Practical Applications of Information Technology for Patient 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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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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Using Scenarios Throughout The User-Centered Design Process in Healthcare

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/1541931218621139 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 62 (1) ◽

pp. 610-614

Author(s):

Carrie Reale ◽

Ross Speir ◽

Kurt Ruark ◽

Jennifer Herout ◽

Jason Slagle ◽

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Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Patient Care ◽

Health Information ◽

User Centered Design ◽

User Interactions ◽

Clinical Scenarios ◽

Different Types ◽

Context Specific ◽

Key Aspects ◽

User Centered

Context-specific descriptions of the intended user interactions with health information technology (HIT) systems provide an important perspective to the overall goals of HIT design. These descriptions — or scenarios — that represent the clinicians’ perspectives can describe how HIT should support users in providing patient care effectively, efficiently, and safely. Scenarios may improve the design of HIT systems by ensuring clinician needs are well-articulated for high-value patient-care situations. This Practice- Oriented paper presents suggestions for the development and application of clinical scenarios throughout a robust user-centered design (UCD) process. As a flexible artifact, different types of scenarios can be used at each point across the UCD process and the rationale for their use are discussed, and we suggest key aspects that must be included for each specific type of scenario. This practice innovation will be beneficial to practitioners working within UCD processes, as guidance on adding scenarios as a tool in their work.

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How To Harness The Power Of Information Technology To Benefit Patient Care

Nursing Informatics ’91 - Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics ◽

10.1007/978-3-642-95656-0_22 ◽

1991 ◽

pp. 151-157

Author(s):

Barbara Palmer

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Patient Care ◽

Benefit Patient

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Lessons Learned from Randomized Trials and Recent Experience with Health Information Technology: Promising Interventions Meet Real-World Patient Care

Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy ◽

10.18553/jmcp.2010.16.9.718 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 16 (9) ◽

pp. 718-728

Author(s):

Kathleen A. Fairman ◽

Frederic R. Curtiss

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Patient Care ◽

Health Information Technology ◽

Health Information ◽

Real World ◽

Randomized Trials ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Recent Experience

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Handoff Communication and Electronic Health Records

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care ◽

10.1177/2327857914031027 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 162-169 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Julie Apker ◽

Christopher Beach ◽

Kevin O’Leary ◽

Jennifer Ptacek ◽

Dickson Cheung ◽

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Keyword(s):

Electronic Health Records ◽

Patient Care ◽

Healthcare Delivery ◽

Communication Style ◽

Health Records ◽

Practical Applications ◽

Sensemaking Theory ◽

Making Sense ◽

Study Results ◽

Electronic Health

When transferring patient care responsibilities across the healthcare continuum, clinicians strive to communicate safely and effectively, but communication failures exist that threaten patient safety. Although researchers are making great strides in understanding and solving intraservice handoff problems, inter-service transition communication remains underexplored. Further, electronic health records (EHRs) figure prominently in healthcare delivery, but less is known about how EHRs contribute to inter-service handoffs. This descriptive, qualitative study uses Sensemaking Theory to explore EHR-facilitated, inter-service handoffs occurring between emergency medicine and internal/hospitalist medicine physicians. The researchers conducted six focus groups with 16 attending physicians and medical residents at a major Midwestern academic hospital. Findings suggest clinicians hold varied expectations for information content and relational communication/style. Their expectations contribute to making sense of uncertain handoff situations and communication best practices. Participants generally perceive EHRs as tools that, when used appropriately, can enhance handoffs and patient care continuity. Ideas for practical applications are offered based on study results.

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All CLEAR? Preparing for IT Downtime

American Journal of Medical Quality ◽

10.1177/1062860616667546 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 32 (5) ◽

pp. 547-551 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Deanne T. Kashiwagi ◽

Meredie D. Sexton ◽

C. Estelle Souchet Graves ◽

Jay M. Johnson ◽

Byron I. Callies ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Information Technology ◽

Patient Safety ◽

Patient Care ◽

Self Report ◽

Health Care Information ◽

Care Continuity ◽

Work Area ◽

Health Care Information Technology ◽

Care Information

Health care information technology (IT) outages pose a threat to patient safety and patient care continuity. Organizations’ downtime plans must be updated regularly and staff at the work area level should have experience with implementing IT outage operations through downtime drills. This article describes the study institution’s IT Outage Toolkit, based on the acronym CLEAR, which guides the development of a downtime plan as well as design, execution, and assessment of work area downtime drills. Self-report and external audits of downtime drills help identify performance gaps and gaps in downtime plans.

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