Information Systems Management in Healthcare

Introduction:

Health information systems provide technology and enable information exchange for healthcare enterprises, health information exchanges, health insurers, and other participants in the healthcare industry.

This is a rapidly changing and evolving field, laying the foundation for improvements in healthcare efficiency, quality, and health outcomes.

Information Systems Management in Healthcare course provides an overview of key healthcare information technologies and concepts: healthcare data and analytics, electronic health records (EHR), health information exchanges (HIE), healthcare information privacy and security, telemedicine, consumer health and mobile health systems, and population health management. Several case studies provide additional analysis of technology challenges and solutions in healthcare informatics.

Course Objectives:

At the end of the Information Systems Management in Healthcare training course, you should be able to:

• Be knowledgeable of the various kinds of healthcare information.
• Get an excellent insight into Fundamental principles and practical strategies.
• Apply the methods necessary to facilitate movement from a paper-based to an electronic health record environment while championing the importance of managing in such an environment.
• Deploy healthcare information technology and leverage investments while introducing significant change.
• Enhance the skills required to develop quality patient care through utilizing healthcare information technology and strategy considerations.
• Stimulate discussions on how to apply concepts included in the course to real-life scenarios through case studies of organizations experiencing management-related information system challenges.

Who Should Attend?

Information Systems Management in Healthcare course is an important training for health administration and health informatics students and professionals.

Course Outlines:

Introduction to Information Systems Management

• Kinds of Health Care Information.
• Internal Data and Information: Patient-Specific—Clinical.
• Internal Data and Information: Patient-Specific—Administrative.
• Internal Data and Information: Patient-Specific—Combining Clinical and Administrative.
• Internal Data and Information: Aggregate—Clinical.
• Internal Data and Information: Aggregate—Administrative.
• Internal Data and Information: Aggregate—Combining Clinical and Administrative.
• External Data and Information: Comparative.
• External Data and Information: Expert or Knowledge-Based.

Health Care Data Quality

• Data versus Information.
• Problems with Poor-Quality Data.
• Ensuring Data and Information Quality.

Health Care Information Regulations, Laws, and Standards

• Licensure, Certification, and Accreditation.
• Patient Safety Organizations.
• Legal Aspects of Managing Health Information.

History and Evolution of Health Care Information Systems

• Definition of Terms.
• History and Evolution.

Clinical Information Systems

• The Electronic Health Record.
• Other Major HCIS Types.
• Fitting Applications Together.
• Overcoming Barriers to Adoption.

Federal Efforts to Enhance Quality of Patient Care through the Use of Health Information Technology

• HITECH Act.
• Health Care Reform: New Modes of Care and Payment Reform.
• Health Information Exchange.
• Information Technology Ramifications of New Models of Care and Payment Reform.

System Acquisition

• System Acquisition: A Definition.
• Systems Development Life Cycle.
• System Acquisition Process.
• Project Management Tools.
• Things That Can Go Wrong.
   

System Implementation and Support

• System Implementation Process.
• Managing the Organizational Aspects.
• System Support and Evaluation.

Technologies That Support Health Care Information Systems

• Information Technology Adoption Challenges.
• Data Management and Access.
• Networks and Data Communications.
• Information Distribution Schemes.
• Remote Access Technologies.
• Internet and Web Concepts and Applications.
• E-Commerce in Health Care.
• Clinical and Managerial Decision Support.
• Information Systems Architecture.

Health Care Information System Standards

• Standards Development Process.
• Classification Standards.
• Vocabulary and Terminology Standards.
• Health Record Content and Functional Standards.

Security of Health Care Information Systems

• The Health Care Organization’s Security Program.
• Threats to Health Care Information.
• Overview of the HIPAA Security Rule.
• Outline of the HIPAA Security Rule.
• HITECH Expansion of the HIPAA Security Rule.
• Administrative Safeguards.
• Physical Safeguards.
• Technical Safeguards.