scholarly journals Medical Informatics in China: Healthcare IT Trends, Academic and Research Developments

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (01) ◽  
pp. 109-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Luo ◽  
K. Zhang ◽  
B. Li
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Hospital Information Systems ◽  
Rural Medicine ◽  
Clinical Workflow ◽  
Healthcare It ◽  
Government Planning

Summary Objective: Describing the challenges and advances in medical informatics in China from the perspectives of hospital information systems, workforce, and academic, and research advances. Methods: The paper summarizes information from the CMIA (China Medical Informatics Association and findings reported by CHIMA (China Hospital Information Management Association), including a White Paper on China Hospital Information Systems. Results: Biomedical and Health Informatics has grown considerably during the past decade in China, and is an important component of proposed government planning that includes development of healthcare cards, clinical workflow path rules, and rural medicine. CMIA has strengthened as an organization promoting education, research and academic activities, while CHIMA has sponsored many hospital-based activities, including workshops on technical and workforce IT priorities related to proposed reforms of China’s healthcare system. Conclusions: China’s challenges and opportunities in biomedical informatics and healthcare IT are considerable, with the former requiring greater promotion of academic research and educational opportunities through CMIA to support the burgeoning development of healthcare IT systems throughout the country. National and international collaboration and exchanges could lead to very useful comparative studies, Recommendations by CHIMA to the national government and academia focus on organizational and workforce standards, roles, and defining career paths for HIT professionals as well as CME education in healthcare informatics at the graduate university.

scholarly journals A Short History of the Beginnings of Hospital Information Systems in Argentina

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (01) ◽  
pp. 163-165
Author(s):  
V. Yácubsohn
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Health Information Systems ◽  
Hospital Information Systems ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Surveillance Systems ◽  
History Of ◽  
Early Health

Summary Objectives : To describe the development of early health information systems in Argentina and their impact on the development of professional societies in the discipline Methods : The first hospital information systems and health surveillance systems in Argentina are described and related to the rise of professional organizations for health informatics. Results : The early health information systems in Argentina are related to precursor developments in medical informatics. Conclusions : Argentina saw a number of hospital information systems developed starting in 1977, which had an important influence on the practice and experience in medical informatics in the country, and the participation of Argentine professionals in national, regional, and international activities in the field

Good Medicine and Good Health-care Demand Good Information (Systems)

2015 ◽  
Vol 54 (05) ◽  
pp. 385-387
Author(s):  
R. -D. Hilgers ◽  
R. Hofestädt ◽  
U. Hübner ◽  
P. Knaup-Gregori ◽  
C. Ose ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
German Journal ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Incidence Rates ◽  
Annual Conference ◽  
Good Information ◽  
Patient Registries

SummaryThe demand for evidence-based health informatics and benchmarking of ‘good’ information systems in health care gives an opportunity to continue reporting on recent papers in the German journal GMS Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (MIBE) here. The publications in focus deal with a comparison of benchmarking initiatives in German-speaking countries, use of communication standards in telemonitoring scenarios, the estimation of national cancer incidence rates and modifications of parametric tests. Furthermore papers in this issue of MIM are introduced which originally have been presented at the Annual Conference of the German Society of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology. They deal as well with evidence and evaluation of ‘good’ information systems but also with data harmonization, surveillance in obstetrics, adaptive designs and parametrical testing in statistical analysis, patient registries and signal processing.

scholarly journals Understanding the use of geographical information systems (GIS) in health informatics research: A review

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Shaw ◽  
Suzanne McGuire
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Geographical Information Systems ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Public Health Informatics ◽  
Quality Of Data ◽  
Gis Technologies

Background: The purpose of this literature review is to understand geographical information systems (GIS) and how they can be applied to public health informatics, medical informatics, and epidemiology.Method: Relevant papers that reflected the use of geographical information systems (GIS) in health research were identified from four academic databases: Academic Search Complete, BioMed Central, PubMed Central, and Scholars Portal, as well as Google Scholar. The search strategy used was to identify articles with “geographic information systems”, “GIS”, “public health”, “medical informatics”, “epidemiology”, and “health geography” as main subject headings or text words in titles and abstracts. Papers published between 1997 and 2014 were considered and a total of 39 articles were included to inform the authors on the use of GIS technologies in health informatics research.Results: The main applications of GIS in health informatics and epidemiology include disease surveillance, health risk analysis, health access and planning, and community health profiling. GIS technologies can significantly improve quality and efficiency in health research as substantial connections can be made between a population’s health and their geographical location.Conclusions: Gains in health informatics can be made when GIS are applied through research, however, improvements need to occur in the quantity and quality of data input for these systems to ensure better geographical health maps are used so that proper conclusions between public health and environmental factors may be made.

