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HCM 366: Health
Information Management
Fall Semester 2019
*Office hours are subject to change without notice at the
instructor’s discretion.
Instructor Response Time: Emails and phone messages
will be returned within 24 hours during the work week, and within 48 hours on
the weekends/holidays. Please include your name and the course name/number in
the email subject line. Please allow the full 24 or 48 hours for a response
before emailing or calling again about the same question or issue.
Course
Description:
This course provides a multi-disciplinary analysis of
the strategic application of information systems technology and the management
of such in health care organizations and focuses on using leveraging
information systems to analyze clinical data. Students will review
reimbursement mechanisms used to track service utilization patterns which
assist in the decision making processes within an overall organizational
capacity and for the purposes of quality/performance improvement. Leadership
aspects pertaining to evidence based management and governance will be explored
as well as challenges facing the health care industry in terms of the
management of information systems. Restricted to HCM major/minor.
Prerequisite:
None.
Required Textbook(s):
Balgrosky. (2020). Understanding Health Information Systems
for the Health Professionals. 1st Edition. Jones and Bartlett Learning.
Burlington, MA. ISBN# 978-1284148626.
NOTE: The textbook is REQUIRED. No exceptions,
no excuses. Not having a textbook or registering late is not an acceptable
excuse for late work.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
·
Identify and
discuss the evolution of information technology in the healthcare industry.
·
Identify and
describe various types of information system applications common in the health
care industry.
·
Understand how
data are used in terms of strategic management, assessment, financial
management, clinical outcomes management, and public health/population
management.
·
Explore emerging
technologies in healthcare such as electronic medical records, E-Health
telemedicine, and clinical information systems with the broad scope of a wide
range of healthcare services and patient care providers.
·
Understand the
project management process and how it aligns with information systems.
·
Discuss the legal
and ethical issues which pertain to information technology specific to clinical
settings in the healthcare environment including privacy, confidentiality, and
security.
·
Follow detailed
instructions without deviation, meet deadlines, take initiative to self-resolve
problem issues, communicate in a professional manner in both written and verbal
form, and exercise good time management skills and other managerial
competencies.
Course Outline:
Topics
Percentages
I.
Connecting
Information Management To Organizational Strategies in the 25%
Healthcare
Environment
a. Overview and evolution of information
system management in health care
b. The role of information in healthcare
c. Future health care systems and trends
d. Using information management in
strategic planning
e. Using information management in the
clinical setting
f. The importance of systems integration
II. Information Technology Applications in Healthcare 40%
a.
Electronic
health/medical records
b.
Clinical
information systems
c.
Management/Administrative
financial systems
d.
Information
systems for nonhospital organizations
e.
Project
management tools and processes
f.
Patient portals
and E-Health/health informatics and the internet
III. Information Transfer 10%
a.
Knowledge
management
b.
Data warehousing,
data mining, workflows & analytics
IV. The Legal and Ethics Environment 25%
a. Governmental oversight in healthcare and information
technology’s role
b. Health information portability and accountability act
c. Security and ethics of healthcare and patient
information
RESEARCH PAPER:
For this course you will be required to write a research
paper to fulfill the course project requirement, worth 200 points. Your written
report must follow APA format and be 3 pages (without title page, abstract, and
references). Below is a brief description of the project with additional
information available on D2L:
Research Paper:
For this course you will write an original, well-researched,
and sound discussion of a topic relevant to health care information management.
The paper should minimally address the following:
1. Introduction that clearly outlines your research
question and thesis statement
2. Critical review of the literature relevant to your
topic, focusing on the financial content and perspectives
3. Synthesis and critical evaluation of the literature. A
synthesis means go beyond simply summarizing the ideas and evidence you found-
integrate and organize the ideas in a way that provides insight on your
specific question. A critical evaluation means to assess whether we have good
reason to believe the arguments and evidence presented.
4. Discuss what the evidence and your conclusions imply
about your research topic.
Expectations for the Course Project:
·
You are expected
to turn in college level work free from grammatical errors. If you are
experiencing problems with these types of issues, you are encouraged to contact
the Center for Basic Skills on the SIUC campus. Points will be deducted for
poor writing mechanics.
·
All assignments
are to be typed- no handwritten assignments will be accepted.
·
All assignments
should be submitted via D2L unless otherwise instructed. Do not
email assignments to the instructor.
·
All assignments
must be submitted in a Word document (.doc or .docx). Nothing else will be
accepted- please do not submit PDFs. If the document cannot be opened, it
cannot be graded; therefore, you will receive a zero. No second
submissions allowed.
ASSIGNMENTS:
·
Students are expected to turn in college level work free from
grammatical errors. Students experiencing problems with these types of
issues are encouraged to contact the Center for Basic Skills on the SIUC
campus.
·
All assignments are to be typed – no handwritten assignments will
be accepted.
·
All assignments/quizzes/tests should be submitted via D2L unless
otherwise instructed.
·
No late assignments will be accepted. This is a
management-related degree and time is an asset that cannot be
wasted.
