawbacks. This presents a controversy on whether we should adopt QR Codes technology in healthcare or not. It is apparent that if a technology presents more benefits than disadvantages, then its adoption is justified. Furthermore, Sewell & Thede (2013) endorses the significance of embracing modern technology by noting that technology defines the future of healthcare. In this context, the paper explores the subject of QR technology ...

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 preceded the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and was meant to improve portability and continuity of health insurance coverage for individual and group markets as well as combat waste, fraud, and possible abuse in health insurance and healthcare delivery. The law under Title II, subtitle F contains six parts that touches on information technology aspects.
Subtitle F is about administrative simplification and under section 261, it is stated that its purpose include improvement of Medicare program and promote efficiency and effectiveness of the healthcare system through development of health care information ...

Question one. Were HIPAA regulations violated in each case

A) No. HIPAA regulations not violated. HIPAA allow disclosure of information to health practitioners for diagnosis and treatment purposes treatment purposes.
B) No. HIPAA regulations not violated. HIPAA allow disclosure of information to health practitioners for diagnosis and treatment purposes treatment purposes.
C) NO. HIPAA regulations not violated. HIPAA allow disclosure of information to health practitioners for diagnosis and treatment purposes treatment purposes.
D No. HIPAA regulations not violated. HIPAA allow disclosure of information to health practitioners for diagnosis and treatment purposes treatment purposes.
E) No. HIPAA regulations not violated. HIPAA allow disclosure of information to health practitioners for ...

Health Information Management

Health information managers ensure efficiency and effectiveness in the provision of quality healthcare by combining healthcare, computing and management principles, (American Health Information Management Association- AHIMA, 2010).

The main function of health information management is to bring together specialists in systems and processes for the common good of patients (LaTour, 2006). According to the AHIMA (2010), health management includes planning and formulating strategies, administration by managing data and maintaining policies to be adhered to by staff involved in the provision of healthcare.

Professional bodies regulate medical professionals like doctors, nurses, clinical officers and pharmacists. These professionals will be guided ...

Introduction

Security and privacy issues in hospital information systems play a fundamental role in the adoption of the systems. A Hospital Management system can only be adopted if proper security is ensured to protect the patients and the information that is found in their records.

HIPAA STANDARDS

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) were enacted by the US congress in 1996. It protects the Health Insurance coverage for workers and their families when they change or lose their jobs. It established new standards ...

- When we say ‘Health Information Systems’ what is usually meant is Public Health Information Systems. A well designed HIS is supposed to have the following characteristics.
- Concentrate on the medical and overall wellbeing of a population and not simply that of a few individuals.
- Take into account demographic changes of the population for preventive action pertaining to certain illnesses.
- Should be supported by simple and easy to understand informatics from which derivatives can be easily calculated even by people who have not been provided training. Should be very user-friendly.
- System design in Modular Style ...

Abstract

Management of healthcare information is crucial in the provision of quality healthcare. Healthcare providers are increasingly identifying the field as a profession on its own. There are many tasks and obligations for a professional on this field. These include collecting, storing, retrieving and managing health data for the facilitation of patient care. All these procedures ought to comply with the regulations of healthcare practice and at the same time establish an effective routine for optimum operational effectiveness. This paper analyzes Sutter Health protocols and strategy in the management of healthcare information systems. The analysis will focus on the organizations’ ...

Health information management in critical access s hospital has in recent times attracted a lot of emphasis from the technology-based companies in order to manage huge data. (Smith, J, 2000). Several companies such as the CPSI, Heathland and McKesson been in the forefront to provide vital solutions to the Critical Access Hospitals. These companies provide different products with the ultimate goal of providing health information management tools. Critical Access Hospital should determine the company that gives the best deal in terms of sustainability, cost effectiveness, quality and ability to handle large data.
Heathland is one of the vendors that ...

Introduction

The application of computers in healthcare is a well-documented issue. The areas of application include clinical care, research, administration, and as diagnostic aids. This is aimed at improving the quality of patient care (Johnson, 2003). With the expansion of technology, new and specialized healthcare disciplines crop up. The exponential growth of medical data, information, and knowledge in terms of abundance and their complexity caused the emergence of the Health Informatics discipline. Health Informatics’ goal is to process data, knowledge, and information across the many areas of healthcare (Chackalackal, 2001).
The origins of computing tools employed in healthcare emerged about ...

Quality Management and Performance Improvement: A brief and concise summary of the health care quality challenges as discussed by the authors.
“Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century,” is a report primed in the year 2001. It was prepared by a team of professionals drawn from various professions within the health care sector. The team of professionals comprised of clinical officers, hospital administrators, managers, doctors, nurses, lab technicians, and surgeons to mention but a few. The main objective of this task force was to evaluate and analyse the state of health care in the ...

Introduction

Health informatics is the use of informational science and computers for the advancement of health care. Utilizing computers, medical technology, and communications infrastructure the goal of the field is the advancement of health care and the better delivery of health care services. Many fields fall under the purview of health informatics including: medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacology, occupational therapies, and medical research.
Health management information systems combines “people, data, processes and health information technologies to collect, process, store, and provide needed results – all in support of healthcare” (Tan, 2010, p. 71). Several enterprise level software packages exist in order to ...

The main lessons learned from the development of an integrated public health information system for Missouri includes “the importance of executive sponsorship, tension between efficiency and program accountability, importance of confidentiality, and difficulties of funding an integrated system” (Land, Stokes, Hoffman et al., 1995, p. 48).
First, it should be realized that for an information system to successfully be implemented, it isn’t enough to just implement the technical and technology aspects of a project; rather, it will also require a change in organizational culture and this is where executive support is necessary. More particularly, the successful implementation of ...