Medical Informatics Heidelberg/Heilbronn: Graduates’ Experiences and Job Situation

1994 ◽  
Vol 33 (03) ◽  
pp. 290-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Frey ◽  
R. Haux ◽  
F. Leiner ◽  
F. J. Leven
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Database Systems ◽  
Hospital Information Systems ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Medical Documentation ◽  
Medical Institutions ◽  
20Th Anniversary ◽  
The University

Abstract:On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the curriculum of medical informatics at the University of Heidelberg/School of Technology Heilbronn, a written and anonymous inquiry was carried out in March 1992 among the entirety of graduates from the curriculum. The aim of the inquiry was to obtain from the graduates of the curriculum information about their current places of employment, their fields of work, the state of continuing education as well as about their professional position. It was, in addition, intended to obtain from the graduates’ point of view an assessment of the education received during their studies as well as an assessment of the job situation. A questionnaire was sent to all persons having completed their studies by that time (n = 567, as of 1.1.1992). 62.2% of the forms were returned duly filled in; 92.2% of the graduates are employed. 44.5% out of them are working within the field of medical informatics, 53.0% are working outside medical informatics but within the sector of informatics and 2.2% in other fields; 0.3% were without indication. As far as places of employment are concerned, enterprises concentrating on hardware and software development rank first, followed by hospitals and medical institutions affiliated to universities. As far as fields of work are concerned, information systems within the health care sector (especially hospital information systems) as well as medical documentation predominate in the group of those employed within medical informatics, whereas among those not working within medical informatics software engineering as well as database systems and information systems prevail. The judgement passed on the job situation was, in the main, positive. The gross annual income on the average comes to about DM 85,000, every tenth of the graduates draws an income of more than DM 120,000. The assessment of the curriculum on the whole is positive. 68% of the graduates would take up medical informatics again. Twenty-eight of altogether 346 graduates included into the inquiry obtained a doctor’s degree, 2 among them qualified for lecturing in medical informatics.

Key Performance Indicators to Benchmark Hospital Information Systems – A Delphi Study

2009 ◽  
Vol 48 (06) ◽  
pp. 508-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Hübner-Bloder ◽  
E. Ammenwerth
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Delphi Study ◽  
Key Performance Indicators ◽  
Hospital Information Systems ◽  
Clinical Workflow ◽  
It Department ◽  
It Benchmarking

Summary Objectives: To identify the key performance indicators for hospital information systems (HIS) that can be used for HIS benchmarking. Methods: A Delphi survey with one qualitative and two quantitative rounds. Forty-four HIS experts from health care IT practice and academia participated in all three rounds. Results: Seventy-seven performance indicators were identified and organized into eight categories: technical quality, software quality, architecture and interface quality, IT vendor quality, IT support and IT department quality, workflow support quality, IT outcome quality, and IT costs. The highest ranked indicators are related to clinical workflow support and user satisfaction. Isolated technical indicators or cost indicators were not seen as useful. The experts favored an interdisciplinary group of all the stakeholders, led by hospital management, to conduct the HIS benchmarking. They proposed benchmarking activities both in regular (annual) intervals as well as at defined events (for example after IT introduction). Most of the experts stated that in their institutions no HIS benchmarking activities are being performed at the moment. Conclusion: In the context of IT governance, IT benchmarking is gaining importance in the healthcare area. The found indicators reflect the view of health care IT professionals and researchers. Research is needed to further validate and operationalize key performance indicators, to provide an IT benchmarking framework, and to provide open repositories for a comparison of the HIS benchmarks of different hospitals.

Health Informatics: Handle with Caution

1997 ◽  
Vol 36 (02) ◽  
pp. 79-81
Author(s):  
V. Leroy ◽  
S. Maurice-Tison ◽  
B. Le Blanc ◽  
R. Salamon
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Data Security ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
The Other ◽  
Inappropriate Use

Abstract:The increased use of computers is a response to the considerable growth in information in all fields of activities. Related to this, in the field of medicine a new component appeared about 40 years ago: Medical Informatics. Its goals are to assist health care professionals in the choice of data to manage and in the choice of applications of such data. These possibilities for data management must be well understood and, related to this, two major dangers must be emphasized. One concerns data security, and the other concerns the processing of these data. This paper discusses these items and warns of the inappropriate use of medical informatics.

