...HSA520 ARTICLE SUMMARY WEEK 6 Article Summary HIPAA INFORMATION SERIES HIPAA 101 For Health Care Providers’ Offices Article Summary The value of health care information exchange and interoperability Walker, J., Pan, E., Johnston, D., Adler-Milstein, J., Bates, D., Middleton, B., The value of health care information exchange and interoperability. Health Affairs: The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere, Web Exclusive, Jan. 19, 2005. Accessed Jan. 22, 2006. http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/hlthaff.w5.10/DC1. The selected article for summarization was prepared by the researchers to access the value of electronic health care information exchange and interoperability (HIEI) between providers (hospitals and medical groups) and independent providers (laboratories, radiology centers, payers, pharmacies, public health departments, etc). The use of information technology by health care providers is intensifying rapidly with President Bush’s support of nation adoption of electronic medical records within the next decade. In addition to the digitizing of patient’s data, information sharing between providers is being explored by policymakers. The concept of interoperability, or the flow of administrative and clinical data between users, software and hardware, encourages information technology investment and health care reform. Research hypothesis The researchers’ hypothesis was “the clinical benefits of electronic data exchange would...
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...Informatics Specialty Area and Interoperability Understanding interoperability and how it relies on the health information exchange (HIE) to conduct the exchange of electronic health information in a secure environment, is one of the key elements in getting all the disciplines across the industry to work together in building this national electronic network. Interoperability can be described by how data gets accessed and exchanged and the use of the exchanged data is shared between two or more information technology systems or devices (Naser, n.d.). The systems must be interoperable and share the data as usable knowledge. The health information exchange (HIE) is a process that allows health care professionals and patients to securely access and move clinical information among shared health information systems; while maintaining the integrity of information exchanged (HIMSS, 2014). Obviously, there are inherent risk in the process of exchanging data with the other systems and various groups if the exchange is not done in a secure manner while protecting patient confidence and privacy. All groups including clinical finance, admitting, even the software and medical vendors benefit greatly when data is exchanged securely and seamlessly. The health and human services (HHS) is in the stages of developing information exchange standards for interoperability and information exchange and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is responsible...
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...Interoperability Teresa Wadsworth BSHS375 10/01/15 Michele Dougherty Interoperability In this paper I will be identifying a type of human services organization, describing three models of interoperability and how it can be integrated with the organization, and then a backup plan should technology fail. The Human services organization that I have chosen is Community Intervention Associates. They are a local for profit Behavioral Health organization. They provide services to the low income and homeless populations with mental illnesses. Some examples of the services that they offer are Individual & Family Services such as counseling and groups. Psychiatric Health for those in need of medications to help with a diagnosed mental illness that cannot be treated with just counseling or groups alone. A 24hr Crisis Center that is staffed by certified Behavioral Health techs and is utilized adults that are in need of immediate support and encouragement or to get in to a higher level of care. Integrated Health Services is a service that is also provided. Agencies are acknowledging interoperability as a winning strategy for handling low budgets and high demand for quality health care and human services. Interoperability is generally more popular among agencies that mandate it than those who get stuck with the actual implementation. It demands planning, implementation, effort and problem-solving. This is not only to put data sharing technology in place, but also to...
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...A. The vendor selection process is preceded by, and is also guided by a cost-benefit analysis. related to the positive impacts of the proposed action(s) are quantified and added together, and all the negatives are similarly noted. The difference between the two is assessed and its significance will help to determine whether the planned action is advisable. In the case of the healthcare organization the cost-benefit analysis will help in deciding whether to upgrade to an electronic health record system or remain paper-based. A request for information is usually made to obtain information on the products and/or services for which a proposal may eventually be made. This includes information on vendors who can meet certain requirements for delivery of formal services and products. A request for a proposal seeks to obtain definitive requirements for portions of or all of a project as identified and is specifically related to the procurement of services and/or products required to implement the project. A request for proposal might be preferred to the request for information because it contains details of the project, and also requests the cost of goods and services inclusive of timelines, required to complete the project. Bothe the request for information and the request for proposal are often required to provide details of exactly what is to be accomplished and hold performers accountable for the outcome of the project. This includes both internal and external stakeholders...
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...(MBIT) Management Information Systems E-Health in Greece compared to EU/US and the impact of Big Data in healthcare Prepared by: Athina Klaoudatou Christos Panagiotou Abstract The aim of this report is to describe the eHealth market. The focus is the Greek business landscape, current trends in the market, industry growth, drivers, and restraints, the technologies and the players in various aspects of the field. Data are presented about the evolution of the market and there are descriptions of what Greek companies offer. Moreover implementation measures are presented, along with progress achieved with respect to national and regional eHealth solutions in EU and EEA Member States. Table of Contents 1. The National Health System 1 1.1. Organizational structure 1 1.2. Some facts & figures 1 2. What is eHealth, definitions, areas of application, benefits 5 2.1. What is eHealth 5 2.2. Forms of eHealth 5 2.3. Benefits of eHealth 6 3. eHealth framework in European Union countries 7 3.1. eHealth Action Plan 2012 - 2020 7 3.2. eHealth in the European Countries 8 4. Application of eHealth practices 10 4.1. Electronic Health records (EHR) 10 4.1.1. Examples of current EHR use 10 4.1.2. Electronic Health Record in Greece 12 4.1.3. Summing up 14 4.2. Interoperability 15 4.2.1. Defining Interoperability in Healthcare Systems 15 4.2.2. Most widely used contemporary Interoperability standards in Healthcare 16 4.2.3. EPSOS (European...
