Question

Consider that you are a Healthcare Informaticist. You have been asked to evaluate the current internal workflow and make a recommendation regarding the workflow, communications, protocol and software required in order to select a new healthcare information system for a hospital, clinical department or other provider entity.

1. Describe the "real" or hypothetical work environment, provider objectives and current information systems configuration, as well as any unmet needs or issues.
2. Situation
3. Background
4. Assessment
5. Recommendation

mostly just need a brief idea and descriptive answer to help me start and finish the paper

Answer 1

Why HealthCare Information Systems is necessary?

1)To manage Medical Records or health records data electronically, replacing paper work for quick access

2) To improve the quality of health care management including patient management, operations management, health care professionals mangement

3) Cost control

4) Help patients to get tele - medicine based consulting with their doctors being in remote location avoiding long travels and waits in hospitals

5) Helps online E-prescriptions and online orders to pharmacies and get medicines shipped as home deliveries

6) Enable access to Electronic Medical Records (EMR) anytime , anywhere using any digital devices

7) Support healthcare management for policy decisions related to health care

8) Improve quality of the services provided to patients and timely services

Objectives

1) Efficient Patient Management and care

2) Efficient Hospital Operations Management

3) Collect and organize and share Patient Medical Records electronically saving time and cost

4) Tele medicine support with E- Prescriptions and E- Pharmacy online for aged patients in remote locations

5) Support Collobarative decision making by hopstal management by integrated information system

6) Speedy insurance process by sharing Patient health records to Insurance providers online

7) Faster patient registration and admission procedures

8) Create online portals for patients to login and access their history , E- Prescriptions , dosages etc

Electronic medical Record(EMR)

EMR refers to storing a patient's medical information in a digital format using EMR software applications . The EMR software will create , organize , patients medical information so that it can be accessed anytime , anywhere using desktops, laptops, electronic tablets are mobile devices subject to goverment regulations ,without compromising confidentialtiy of patients

The hospitals can purchase EMR software's and integrate with their Health Information systems

Electronic Health Record (EHR)

EHR also similar to EMR but maintains patient's health information and history in more detailed manner.

E- Prescriptions

The E- prescriptions refers to prescriptions created by medical professionals such as doctors who may written with their signature or print outs with signature scanned and uploaded as a electronic copy online in the patient's portal or by electronic mail after diagnosing the patient's EMR or EHR and seeing the patient through video conferencing as part of tele-medicine concept . The E-prescription can be sent to insurance provider or patient or pharmacy online or electronically.

E- Pharmacy

The pharmacy can deliver the medicines to patients' home using E-Prescriptions and do alert for refill along with doses through Health Information system portals or their own portals where patients will be registered to access

Recommendations with workflow

1) Identify the appropriate EMR or EHR software after detailed analysis and comparisons of various providers

2) Follow the protocols ,polices and guidelines of the government related to health care management and information services

3) Develop a Healthcare Information system which will be reliable, robust and cost effective with your Hospital IT team or outsource to a software vendor who can develop efficient Healthcare Information system specific to your hospital requirements

4) The Health care Information Systems can have Patient Management( Patient Registration, admission of In Patients, Out-Patients consultation etc) Health care professionals Management , E-Pharmacy Management , Operations Management of various services and Medical care departments (surgery, testing labs, equipments, blood bank etc )along with Decision support systems integrated with HIS.

5) To develop a Healthcare Information system, identify, collect and organize your requirements aligned with the objective of zero defect services to patients aiming to provide qualtiy health care