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Lesson 5 HIS - Health Information System

The document discusses health information systems (HIS) and their components. It defines HIS as any system that captures, stores, manages or transmits health-related information. The key components of a HIS are: inputs (resources), processes, and outputs. Inputs include data sources, legislative frameworks and personnel. Processes include data management and indicator and data product development. Outputs include information products and dissemination/use of information. The document also identifies different data sources that feed into a HIS, such as demographic, administrative, health risk, health status and current/past medical data.

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Lesson 5 HIS - Health Information System

The document discusses health information systems (HIS) and their components. It defines HIS as any system that captures, stores, manages or transmits health-related information. The key components of a HIS are: inputs (resources), processes, and outputs. Inputs include data sources, legislative frameworks and personnel. Processes include data management and indicator and data product development. Outputs include information products and dissemination/use of information. The document also identifies different data sources that feed into a HIS, such as demographic, administrative, health risk, health status and current/past medical data.

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Module 5

HEALTH INFORMATION
SYSTEM
MLS 1103 | Health Information System for Medical Laboratory Science
College of Medical Laboratory Science | Central Philippine University
LEARNING OUTCOMES
REFERENCE At the end of this module, the learner should
Health Information System for have been be able to:
Medical Laboratory Science
1. discuss the roles of health
Lesson 5 information systems (HIS)

Health Information System


pp. 51 – 56
2. enumerate the components
of a health information system

3. identify the different data


sources for a health information
system
HIT versus HIS
• Health informatics is the application of
both technology and systems in a
healthcare setting
• HIT (Health Information Technology)
focuses on tools
• HIS (Health Information Systems) cover the
records, coding, documentation, and
administration of patient and ancillary
services
Health Information Systems
• refer to any system that
captures, stores, manages
or transmits information
related to the health of
individuals or the
activities of organizations
that work within the
health sector.
Health Information Systems
• A mechanism to keep track of
everything related to patients:
1. Patient’s medical history
2. Medication logs
3. Contact information
4. Appointment times
5. Insurance information
6. Billing and payment accounts
Health Information Systems
• Sheahan (2017) elaborates the role that a well-implemented can play in
improving the services provided by a health institution:
1. Files Are Easier to Access
2. More Controls
3. Easy to Update
4. Communication
Health
Information
Systems
Resources

Dissemination
Indicators
and Use

Information
Data Sources
Products

Data
Management

Components of Health Information Systems


Components of HIS: INPUTS
1. HEALTH
INFORMATION
SYSTEMS RESOURCES
• Legislative, regulatory
and planning INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT
frameworks
• Also includes other
resources
• personnel, financing, •Laboratory test •Laboratory test •Laboratory test result
logistics support, request request rendering,
specimen collection
information and and processing, and
communications analysis
technology
Components of HIS: PROCESSES
1. INDICATORS
• A core set of indicators and related targets is
the basis for a health information system
plan and strategy.

2. DATA SOURCES
• These can be divided into two main
categories: INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT
a. Population-based approaches
- censuses, civil registration and
population surveys
b. Institution-based data •Laboratory test •Laboratory test •Laboratory test result
request request rendering,
- individual records, service records and specimen collection
and processing, and
resource records analysis

3. MANAGEMENT
• Covers all aspects of data handling from collection,
storage, quality-assurance and flow, to processing,
compilation and analysis
Components of HIS: OUTPUTS
1. INFORMATION
PRODUCTS
• Data must be transformed into
information
INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT
2. DISSEMINATION AND
USE
• Making HI readily accessible to
decision-makers and by •Laboratory test •Laboratory test •Laboratory test result
request request rendering,
providing incentives for, or specimen collection
otherwise facilitating, and processing, and
information use analysis
Sources of Information for HIS
Different Data Sources for HIS
DATA EXAMPLES
Demographic Age (or birth date), gender, race and ethnic origin,
data marital status, address of residence, names of and other
information about immediate family members, and
emergency information, employment status (and
employer), education.
Administrative Services provided (e.g., diagnostic tests or outpatient
data procedures), charges and amounts paid, the kind of
practitioner (physician, podiatrist, psychologist),
physician specialty, and nature of institution (general or
specialty hospital, physician office or clinic, home care
agency, nursing home, and so forth).
Different Data Sources for HIS
DATA EXAMPLES
Health risk Lifestyle and behavior (e.g., whether an individual uses
information tobacco products or engages regularly in strenuous
exercise) and facts about family history and genetic factors
to evaluate propensity for different diseases.

Health Generally reported by individuals themselves, reflects


status/health- domains of health such as physical functioning, mental and
related quality emotional well-being, cognitive functioning, social and role
of life functioning, and perceptions of one's health in the past,
present, and future and compared with that of one's peers.

Patient medical Data on previous medical encounters such as hospital


history admissions, surgical procedures, pregnancies and live birth;
information on past medical problems and possibly family
history or events (e.g., alcoholism or parental divorce).
Different Data Sources for HIS
DATA EXAMPLES
Current Content of encounter forms or parts of the patient record:
medical health screening, current health problems and diagnoses,
management allergies (especially those to medications), diagnostic or
therapeutic procedures performed, laboratory tests carried
out, medications prescribed, and counseling provided.

Outcomes data Measures of the effects of health care and the aftermath of
various health problems; they might reflect health care
events such as re-admission to hospital or unexpected
complications or side effects of care, and also include
measures of satisfaction with care.
Outcomes assessed weeks or months after health care
events, and by means of reports directly from individuals (or
family members).

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