HI 3
What is Information
Information is data that has been processed into a form that is meaningful to the recipient.
Basic Telemedicine Types
Interactive (Synchronous) -Two way video, real time - high-bandwidth telecommunication *Store and Forward (Asynchronous) - Images, audio or video files stored and transmitted, like e-mail, usually not real time - lower bandwidth telecommunication
Pharmacy Informatics
Is a sub-discipline of Health Informatics that deals with the integration of information technology and its applications into the pharmaceutical practice
Information System
Is any combination of information technology and people's activities using that technology to support operations,management, and decision making.
Dental Informatics
Is the application of computer and information science to improve dental practice, research, and program administration.
Veterinary Informatics
Is the discipline concerned with the applications of information science, engineering, and computer technology to support veterinary teaching, research, and practice.
Imaging Informatics
It is devoted to the study of how information about and contained within medical images is retrieved, analyzed, enhanced, and exchanged throughout the medical enterprise.
Medical Informatics
Medical Informatics is the branch of science concerned with the use of computers and communication technology to acquire, store, analyze, communicate, and display medical information and knowledge to facilitate understanding and improve the accuracy, timeliness, and reliability of decision making
Why do telemedicine?
Provide primary healthcare that would not be available otherwise ◦ Specialty care consultations for isolated specialists, practitioners, and other health care professionals ◦ Eliminate expensive travel and isolation ◦ Reduce need to move patient ◦ means of communication for isolated health care providers
Different Types of Telemedicine
Telesurgery: the ability for a doctor to perform surgery on a patient even though they are not physically in the same location Teleradiology: the transmission of radiological patient images, such as x-rays, CTs, and MRIs, from one location to another for the purposes of interpretation and/or consultation. Telecare: The use of telecommunication systems to provide remote assistance in therapy to patients. TeleHealth *The delivery of health-related services and information via telecommunications technologies *Could be: ◦ As simple as two health professionals discussing a case over the telephone, or ◦ As sophisticated as using videoconferencing between providers at facilities in two countries, or as complex as robotic technology.
Consumer Health Informatics
The branch of medical informatics that analyses consumers' needs for information; studies and implements methods of making information accessible to consumers; and models and integrates consumers' preferences into medical information systems.
Hi
The intersection of information science, computer science, and health care Deals with the resources, devices, and methods required to optimize the acquisition,storage,retrieval, and use of information in health and biomedicine.
mHealth
The mHealth field has emerged as a sub-segment of eHealth, the use of ICT, such as computers, mobile phones, communications satellite, patient monitors, etc., for health services & information.
Clinical Informatics
Use of information in health care by clinicians
eHealth
eHealth is a broad term for healthcare practice which is supported by electronic processes and communication.
Information Science
is an interdisciplinary science primarily concerned with the analysis, collection, classification, manipulation, storage, retrieval & dissemination of information.
Computer Science
is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems.
Information Technology
is the study,design,development,implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware.
CDC Health Informatics
provides leadership in the application of information and computer science and technology to public health practice, research, and learning
Information Management
the range of processes by which information is handled by individuals and organisations The goal: to get the relevant information to the right person at the right time.
Public Health Informatics
the systematic application of information and computer science and technology to public health practice, research and learning.
Telemedicine
the use of electronic information and communication technologies to provide and support health care when distance separates the participants. the use of electronic signals to transfer medical data from one site to another via the internet, telephones, PCs, satellites, or videoconferencing equipment in order to improve access to health care.
Why do we need it?
*Health informatics supports the exchange of information between patients, healthcare professionals, management, IT services and planners of healthcare. *It provides healthcare professionals with a patient's total healthcare picture, so that they can make informed decisions about their treatment.
The domains of health informatics
1.Communication skills & the patient-doctor relationship. 2. Applied professional knowledge & skills 3.Population health & the context of general practice 4.Professional and ethical role 5.Organization & legal dimensions
Telemedicine Applications
1.Remote Consultation 2. Remote Monitoring 3. Remote Education 4. Telementoring
Nursing Informatics
A combination of computer science, information science, and nursing science designed to assist in the management and processing of nursing data, information, and knowledge to support nursing practice, education, research, and administration.
Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics, is the application of statics and computer science to the field of molecular biology. It is also defined as the sum of the computational approaches to analyze, manage, and store biological data.