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...Patton-Fuller Community Hospital Networking Project Deepa Mathur University of Phoenix IT Infrastructure (CMGT/554) Instructor: La Shanda Perry 22 October 2012 The purpose of this document is to identify how data is transmitted within Patton-Fuller Community Hospital and externally. The paper also attempts to identify and describe the OSI layers directly involved in the hospital network and also provides evidence of each layer identified. Last, the paper attempts to identify the various protocols that are available for use and provides a recommended standard that should be used for the hospital. The website of Patton-Fuller Community Hospital contains a top view diagram that represents the hospital structure from an IT network perspective. The Red outlined boxes are the areas related to clinics including Drs Personal Offices, ORs and ERs, Labs, Pharmacy, Radiology, Outpatient Examining Rooms, Wards, and ICUa. The Black outlined boxes represent functions related to administration, including Discharging and Admissions, Technology, HR, Facilities, Finance, and Hospital Senior Management. [pic] For all kinds of data transmission, the entire hospital has an overall network using 1000 BaseT using CAT 6 cable. Some of the individual departments have separate network structure, such as Radiology use different standards, such as 1000 BaseF using single mode fiber, as shown in the logical network diagram below. The Ethernet cable runs throughout the...
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...like templates, drop down lists, medical vocabularies (LOINC or SNOMED CT), and boxes that can be checked (Futrell, 2013). Information that is organized in structured data sets can be easily located and enables the full capability of an EHR with things like trend analysis and decision support. A doctor’s office uses structured data sets by using templates that record a patient’s information like demographics, vitals, etc. Data that is coded and organized allows for interoperability (Futrell, 2013). Having information in structured data sets means that information can be shared between different systems and even different providers. Having all of the patient’s information in structured data sets is important when point of care is delivered. If a physician has all of a patient’s information, I believe that they can reach a more accurate diagnosis and plan of treatment. Using the following table, identify and list at least five benefits and five challenges of structured data sets. Explain each benefit or challenge in 50 to 100 words. |Benefits |Challenges | |One benefit is that the quality of care for patients will be |Even with structured data sets, there will still be human error. The | |improved. With the standardization in an EHR by using data sets, |ability to quickly document information by checking a box might lead | |things like alerts...
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...system of health records to an electronic based system of health records. An electronic health record is a person’s official, digital health record and is shared among multiple health care providers and agencies. Since the commencement of the HITECH ACT in 2009 the implementations of electronic health record system have increased. The HITECH ACT introduced the electronic health record ‘meaningful use’ program and it is overseen by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. Hospitals and physicians who prove their use of government certified electronic health system meets the meaningful use criteria are eligible to receive (). Vendor neutral archives (VNA) and picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) are two major types of health information technology that help health care professionals store and manage patients’ medical images. These two health...
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...HSA 510: Economics of Health and Medical Care Student: Lucy Njoya Assignment 3: The Management Challenge of Delivering Value in Health Care Strayer University Professor: Dr. Jeff Kaluyu Due: Week 8 Introduction: The healthcare industry is evolving both nationally and globally, and as a result, the challenges facing health care services delivery organizations are also increasing. Health care professionals are the decision-makers and also the ones closely associated with the day-to-day decision making processes affecting the delivery of health care services and goods to patients. The economic evaluation of the health care services delivery systems has proven to play an important role in the different types of health care decision-making. For example, formulary decisions, reimbursement decisions, high health cost decisions, and e-prescribing. This makes it a point of interest to assess the influence of economic evaluations on health care decision-making both at the macro, me so, and micro levels. Even though the impact of economic evaluation studies on health care decision making has been limited, there is an increasing requirement for the cost-effectiveness of the health care intervention to be considered when formulating and implementing guidelines for clinical practices. What is encouraging at this moment is the fact that health care decision-makers do recognize the usefulness and necessity of published economic evaluations that rightly inform the public about...
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...1. An Electronic Health Record (EHR) and an Electronic Medical Record (EMR), both deal with electronic data that can be created, controlled, and accessed. An EMR is a computerized record of one physician’s encounter with a patient over time, such as a doctor’s office, or clinic. Whereas, an EHR is a computerized lifelong healthcare record for an individual that incorporates data from providers who have treated the individual. Authorized users have access to a patients files at more than one location. Our text defines an EHR as “An electronic record of health related information on an individual that conforms to nationally recognized interoperability standards and that can be created, managed, and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff...
