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…is the intersection of
clinical, IM/IT and
management practices to
achieve better health
Health IT is unique:
 It requires a stronger interaction with a broad set of
stakeholders:
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Patients
Health care professionals
Government
Vendors
Academics
 It is defined by the characteristics of the information
found in the healthcare segment
Healthcare data:
 Fragmented
 Dispersed
 Interconnected
 Complex
 Ethical
 Emotive
Informatics
competencies
Information structure, modeling:
 Database design
 Vocabulary
 Knowledge architectures
 System architectures
Workflow fit and effectiveness
 Organizational
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development
Functional Requirement
Human factors
Operational research
Evaluation
Other aspects of systems
development:
 Information retrieval
 Scientific visualization/imaging
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informatics
Data privacy
Data mining
Natural language processing
Decision models and experts systems
eHealth
 Hospital, clinical care
 Home care setting
 Primary care settings
 Educational processes
(patient and provider
education)
 Research
Public health principles
 Promotion of health in the general population
 Emphasis on prevention of disease and injury by
altering the conditions of the environment
 Recognition of the influence of government and other
contexts on public health information systems and
applications
Imagine….
„ A person comes to the emergency department
complaining of severe pain. The doctor enters
the symptoms into the electronic health record
system (EHR) . As the doctor tries to
determine what’s causing the pain an alert from
the health department pops back up on the
screen– public health surveillance data advices
that there’s been a salmonella outbreak in the
region. The patient receives a proper medication
and avoids an overnight stay because of the
prompt action.”
We can create useful reminders
about prevalence of disease in a
community
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VnB9x8HyyI
Examples
 Geo Sentinel Surveillance Network
 Global Public Health Intelligence Network GPHIN
 National Electronic Disease Surveillance System
NEDSS
 Electronic Surveillance System Early Notification of
Community-Based Epidemics ESSENCE
Sources:
 Health IT and Electronic Health
http://searchhealthit.techtarget.com/news/2240033923/Data-exchange-pilot-targetspublic-health-surveillance-in-real-time
 E-How, „Health informatics”,
http://www.ehow.com/about_5659295_history-health-care-informatics.html
 Claudia Parvanta, David E. Nelson, Sarah A. Parvanta, and Richard N. Harner, Essentials
of Public Health Communication, Mississauga, Ontario: Jones and Bartlett learning, 2011.
ISBN 978-0-7637-7115-7
 Health Canada, Health care system
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hcs-sss/ehealth-esante/index-eng.php
 You tube :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VnB9x8HyyI