2. Clinical informatics is the study of information technology and
how it can be applied to the healthcare field and provide
treatments to the patients (an information-based approach)
Health care
Information
&communication
technology
The health
system
Clinical
informatics
3. CI has it’s own origin in the 1960’s and 1970’s with
the concept of ‘medical information system’
In 2011 The American Medical Informatics
Association (AMIA was established in 1989 at
Bethesda) achieved one of its goals (i.e; American
Board of Medical Specialists recognized clinical
informatics as a sub-specialty)
The first board certifications were awarded late in
2013
4. Clinical care (i.e., clinical services to an individual
patient)
The health system (i.e., in addition to clinical care this
includes major health domains such as public health,
personal health, health professional education, and
clinical research)
Information and communications technology (i.e., the
tools that enable the efficient capture, delivery,
transmission, and use of data, information, and
knowledge and the knowledge of how to apply those
tools effectively)
5. Clinical informaticians use their knowledge of patient
care combined with the informatics concepts, methods,
and tools to:
Assess information and knowledge needs of health care
professionals and patients
Characterize, evaluate, and refine clinical processes
Develop, implement, and refine clinical decision
support systems
Lead or participate in the procurement, customization,
development, implementation, management,
evaluation, and continuous improvement of clinical
information systems such as electronic health records
and order-entry systems
6. What does clinical informaticians do?
Transform health care by analyzing, designing, implementing,
evaluating information and communication systems that
enhance individual and population health outcomes, improve
patient care, and strengthen the clinician-patient relationship
Applications:
Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Clinical Decision
Support Systems(CDSS’s) are the important central
applications in CI
Nursing informatics
In India it has major importance in clinical trails
7. A systematic collection of electronic health information
about an individual patient or population of patients
It allows practitioners to record and share data
EHR means a repository of patient data in digital form,
stored and exchanged securely, and accessible by multiple
authorized users
It contains retrospective, concurrent, and prospective
information and its primary purpose is to support continuing,
efficient and quality integrated health care
9. The success of EHRs depends on the quality of the
information available to health care professionals in making
decisions about patient care and in the communication
between health care professionals during patient care
Good quality of documentation improves the quality of patient
care. It is important therefore to assess the quality of
information entered in electronic systems by different health
care professionals. Decision-making tools can be integrated in
EHRs
If the data are inaccurate or incomplete, they will have no
worth for decision-making and research
10. EMR EHR
It contains the medical and treatment
history of the patients in one practice
It focus on the total health of the
patient and general condition of the
body
EMR mostly used by clinicians for
diagnosis and treatment
EHRs contain information from all
the clinicians involved in a patient’s
care to provide care to that patient
11. Benefits:
Eliminates paper records
Decrease handwriting errors
Allows for implementation of error-reducing
technology
Drawbacks:
Additional privacy security
Cost
Software and quality of care concerns
Possibility for unintended consequences and changes to
workflows
communication, and data entry demands.
13. Inpatient & Outpatient units
Non-Clinical Studies
Medical Specialists
Clinical Trials
Laboratory
Pharmacy
14. Patient care
Practice Management
Health System Management
Public Health Management
Research Management
15. Clinical Application Analyst:
Participation in all phases of the system development life
cycle including development of use cases and evaluation of
software solutions
Perform in-depth analysis of workflows, data collection, report
details, and other technical issues associated with Epic
software
Investigate end user‘s preferences and analyze business
operations while making decisions
Prioritize and implement requested changes to the system
Participate in training and troubleshooting problems for end
users
16. EHR Systems Trainer
Use of Health Information Technology(HIT) in producing
quality outcomes
This position is key to ensuring clinical user’s readiness and
confidence when using the EHR and other HIT systems.
Responsible for maintaining in-depth knowledge of the
EHR and other HIT’s and training staff members on the use
of these technologies
Collaborate with the Director of Informatics, and
responsible for the development of related training
materials
This position requires the ability to explain technology to
diverse customers and ensure they are able to use
applications and functionality effectively
17. Participates in system review, design, development, and
testing
Develops protocols, policies, procedures, and quality metrics
to support the implementation of new technologies, integration
with devices, and the EMR.
Researches, analyzes, and makes recommendations for
application workflow improvements based on a deep
understanding of the clinical workflow in relation to device
integration technologies
Participates in the Shared Decision Making councils for the
purpose of building clinical informatics systems and
workflow analysis
18. "Clinical informatics is still in its infancy"
"It is a tool that when properly implemented can
increase options for treatments, reduce risks, improve
processes, help with financial management, and
ultimately improve patient care.
It requires having the people, data, technologies and
processes necessary to mine and act upon the
information.“
Clinical informatics can be used across the broad
spectrum of healthcare and "It is a very broad field, but
it is also a very complex field."