scholarly journals Risk in Healthcare Information Technology: Creating a Standardized Risk Assessment Framework

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanna Schmeelk
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Healthcare Information Technology ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Security Risks ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Healthcare Information ◽  
Data Breaches ◽  
United States Federal Government

Data breaches are occurring at an unprecedented rate. Between June 2019 and early October 2020, over 564 data breaches affected over 36.6 million patients as posted to the United States Federal government HITECH portal. These patients are at risk for having their identities stolen or sold on alternative marketplaces. Some healthcare entities are working to manage privacy and security risks to their operations, research, and patients. However, many have some procedures and policies in place, with few (if any) centrally managing all their infrastructure risks. For example, many healthcare organizations are not tracking or updating all the known and potential concerns and elements into a centralized repository following industry best practice timetables for auditing and insurance quantification. This chapter examines known and potential problems in healthcare information technology and discusses a new open source risk management standardized framework library to improve the coordination and communication of the aforementioned problematic management components. The healthcare industry would benefit from adopting such a standardized risk-centric framework.

The Impact of Certification on Healthcare Information Technology Use

2011 ◽  
pp. 360-373
Author(s):  
Neset Hikmet ◽  
Anol Bhattacherjee
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Healthcare Information Technology ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Healthcare Information ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Healthcare Administrators

This study examines the effects of certifications such as JCAHO on healthcare information technology (HIT) usage in healthcare organizations and user satisfaction with such usage. Using survey data collected from healthcare administrators in a nation-wide sample of 347 hospitals and long-term care facilities, we provide evidence that certifications do indeed enhance HIT usage and user satisfaction, at least within specialized user groups such as healthcare administrators. We further demonstrate that this increase in HIT usage due to certifications increases with facility size and is more prominent for larger hospitals than for smaller long-term care facilities, though the same cannot be said of user satisfaction. Our study suggests that certifications can be used as a valuable tool for motivating HIT usage, while also drawing attention to an under-examined area of HIT research.

The Impact of Professional Certifications on Healthcare Information Technology Use

2011 ◽  
pp. 1646-1656
Author(s):  
Neset Hikmet ◽  
Anol Bhattacherjee
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Healthcare Information Technology ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Healthcare Information ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Healthcare Administrators

This study examines the effects of professional certifications such as JCAHO on healthcare information technology (HIT) usage in healthcare organizations and user satisfaction with such usage. Using survey data collected from healthcare administrators in a nation-wide sample of 347 hospitals and long-term care facilities, we provide evidence that professional certifications do indeed enhance HIT usage and user satisfaction, at least within specialized user groups such as healthcare administrators. We further demonstrate that this increase in HIT usage due to professional certifications increases with facility size and is more prominent for larger hospitals than for smaller long-term care facilities, though the same cannot be said of user satisfaction. Our study suggests that professional certifications can be used as a valuable tool for motivating HIT usage, while also drawing attention to an under-examined area of HIT research.

A Usability Analysis Framework for Healthcare Information Technology

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 20-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Surendra Sarnikar ◽  
Maureen Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Healthcare Information Technology ◽  
Analysis Framework ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Healthcare Information ◽  
Usability Analysis ◽  
Quality And Outcomes

Healthcare organizations are investing in healthcare information technology (HIT) to improve quality and outcomes. However, HIT has also been known to introduce unintended consequences and adverse effects. The adverse effects range from process changes to serious clinical errors. In order to ensure the safety of healthcare information technologies, the authors propose a usability analysis framework for healthcare information technology that can help identify, classify and prioritize potential errors. Such a framework can help design better usability studies specifically targeted at studying technology-induced errors and therefore help in the design of safer healthcare information technologies.

Business: The Electronic Health Record: Front Line Experience

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-22
Author(s):  
Rosemary Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Electronic Health Record ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Record ◽  
Health Trends ◽  
Electronic Health

National legislation is in place to facilitate reform of the United States health care industry. The Health Care Information Technology and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) offers financial incentives to hospitals, physicians, and individual providers to establish an electronic health record that ultimately will link with the health information technology of other health care systems and providers. The information collected will facilitate patient safety, promote best practice, and track health trends such as smoking and childhood obesity.

scholarly journals Characteristics of the healthcare information technology workforce in the HITECH era: underestimated in size, still growing, and adapting to advanced uses

JAMIA Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
William R Hersh ◽  
Keith W Boone ◽  
Annette M Totten
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Weighted Average ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Healthcare Information Technology ◽  
Full Time Equivalent ◽  
Healthcare Information ◽  
Hospital Size ◽  
Average Analysis ◽  
Size Growth ◽  
Information Technology Workforce

Abstract Objective There is little readily available data about the size and characteristics of the healthcare information technology workforce. We sought to update a previous description of the size, growth, and characteristics of this workforce based on the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Analytics® Database, a resource that includes hospital size, number of beds, amount of staffing, and an eight-stage model of electronic health record adoption (Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, EMRAM℠). Materials and Methods We updated an analysis done using a 2007 snapshot of the HIMSS Analytics Database with a comparable snapshot from 2014 in order to estimate the size of the current workforce and project future needs. For the 2014 data, we applied the same weighted average analysis used in 2007 to obtain a ratio of information technology (IT) hospital full-time equivalent (FTE) to staffed beds, extrapolate the results to all US hospitals, and project the workforce needs as hospitals achieve higher EMRAM stages. Results Our estimated size of the healthcare information technology workforce in the US in 2014 was 161 160, which was 8.0% larger than the estimate based on the 2007 data. Based on the new data, we project a potential need for an additional 19 852 and 153 114 FTE, if all hospitals were to achieve EMRAM Stages 6 and 7, respectively. The distribution of FTE across job function category varies by EMRAM stage. Discussion and Conclusions Although these data are limited, especially for EMRAM Stage 7, there is likely need for substantial workforce growth as hospitals increase their adoption of advanced healthcare information technology. Further research with data better focused on workforce characteristics will provide a better picture of staffing requirements.

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