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Health Management Information Systems

What is Health Informatics?

Lecture aThis material Comp6_Unit1 was developed by Duke University, funded by the Department of Health and Human Services,

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology under Award Number IU24OC000024.

What is Health Informatics?Learning Objectives

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1. Define information management, information system (technology) and informatics (Lecture a)

2. Explain the basic theoretical concept that underlies informatics practice (Lecture a)

3. Define the meaning of biomedical and health informatics as a field of study (Lecture a)

Health IT Workforce Curriculum Version 3.0/Spring 2012

Health Management Information Systems What is Health Informatics?

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What is Health Informatics?Learning Objectives

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4. Describe the biomedical informatics areas of applications (Lecture a)

5. Summarize the informatics drivers and trends (Lecture a)

6. State the professional roles and skills of health informaticians (Lecture b)

7. Identify how health informaticians process data into information and knowledge for health care tasks with the support of information technology to improve patient care (Lecture b)



Lecture a

Information Management

• Data– Generate– Collect– Organize– Validate– Analyze– Store– Integrate

• Information– Disseminate– Communicate– Present– Utilize– Transmit– Safeguard

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Information System (Technology)

• Interchangeable terms– Information system – Information technology

• Automated system– Computer hardware and software

• Receives data• Processes data• Outputs data



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Informatics



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• The science of information– Information = data with meaning

• Definition based on– Data– Information– Knowledge

Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom Hierarchy

• Data– Symbols, facts, measurements

• Information– Data processed to be useful– Provides the “who, what, when, where”

• Knowledge – Application of data and information– Provides the “how”

• Wisdom – Evaluated understanding– Provides the “why”



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Fundamental Theorem of Informatics



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Figure 1.1 A “Fundamental Theorem” of Informatics: (Friedman, 2009).

Application Domains for Informatics

• Any area of human endeavor supportable by information technology– Such as

• Entertainment• Law and law enforcement• Health care• Other fields where computer technology interfaces

with people



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Biomedical Informatics

• AMIA– “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.”

• Shortliffe and Blois– “The scientific field that deals with biomedical information, data,

and knowledge – their storage, retrieval, and optimal use for problem solving and decision making.”



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Health Informatics• Informatics applied to health care• Includes

– Management and use of data and information in health care

• Involves– Information technology

• Requires– Standards



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Figure 1.2 Biomedical Informatics: Modified by Dr. Jiajie Zhang, The University of Texas at Houston, School of Biomedical Informatics from Shortliffe & Blois, 2001




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Current Drivers

• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)– Health Information Technology for Economic

and Clinical Health (HITECH) Programs• Meaningful use of interoperable health information

technology and qualified EHRs



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Current Trends in Health Informatics

• eHealth• Electronic medical records• Electronic health records• Health information exchange



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eHealth

• WHO’s definition– Use of information and communication

technologies for health for different purposes• HIMSS’s definition

– Application of the Internet/other technologies to health care for various goals and objectives



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Electronic Medical Record (EMR)

• Electronic record of health-related information on an individual– Within one health care organization



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Electronic Health Record (EHR)

• Electronic record of health-related information on an individual– Across more than one health care

organization



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Health Information Exchange (HIE)

• Electronic movement of health-related information among organizations

• Involves networks• Local, state, and national HIE initiatives



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What is Health Informatics?Summary – Lecture a

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• Defined terms• Described theorem• Explained field of study related to

biomedical and health informatics• Provided an overview of drivers and trends



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What is Health Informatics?References – Lecture a



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References • Altman, R. B. , & Mooney, S. D. (2001). Bioinformatics. In Shortliffe. E., & Cimino, J.J. (Eds.), Biomedical

informatics: Computer applications in health care and biomedicine (3rd ed) (p. 763. New York, NY: Springer Science + Business Media.

• American Health Information Management Association. (2012). Pocket glossary for health information management and technology (3rd ed.). Chicago, IL: Author.

• AMIA. (2011). About AMIA. Retrieved from http://www.amia.org/about-amia• AMIA's Academic Forum. (n.d.). Definition of biomedical informatics. Retrieved from

http://www.amia.org/biomedical-informatics-core-competencies• Bernstam E., Smith J., & Johnson T. (2009, August). What is biomedical Informatics. Journal of Biomedical

Informatics, 43(1). doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2009.08.006• Friedman, C. (2009). A "fundamental theorem" of biomedical informatics. Journal of the American Medical

Informatics Association, 16(2), 169-170. doi: 10.1197/jamia.M3092• Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. (2003, May 5). HIMSS E-Health SIG white paper.

Retrieved from http://www.himss.org/content/files/ehealth_whitepaper.pdf• Merriam-Webster Online. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theorem• Rowley, J. (2007, February). The wisdom hierarchy: Representations of the DIKW hierarchy. Journal of

Information Science, 44. doi: 10.1177/0165551506070706

What is Health Informatics?References – Lecture a

References• Shortliffe, E., & Blois, M. (2006). The computer meets medicine and biology: Emergence of a discipline. In

Shortliffe. E., & Cimino, J.J. (Eds.), Biomedical informatics: Computer applications in health care and biomedicine (3rd ed) (pp. 3-45). New York, NY: Springer Science + Business Media.

• The National Alliance for Health Information Technology. (2008, April 28). Defining key health information technology terms. Retrieved from healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_10741_848133_0_0_18/10_2_hit_terms.pdf

• UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, UMDNJ-School of Health Related Professions Department of Health Informatics & New Jersey Institute of Technology. (n.d.). MD/MS in Biomedical Informatics. [Brochure]. Retrieved from http://rwjms.umdnj.edu/education/current_students/academics/mdms_biomedicalinformatics.pdf

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. (2009, December 4). Health IT terms. Retrieved from http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&mode=2&cached=true&objID=1256&PageID=15726

• World Health Organization. (2011). eHealth. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/topics/ehealth/en/

Charts, Tables, Figures1.1 Figure: Friedman, C. (2009). A "fundamental theorem" of biomedical informatics. Journal of the American Medical

Informatics Association, 16(2), 169-170. doi: 10.1197/jamia.M30921.2 Figure: Biomedical Informatics: Modified by Dr. Jiajie Zhang, The University of Texas at Houston, School of Biomedical

Informatics from Shortliffe, E., & Blois, M. (2006). The computer meets medicine and biology: Emergence of a discipline. In Shortliffe. E., & Cimino, J.J. (Eds.), Biomedical informatics: Computer applications in health care and biomedicine (3rd ed) (pp. 3-45). New York, NY: Springer Science + Business Media.



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