Tag Archives: healthcare IT

Report on “Delivering the Benefits of Digital Health Care”

A report on “Delivering the benefits of digital health care” from Nuffield Trust in the UK recently came across my desk. It covers a bigger scope of technology than the project I’m working on (which is a project about transforming … Continue reading

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Complexity of EHR implementation and evaluation design

As I’ve mentioned, I’m currently developing an evaluation for the implementation of an electronic health record (EHR) system. Specifically, this project crosses multiple healthcare organizations, will be implemented in dozens of healthcare facilities run by those organizations, and will be used … Continue reading

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Informatics, Big Data, and Data Visualization

Notes from module 10 of the Interprofessional Health Informatics course I’m working on (plus side reading that I did to fill in some blanks/learn more about some things mentioned in the course). Big Data = size of a database that is … Continue reading

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Health Information Exchange

Notes from module 9 of the Interprofessional Health Informatics course I’m working on (plus side reading that I did to fill in some blanks/learn more about some things mentioned in the course). Interoperability Interoperability: “the ability of two or more … Continue reading

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Informatics and Ethics

Notes from module 8 of the Interprofessional Health Informatics course I’m working on (plus side reading that I did to fill in some blanks/learn more about some things mentioned in the course). “knowledge is power” – Sir Francis Bacon, 1597 … Continue reading

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Informatics, Gaming, and Simulation

Notes from module 7 of the Interprofessional Health Informatics course I’m working on (plus side reading that I did to fill in some blanks/learn more about some things mentioned in the course). Gaming = “playing games developed to teach something or help solve … Continue reading

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Workflow Processes

Notes from module 4 of the Interprofessional Health Informatics course I’m working on (plus side reading that I did to fill in some blanks/learn more about some things mentioned in the course). [Note: I posted this on August 5, 2015, but then it … Continue reading

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Informatics and Public Health

Notes from module 6 of the Interprofessional Health Informatics course I’m working on (plus side reading that I did to fill in some blanks/learn more about some things mentioned in the course). [Note: I posted this on August 5, 2015, but then it … Continue reading

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Clinical Informatics Outside the Walls of Healthcare Settings: Telehealth and Consumer Health Informatics

Notes from module 5 of the Interprofessional Health Informatics course I’m working on (plus side reading that I did to fill in some blanks/learn more about some things mentioned in the course). [Note: I posted this on August 5, 2015, but then … Continue reading

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Electronic Health Records (EHR)

Notes from module 4 of the Interprofessional Health Informatics course I’m working on (plus side side reading that I did to fill in some blanks/learn more about some things mentioned in the course) electronic health record (EHR) = “an electroic record of health-related … Continue reading

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