Health Information Systems: Scope, Definition, and Conceptual Model

Flashcards covering key vocabulary related to the scope, definition, and conceptual model of Health Information Systems (HIS) for health professions.

HIS (Health Information Systems)

Form the footing for health informatics, data and analytics, and research, policy, and public health uses.

Workflows

Sequences of common tasks supported by HIS features and functions.

Processes

End-to-end methods of healthcare providers and organizations, patients, and public health professionals, supported by HIS features.

Clinical Decision Support (CDS)

An advanced use of data and information that builds upon the foundation of HIS.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

An advanced use of data and information that builds upon the foundation of HIS.

Health informatics

The use of information systems and technology to redesign, improve, and recreate the way work is done in medicine, nursing, medical imaging, and public health.

Data (in HIS context)

Individual elements whose primary uses involve transactions that support day-to-day activities and must be aggregated to create meaningful information.

Business Intelligence (BI)

Value realized by flexibly analyzing comprehensive stores of data representing the totality of an organization's or provider's scope of activity.

Clinical Intelligence (CI)

The healthcare-specific notion derived from Business Intelligence, focusing on healthcare data analysis.

Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems

Systems where data is created, captured, and aggregated into databases, making it available for research, analysis, policy, and public health.

Database Management System (DBMS)

A system used to organize, store, retrieve, and manage data, often central to HIS data processing.

IT Components (of HIS)

The key elements making up information systems: Hardware, Software, Database, Network, Procedures, and People.

People-Process-Technology

The balanced involvement of these three elements is essential for success in Health Information Systems.

Mission (of an organization using HIS)

The fundamental reason for using HIS, aiming to achieve goals like accurate/quality services or community safety.

Health Information Exchange (HIE)

Collaborative arrangements with the goal of securely sharing patient-related health information among different healthcare organizations.