Potential benefits of health information technology for integrating physical and behavioral health care: perinatal depression as a case-in-point

This chapter explains the perspectives on global health, the overview of health information technology (health IT), the applications of electronic health record (EHR), and the importance of health IT in global health care. Health IT is the area of IT involving the design, development, creation, utilization, and maintenance of information systems for the health care industry. Health IT makes it possible for health care providers to better manage patient care through the secure use and sharing of health information. Effective health IT can lower costs, improve efficiency, and reduce medical error, while providing better patient care and service. The chapter argues that utilizing health IT has the potential to enhance health care performance and reach strategic goals in global health care.

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Analyzing the Role of Health Information Technology in Global Health Care

Handbook of Research on Healthcare Administration and Management - Advances in Healthcare Information Systems and Administration ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-0920-2.ch017 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 287-307 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Kijpokin Kasemsap

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Information Technology ◽

Global Health ◽

Patient Care ◽

Health Information Technology ◽

Health Information ◽

Health Care Providers ◽

Health It ◽

Design Development ◽

Global Health Care

This chapter explains the perspectives on global health, the overview of health information technology (health IT), the applications of electronic health record (EHR), and the importance of health IT in global health care. Health IT is the area of IT involving the design, development, creation, utilization, and maintenance of information systems for the health care industry. Health IT makes it possible for health care providers to better manage patient care through the secure use and sharing of health information. Effective health IT can lower costs, improve efficiency, and reduce medical error, while providing better patient care and service. The chapter argues that utilizing health IT has the potential to enhance health care performance and reach strategic goals in global health care.

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Factoring digital health for improved outcomes in management of Non Communicable Diseases

Journal of Social Health and Diabetes ◽

10.4103/2321-0656.187998 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 04 (02) ◽

pp. 102-107

Author(s):

Neera Gupta ◽

Tushar Dixit ◽

Vikram K.

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Information Technology ◽

Health Information Technology ◽

Health Information ◽

Ethical Issues ◽

Digital Health ◽

Treatment Compliance ◽

Security And Privacy ◽

Noncommunicable Diseases ◽

The Government

AbstractMake in India is a flagship campaign from the Government of India which is aimed at various sectors. Indian health-care system can take advantages by introducing digital technologies to health care. The possible uses of health information technology as a method to engage with people involving communicable and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are wide-ranging. Health information technology can support interventions for prevention, diagnosis, managing surveillance, disease monitoring, and treatment compliance of many conditions. Digital health can offer various technologies such as wearables that are tracked by various mobile or smartphone applications to facilitates patient engagement, self-monitoring, and implementing behavior changes in NCDs such as diabetes. By incorporating the interactive audiovisual items, the digital health tools can create greater interest and engage people from different geographies, age, gender, and culture. Currently, the common digital heath tech issues include hesitancy from doctors to adopt any new product or technology, difficulty in reaching and accessing the needy patients, cultural diversity in population, and inadequate infrastructure. The ethical issues of consent, data security, and privacy of patients need to be addressed as they are highly sensitive in nature.

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