MTY1106 LEC: HEALTH INFORMMATION SYSTEM

MODULE 5: HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS

2nd Semester | SY 2021-2022 TRANSCRIBED BY: NINA RICCI O. DELA PAZ
LECTURER: Mr. Theo Segismundo

TOPIC ROLE AND FUNCTION

SUBTOPIC 1. Easier access to files
SUB-SUBTOPIC o Need for hardcopy is optional
2. Better control
HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS o Easier to prescribe orders for the
Ø HEALTH INFORMATICS inpatients
o The application of both technology o Doctors- can update patient info
and systems in a healthcare setting. o Receptionists- update patient’s
Ø Health Information Technology- software, appointments
tools 3. Easier update
Ø HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS o Can be accessed and reviewed
o Cover different systems that capture, anytime
store, manage, and transmit health- o Copies can be printed or released
related information that can be upon request
sourced from individuals or activities 4. Improved communications
of a health institution. o Inter and intrahospital
o Manages the benefits and communication and with the steward
employment status of healthcare system (DOH)
o Records, coding, documentation, and
administration of patient and ancillary COMPONENTS
services
o Motivating factors: Cost and quality HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS
of health care RESOURCES
o More efficient and effective health Ø Framework on legislation, regulation,
care services planning, and resources required for the
o Disease surveillance systems, district system to be fully functional
level routine information systems, Ø Logistics support, personnel, financing, ICT,
hospital patient administration suppliers, healthcare providers, and
systems (PAS), human resource component’s coordinating mechanism
management information systems Ø Input phase- required to start the program
(HRMIS), and Laboratory Information and have proper resources
Systems (LIS)
o Information collected is useful in INDICATORS
policymaking and decision making of Ø Questions used to assess the current status
health institutions and becomes the of health determinant
basis in creating program action Ø Basis of HIS plan and strategy
o Efficient resource allocation and Ø Health system inputs, outputs, and
improvement of quality and outcomes, and the health status
effectiveness Ø Ex: Key indicators of reproductive health
o Should be sustainable, user-friendly, o Number of successful deliveries of
and economical newborn
o Personnel should be educate on the o Number of stillborn
use of routine data collected and o Number of mortality of mothers
significance of good quality data o Number of successful newborns
 o Number of newborns w/ genetic background, employment, immediate family
abnormalities member
Ø Information is acquired from key indicators à o Age- ALL is common in children and
provide program almost rare in adults
Ø Processing phase o Weight and height- for medication
o Address- endemic rate
DATA SOURCES Ø Helps the doctors for the diagnosis
Ø Population-based approach
o Civil registration, censuses, and ADMINISTRATIVE DATA
population surveys Ø Sources on services, diagnostic tests, etc.
Ø Institutional-based data Ø Helpful when referring a patient to another
o Information acquired inside health health facility
facilities
o Individual records, resource records, HEALTH RISK INFORMATION
and service records Ø Lifestyle and behavior
Ø Surveys, research, and information Ø Family’s medical history
produced by community-based Ø Evaluate propensity for different diseases
organizations may provide useful information
Ø Processing phase HEALTH STATUS
Ø Patient’s quality of life
DATA MANAGEMENT Ø Self-perception of health
Ø Handling of data from collection, storage, Ø Physical functioning, mental and emotional
quality assurance, processing, compilation, well-being, cognitive functioning, and social
and data analysis functioning
Ø Process data
Ø Stakeholder would not have misconceptions PATIENT MEDICAL HISTORY
or out of touch Ø Past medical encounters, previous illnesses,
Ø Processing phase and family history
Ø
INFORMATION PRODUCTS CURRENT MEDICAL MANAGEMENT
Ø Product of data gathered Ø Current medication, treatment, etc.
Ø Data serve as evidence and provides insight
crucial to shaping health action OUTCOMES DATA
Ø Output phase Ø After effects of health care and various health
problems
DISSEMINATION AND USE Ø May either include positive or negative
Ø How you use the data for programs outcome
Ø Readily available for policymakers and data Ø Healthcare events and measures of
users satisfaction with care
Ø Output phase
KEY POINTS TO REMEMBER
DIFFERENT DATA SOURCES Ø Health information systems refer to systems
Ø Donaldson & Lohr that capture, store, manage, and transmit
health-related information that can be
DEMOGRAPHIC DATA sourced from individuals and activities of
Ø Facts about the patient health institutions.
Ø Age, civil status, gender, address, birth date, Ø HIS improves the delivery of health services
race and ethnic origin, BMI, educational because it ensures easier file access, better
 control, easier updated, and improved
communications.
Ø The components of a health information
systems are health system resources (input,
indicators, data sources, and data
management (processes); transformation of
data into information, and its dissemination
and use (outputs).
Ø The different data sources are demographic
data, administrative data, health risk
information, health status, patient medical
history, current medical management, and
outcomes data.