Category Archives: information technology

Report on “Delivering the Benefits of Digital Health Care”

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Beth

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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Agile

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Beth

On Feb 24 & 25, I received training in Scaled Agile Framework for enterprise (SAFe®) – a framework that combines elements of Agile software development, Lean process improvement, and Extreme Programming (XP) . The project I’m working on is looking … Continue reading →

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More on evaluating healthcare IT

Posted on November 26, 2015 by Beth

Evaluating informatics applications – some alterative approaches: theory, social interactionism, and call for methodological pluralism evaluating informatics tools, such as clinical decision support tools, under controlled conditions doesn’t provide information about how context (including human and cultural factors) affect whether … Continue reading →

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Complexity of EHR implementation and evaluation design

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Beth

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

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Beth

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 →

Posted in data analysis, evaluation tools, healthcare, information technology, notes, online module notes, research | Tagged Big Data, coursera, data visualization, eHealth, electronic health records, health informatics, health information management, healthcare, healthcare IT, informatics, information technology, IT, learning healthcare system, notes, online module notes | Leave a comment

Health Information Exchange

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Beth

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

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Beth

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

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Beth

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

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Beth

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