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What is a key aspect of mHealth applications?
What is a primary goal of the Saudi Model of Care?
What is a critical aspect of Health Information Technology?
What is a potential benefit of mHealth applications?
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What is a key challenge in implementing Health Information Technology?
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What is a key aspect of patient-centered care?
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What is the primary goal of data acquisition in healthcare informatics?
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Which of the following tools is used in health informatics?
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What is the projected world population by 2100?
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Why is comorbidity more common in older patients?
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What is the primary goal of patient-centered care movement?
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What is the benefit of shared care in modern healthcare?
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What is the primary purpose of data manipulation in healthcare informatics?
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What is the primary challenge in healthcare informatics today?
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Which of the following is a benefit of healthcare informatics?
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What is the primary goal of information security in healthcare informatics?
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What is a major obstacle to the adoption of Nationwide Health Information Network?
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What is a major challenge for healthcare providers in accessing EHR?
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What is a key aspect of information security in healthcare?
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What is a concern related to patient privacy in healthcare?
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What is a challenge in implementing EHR and other technology in healthcare?
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What is a limitation in information sharing in healthcare?
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Study Notes
Key Elements of Informatics
- Acquisition: capturing accurate, timely, reliable, and complete data
- Storage: saving data with retrieval facility
- Communication: moving data from collection to storage, analysis, and point of use
- Manipulation: manipulating, combining, aggregating, or comparing data
- Display: displaying data in a clear and understandable manner
Tools used in Health Informatics
- Computers
- Clinical guidelines
- Formal medical terminologies
- Information and communication systems
Global Healthcare Today
- World population growth: 7.6 billion today, 11.2 billion by 2100
- Healthcare is data-driven
Healthcare Challenges
- Aging population
- Comorbidity is more common in older patients than in younger ones
- Older people's health conditions require holistic care
- Healthcare is undergoing modernization using an evolutionary approach
Breast Cancer Treatment Scenario
- Multiple healthcare professionals involved in breast cancer treatment
- Multiple stages of treatment, including biopsy, ultrasound/mammogram, MDT review, and chemotherapy
Multiple Discrete Information Systems
- Multiple healthcare professionals involved in breast cancer treatment
- Multiple stages of treatment, including biopsy, ultrasound/mammogram, MDT review, and chemotherapy
Modern Healthcare - “Shared Care”
- Integrated (holistic) care
- Care teams collaborating for patient care
- Shared informed decisions
Patient-Centered Care Movement
- Collaborative effort between patients and healthcare professionals
- Sharing knowledge and working towards common goals of optimum healing and recovery
HIT Obstacles
- Inadequate time for clinicians to learn new technology
- Patient privacy and information security concerns
- Legal issues with sharing EHR and e-prescribing
- Patient identification system limitations
- Institution control of information and inadequate workforce
Saudi Healthcare System
- Patient-centered care and its suitability in the Saudi healthcare system
- The Saudi model of care answers six main questions people may ask about healthcare
Saudi Model of Care
- A coherent patient-centric model of care that supports people in staying well and getting well again
- The model has six systems of care (SoC) that cut across different service layers
Health Information Technology
- Comprehensive management of health information across computerized systems
- Secure exchange of health information between healthcare providers, regulators, consumers, and payers
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Description
Learning about the fundamental concepts of informatics, including data acquisition, storage, communication, manipulation, and display. Quiz covers the basics of data handling and analysis.