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...C156 Advanced Information Management– Task 1 A2. Analysis of Technology Two organizations migrating to a common health information system would need a system that meets current regulatory requirements, meets the needs of the combined organization and their practice environment. The implementation of a common health information system would require an interdisciplinary group of forward thinking innovators, and an interoperable electronic medical record system that includes standard nursing terminology. The technology needed in this scenario that would make this combination successful consist of network security measures to ensure security of protected health information under the federal requirements of HIPPA and HITECH. The use of emerging technology such as cellphones, tablets and remote technology should also be included in the discussions of creating a telehealth system that would accommodate both of the combining organizations. Telehealth not only includes communication between patients and healthcare providers, but also communication between healthcare providers in both of the combining organizations. Video conferencing can save healthcare providers time and money by allowing them to collaborate with one another without being physically near one another. A3. Identification of Team The interdisciplinary team on the project committee will consist of four team members. Team member A would be the project team lead in which I would nominate myself...
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...Large US Payer Overview Large US Payer offers a variety of health care benefit options—plans, programs and personal support for its members. It includes medical benefits, dental benefits, vision care, pharmacy plans and coverage for behavioral health treatments. Large US Payer offers its services in United States, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Germany, Korea, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan. PVS Testing Services offers end to end management, execution and analysis of performance tests to identify performance defects and to identify performance tuning opportunities. PVS Testing enables proactive actions to be taken to minimize and to eliminate performance defects from entering production. PVS Testing enables proactive actions to be taken to minimize, and to eliminate performance defects from entering production. Performance testing enables Large US Payer to deliver applications that satisfy customer expectations, hence ROI is obtained is satisfactory. PVS objectives are as follows: OBJECTIVES BENEFITS Interoperability Ensure that multiple applications can share both physical and logical resources without contention within a shared infrastructure environment. Proof of Concept Validate that a change in software design or infrastructure component performs as expected. Scalability Repetitive execution of a test cycle with progressively increasing volumes to verify system thresholds. Iterative Repetitive execution of a test cycle with a fixed...
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...Electronic Health Record Functionality Standards or Certification HSM 330 DeVry University October 1, 2015 In describing how I would incorporate my findings into the HER selection and decision making process, I would analysis the criteria that must be met to qualify for functionality or certification. The basic functionality supports the belief that if a provider were armed with information about the functional capabilities of software, they would be better equipped to compare systems, resulting in making decisions about acquiring systems appropriate for their practice needs. The CCHIT, which is the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology, expects that the process of achieving goals of quality, safety, and cost effectiveness will accelerate initiatives toward the electronic health record. Electronic Health Record Functionality standards are or Certification is a ranking system for electronic health records systems. To qualify for HER certification, vendors had to meet more than 300 criteria devised by the Commission’s physicians, medical societies, vendors, and payer. Most of the requirements concerned HER functionality, security, and reliability. CCHIT, Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology, will ass new requirements for certification each year. Healthcare level H7, which is the application protocol for Electronic Data Exchange in healthcare environments, it is considered a gold standard benefit in the healthcare...
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...Miller Health Informaion Systems Journal Article Critique #2 Marschollek, Michael (2009). Recent progress in sensor-enhanced health information systems – slowly but sustainably. Informatics for Health & Social Care, 34(4): 225-230 Introduction With an aging society and life expectancy rising there is great need for the integration of health enabling technologies into health information systems. The use of health enabling technologies is thought to help in the mission of improving the need for care and quality through the enhancement of sensor-enhanced health information systems. The greatest areas of importance for health enabling technologies are data security, patient centered care, diagnostic analysis, and system connectivity standards which will help focus on improving care, quality, and disease research. The transition from a system that is institutional focused to patient focus will not be immediate, for health enabling technologies is still fairly new and growing so it will be a slow process before patients and organizations reap the benefits of this new technology. Creating self-sufficiency is an important capability for patients and care givers especially for those living with chronic illnesses. Health enabling technologies will aid in managing illnesses through relevant information and communication, which is key for individuals to actively participate and have some control over their healthcare needs. The health enabling...
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...Teamwork/Collaboration: Teamwork means to function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams while fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision making to achieve quality patient care Informatics/Technology: Encompassing information science and information technologies, informatics involves the design, development, use and management of computer-based information systems. In nursing, informatics is becoming increasingly important in every aspect from patient care to systematic operations to research. In general, competencies can be divided into three major areas (2010, National League for Nursing- TIGER Informatics Competency Team). 1. Direct Care (care management, clinical decision making, operations management and communication). 2. Support (clinical support, measurement, analysis, research/reports, administrative and financial) 3. Information Infrastructure (security, health record management, registry and directory services, terminology services, standards-based interoperability, business rules management and workflow management) Core Values: Those beliefs or ideals which form the foundation for the work of a governing organization and/or nursing program. Why Students Fail Some reasons for college student failure may include: No vision. Some students do not have a clearly articulated picture of the future they intend to create for themselves. Thus, they may take programs of study without a clear...
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