Question

In which way are the interests and goals of healthcare organizations and public health converging?

How does HIS play a role in supporting this mutual interests and goals

Answer 1

Ans) Public health entities goals of public health and healthcare organizations converging due to growing emphasis on population health management.

• HIS plays role as:

- Widespread implementation of EHR.

- Increasing ability to share information between organizations and settings.
- Personal health data through smartphones, mhealth, makes data easier to capture.
- Powerful predictive analytics make disease prevention easier.

- Additional purpose:

To provide alerts to outbreaks of disease, aid in preventing injury, or provide tip-offs to bioterrorism.

Used to conduct comparative studies of the effectiveness of different types of therapies across groups or populations and thereby determine which might be better to use.