Technology in nursing has been touted as a means for promoting the free exchange of information as it protects the privacy of patients and improves efficiency and quality of care (Agrawal, 2009). However, the potential benefits of technology have not yet been realized fully largely because of lack of adoption of standardized technology for creating the needed infrastructure for attaining these goals (Blumenthal & Tavenner, 2010). Some nurses have only seen the various technological changes in the nursing profession as just normal changes but have not utilized these changes for the benefit they come with (Carayon et al. 2010). The ...

Introduction

The Health Insurance Portability and accountability Act (HIPAA) became law in 1996 and is intended to set standards for our healthcare providers in regard to sharing, storage and the protection of personal health information. This law was enacted by the congress to protect patient health information from access or use by unauthorized individuals or organizations as well as making health care portable and providing a non-discriminatory protection to all patients. No one wants to go to the hospital, talk to the doctor in private but later gets to hear that the same information that they gave to the doctor ...

The last decade has seen spectacular alterations in the infrastructure and information technology used in most healthcare organizations. The American healthcare industry is facing a radical shift especially in the area of information systems. The integration of information technology in medicine has grown in leaps and bounds over the past number of years. Database management systems, web-based systems and network-based infrastructure are now a part of healthcare practices and administration that will forever change the landscape of the healthcare industry (Nitenson, 2010).
This shift in healthcare administration and service delivery has been prompted by the need to use Electronic ...

AHIMA (2011). American Health Information Management Association Code of Ethics. American Health Information Management Association. Retrieved from library.ahima.org/xpedio/groups/public/documents/ahima/bok1_024277.hcsp?dDocName=bok1_024277
The article is geared towards elaborating the core facets of the American Health Information Management Association code of ethics. In tandem to this, the essential principles and guidelines are outlined and vividly clarified. Moreover, the article also indicates the purposes of the code, and the preferred ways it can be used. The article reflects a lot on the code of ethics, thence providing an insight on the grandness of ethical argument on social workers and health issues. The article ...

Abstract

Continuing education programs are adult programs done mostly at the workplace or at an educational institution by workers who want to sharpen their skills in a particular field (Liebler & McConnell, 2004). Any worker can enrol to these programs, and they do not have to be college graduates. These programs can also be taken in form of seminars and trainings, and not necessarily in a classroom. Trainings of this kind are meant to assist workers to improve their work performance (Liebler & McConnell, 2004). Seminars usually provide further knowledge to the trainees, whereas trainings provide education on how to conduct various ...

Electronic Health Records Management (EHRM) refers to the creation of electronic health records for legal or business purposes (Carter, 2008).EHR deals with electronic forms of patient records, that includes all clinical data related to each and every patient, and is maintained over time (Carter, 2008). EHR is used to enable access to information via automation, thus streamlining workflow in health care centres. Over time, EHRs have been an important component in cementing physician-client relationships. This has been mostly due to reduction of incidences of medical errors, improvement in clarity and accuracy of records, reduction in treatment delays, and ...

Health Information Management (HIM) is one of the busiest and most challenging functions in most healthcare organizations (Maki and LaTour 135). In order to ensure that any health care organization runs properly, it is imperative to guarantee that staff resources are organized in an efficient manner. Moreover, patient information and records are maintained in healthcare information systems electronically (Green and Bowie 196). Therefore, there has to be proper tools, techniques, and concepts connected to designing and implementing efficient and effective work processes in any organization. The following work design tools are some of the essential aspects required to properly ...

Introduction

Increasing costs of health care services in the US require some measures to be undertaken in order to control these costs by lowering costs of prescription drugs, high premiums for health insurance policy and misuse of Medicaid /Medicare services. Federal government has taken initiatives to cut down its spending on public health care expenditures through programs such as health care reform bill which was enacted last (Flowers, 2010). Thus individuals and health care organizations, both governmental and non-governmental, have to work with constrained budget due to reduced funding by the federal government. This is not an easy task ...

Abstract

HIPAA policy is in place to protect the private health and personal information of patients. This became necessary as health insurance companies and medical clinics stopped using a paper system and moved on to computerized medical records. While electronic paper work was more convenient and efficient, it opened up new risks for security breaches. The guidelines of HIPAA were created to address these concerns.
As technology advances forward, we find some areas of HIPAA that could stand to be updated. Hackers are becoming more skilled and targeting large companies in order to access a large amount of personal data. ...

Meaningful Use: Overview and Implications

Healthcare information technology is increasingly being recognized by healthcare providers and policymakers as a tool for providing high-quality and efficient care (American Hospital Association, 2010). Electronic health records have in particular received attention from policymakers. This attention is in the form of economic stimulus legislation and healthcare reforms: targeted information technology regulations have been introduced that incentivize adoption of electronic health records by hospitals and professional healthcare providers to enhance the well-being of Americans (Sensmeier, 2010). The impact of the adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records has been experienced on multiple fronts.

Overview of Meaningful Use

The Centers for Medicare and ...

Introduction

Health Information Management is a process through which one acquires, analyzes and protects traditional and digital medical information which is important in providing patients with quality care (Johns, 143). Professionals in HIM are well-trained and equipped with the latest information as regards to managing applications of technology. The two job titles/positions that interest me are Healthcare analyst and Health Information Management clerk. This paper will be based on these two positions.
1. There are several job titles that are associated with these announcements. On Nov 24th, 2014 a job of a management clerk was posted in the center. The ...