How is health Informatics transforming healthcare of the future?

1. Revolutionizing Healthcare
Through Clinical Informatics
Anthony O. Oloni, MD, MPH, CPHI
SME, Healthcare & Clinical Informatics

2. Introduction & Overview
Information systems have revolutionized
healthcare and healthcare outcomes in
the later part of the 21st century!
X-ray technology was
invented completely by
accident in 1895, a
German physicist named
Wilhelm Roentgen.

3. Overview of Health Informatics
 Magnetic Resonance Imaging is a process that uses
magnets to noninvasively scan the body.
 Computerized Axial Tomography is a process that
takes the idea of the conventional X-ray imaging by
forming a full three-dimensional computer model of a
patient's insides.
 Ultrasound Technology is a medical imaging technique
that uses high frequency sound waves and their echoes
to produce images of the human body!

4. Smart Electronic Health Records
 An electronic health record (EHR) is more than just a
computerized version of your paper chart.
 It’s a digital record of your health information that can
provide your health care team with comprehensive health
information about you.
 Over time, it can allow your providers to share important
information, across different health care settings, while
maintaining EHR patient confidentiality in accordance
with federal and state privacy and security requirements.

5. Clinical Decision Support
 Clinical decision support (CDS) systems provide
clinicians, staff, patients, and other individuals with
knowledge and person-specific information,
intelligently filtered and presented at appropriate
times, to enhance health and health care.
 Examples of CDSS
 ICU Respiratory Alarms
 ICU Cardiovascular Alarms
 Medication Allergies
 Medication Interactions
 Medication Doses

6. Computer Assisted Coding
Computer assisted coding is a cutting edge practice that
automatically derives medical codes within clinical
documentation.
Improved Accuracy
Improved Consistency
Improved Productivity and charting efficiency
Improved Traceability

7. E-Prescribing
With electronic prescribing, or
e-prescribing, your doctor
enters information about
drugs you may need into a
computer. This electronic
prescription is sent over a
secure network to the
pharmacy you choose. The
pharmacy receives the
prescription and can begin
filling it right away.

8. Clinical Provider Order Entry
Computerized physician/provider order entry is defined
as the computer system that allows direct entry of
medical orders by the person with the licensure and
privileges to do so.
Advantages:
Has the benefit of reducing errors by minimizing the
ambiguity of hand-written orders
Saves time, is more efficient
Electronically stores clinical orders

9. Interoperability
Interoperability is the
ability of diverse systems
and organizations to work
together (inter-operate).
Interoperability
standards
 Content Standards –
SNOMED-CT
 Messaging Standards –
HL7

10. References:
 How CAT Scans Work | How CAT Scans Work by Tom Harris, retrieved on June
16, 2012 from http://science.howstuffworks.com/cat-scan.htm
 How X-rays Work | How X-rays Work by Tom Harris, retrieved on June 16, 2012
from http://science.howstuffworks.com/cat-scan.htm
 How Ultrasound Works by Craig Freudenrich, Ph.D. on June 16, 2012 from
http://science.howstuffworks.com/ultrasound.htm
 What is an Electronic Health Record | Healthit.gov | Retrieved on June 15,
2012 from
http://www.healthit.gov/patients-families/faqs/what-electronic-health-record-ehr
 Clinical Decision Support Systems, State of the Art by Eta S. Berner, Ed.D. |
Retrieved on June 15, 2012 from
http://healthit.ahrq.gov/images/jun09cdsreview/09_0069_ef.html
 What is electronic prescribing? | HealthIT.gov | Retrieved on June 20 from
http://www.healthit.gov/patients-families/faqs/what-electronic-prescribing
 Clinical Provider Order Entry by Joan Ash PhD, Retrieved on June 20, 2012 from
http://www.ohsu.edu/academic/dmice/research/cpoe/index.php