Status and Perspective of Hospital Information Systems in Japan

1999 ◽  
Vol 38 (03) ◽  
pp. 200-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Ogushi ◽  
Y. Okada ◽  
M. Kimura ◽  
I Kumamoto ◽  
Y. Sekita ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Hospital Information Systems ◽  
Office Work ◽  
Patient Registration ◽  
Hospital Managers ◽  
Obvious Benefit ◽  
History Of ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
Future Hospital ◽  
Order Entry Systems

AbstractQuestionnaire surveys were sent to hospital managers, designed to shape the policy for future hospital information systems in Japan. The answers show that many hospitals use dedicated management systems, especially for patient registration and accounting, and personnel, food control, pharmacy and financial departments. In many hospitals, order-entry systems for laboratory tests and prescriptions are well developed. Half of the hospitals have patient databases used for inquiries of basic patient information, history of outpatient care and hospital care. The most obvious benefit is the reduction of office work, due to effective hospital information system. Many hospital managers want to use the following sub systems in the future for automatic payment, waiting time display, patient records search, automatic prescription verification, drug side-effect monitoring, and graphical display of patient record data.

Health and Medical Informatics Education

1994 ◽  
Vol 33 (03) ◽  
pp. 246-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Haux ◽  
F. J. Leven ◽  
J. R. Moehr ◽  
D. J. Protti
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Science Program ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Academic Degree ◽  
The University

Abstract:Health and medical informatics education has meanwhile gained considerable importance for medicine and for health care. Specialized programs in health/medical informatics have therefore been established within the last decades.This special issue of Methods of Information in Medicine contains papers on health and medical informatics education. It is mainly based on selected papers from the 5th Working Conference on Health/Medical Informatics Education of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA), which was held in September 1992 at the University of Heidelberg/Technical School Heilbronn, Germany, as part of the 20 years’ celebration of medical informatics education at Heidelberg/Heilbronn. Some papers were presented on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the health information science program of the School of Health Information Science at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Within this issue, programs in health/medical informatics are presented and analyzed: the medical informatics program at the University of Utah, the medical informatics program of the University of Heidelberg/School of Technology Heilbronn, the health information science program at the University of Victoria, the health informatics program at the University of Minnesota, the health informatics management program at the University of Manchester, and the health information management program at the University of Alabama. They all have in common that they are dedicated curricula in health/medical informatics which are university-based, leading to an academic degree in this field. In addition, views and recommendations for health/medical informatics education are presented. Finally, the question is discussed, whether health and medical informatics can be regarded as a separate discipline with the necessity for specialized curricula in this field.In accordance with the aims of IMIA, the intention of this special issue is to promote the further development of health and medical informatics education in order to contribute to high quality health care and medical research.

An Integrated Approach for a Knowledge-based Clinical Workstation: Architecture and Experience

1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (01) ◽  
pp. 16-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Ringleb ◽  
T. Steiner ◽  
P. Knaup ◽  
W. Hacke ◽  
R. Haux ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Hospital Information Systems ◽  
Medical Decision ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
Functional Requirements ◽  
Support Functions ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Clinical Workstation

Abstract:Today, the demand for medical decision support to improve the quality of patient care and to reduce costs in health services is generally recognized. Nevertheless, decision support is not yet established in daily routine within hospital information systems which often show a heterogeneous architecture but offer possibilities of interoperability. Currently, the integration of decision support functions into clinical workstations is the most promising way. Therefore, we first discuss aspects of integrating decision support into clinical workstations including clinical needs, integration of database and knowledge base, knowledge sharing and reuse and the role of standardized terminology. In addition, we draw up functional requirements to support the physician dealing with patient care, medical research and administrative tasks. As a consequence, we propose a general architecture of an integrated knowledge-based clinical workstation. Based on an example application we discuss our experiences concerning clinical applicability and relevance. We show that, although our approach promotes the integration of decision support into hospital information systems, the success of decision support depends above all on an adequate transformation of clinical needs.

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