·
Tests will only be given on the scheduled test days. NO
early exams or make-up tests will be given except for those rare exceptions
outlined by the University.
·
All assignments must be submitted in a Word
document (doc. or docx.). Nothing else will be
accepted. If I can’t open the document, I can’t grade it. Therefore,
the student will receive a zero. No second submissions
allowed. All assignments must be submitted through D2L unless
otherwise instructed.
·
Research Papers must use APA format. See a librarian for
assistance.
STUDENT CONDUCT
CODE:
Professionalism is expected
at all times! This is a management degree; therefore, students
should be prepared and knowledgeable about course expectations. Don’t ask
for special privileges because the instructor does not believe in them.
For example…No late assignments means No late assignments
etc.
Students demonstrating
inappropriate behavior will be subject to a deduction of points and/or an
automatic F for the course. The student agrees that
the instructor has the right to determine the severity of the
issue and deduct points at a level he believes is commensurate with the
behavior. Some violations of classroom professionalism include but
are not limited to:
·
Being late with assignments or class discussions.
·
Being unprepared for the course; Example - no textbook, computer
not accessible, failure to provide instructor with email address etc.).
·
Use of foul or inappropriate language.
·
Being disrespectful of the opinions of others.
·
Displaying an argumentative and uncooperative attitude.
·
Falsifying any attendance or academic
records/assignments/tests/quizzes etc. otherwise known as Academic
dishonesty.
·
Failure to follow guidelines in syllabus.
Solution
Research
Submitted
by:
Date:
Abstract
The current research is
based on a latest information system which can be incorporated into the healthcare.
The impact of telemedicine is discussed. Telemedicine is the use of electronic
and digital devices to improve efficiency of treatment, diagnosis and treatment
plan. Patients can get specialized services with the help of telemedicine.
Telemedicine utilizes mobile applications like video chat to correspond with
physicians. Patients can get instant health services with the help of
telemedicine. The physicians can use telemedicine to correspond with
specialists to get an accurate diagnosis. The telemedicine was initially
developed for remote areas, but presently it is a convenient treatment for most
of the individuals.
Telemedicine and Telehealth
1. Introduction that clearly
outlines your research question and thesis statement
Introduction
The
California telehealth resource center defined telehealth as “Telehealth is a
collection of means or methods for enhancing health care, public health, and
health education delivery and support using telecommunications technologies”.
Telehealth is an application which alerts the public related to outbreak of a
disease. This can be video conferencing medium for education of medical
sciences. Telemedicine is an application which enables physicians to treat
their patients through video chat remotely.
Telemedicine
is a software based solution which helps primary health caregivers to send
photos of patients’ condition like skin allergy to a specialized doctor like
dermatologist. The field of telemedicine is advancing faster as compared to the
past. The excess to telemedicine tools have become easier with the advancement
in telemedicine. There is a widespread affordability for telemedicine. There
are facilities like online video chat applications and live video telemedicine
facilities. The mobile and computer devices are easily available to everyone.
Traditionally,
telemedicine was originated to facilitate the patients located in remote areas,
far away from health facilities and communities. In remote areas where there is
a shortage of medical professionals can use telemedicine. Nowadays,
telemedicine is a convenient medical care given to patients who want to waste
minimum time in waiting rooms. The patients connect to online services when
they don’t want to sit and wait in waiting rooms. The patients can get instant
care via telemedicine. There is an expectation
of healthcare via online sources or telemedicine; therefore more companies
provide telemedicine services to accommodate the burden of medical
professionals.
The
companies provide access to patients 24/7. The mobile companies gave rise to
the telemedicine. There is a wide range of mobile devices, applications which
can help patients check their health status and monitor their health. The user-friendly
devices attract patients to use technology for their benefit in health sector.
People can use medical applications and devices to see signs of disease and diagnose
infections, check glucose levels, monitor hypertension. There is no need to
visit a doctor for such tasks. The patients can collect medical information
needed by a doctor for proper diagnosis with the help of their mobile devices (The Ultimate
Telemedicine Guide | What Is Telemedicine?, 2018) . Telemedicine helps
patients take a proactive approach, and enable them to utilize alternate ways
of healthcare.
2. Critical review of the
literature relevant to your topic, focusing on the financial content and
Every
year, the united states spend more than 2.9 trillion dollars on healthcare.
This rate is higher than any other developed country. Estimates show that two
hundred billion dollars among these costs are unnecessary and avoidable spend.
Telemedicine can be applied to cut short the expenses related to health sector.
The unnecessary ER visits, medication non adherence, and problems like that can
be avoided by telemedicine. Typical doctor visits can be more effective with
telemedicine. Telemedicine can enable a
doctor or hospital system to gain access to medical specialists from all over
the world. Primary care doctors can consult specialists via online applications
to consult on serious matters, like rare of forms of cancer, and so on.
There
are many studies which were conducted to show the efficiency of telemedicine in
terms of finances and treatment strategies.
The
current study states that there are many problems related to shortage of
physicians, nurses, and so on. This problem tends to get worse if proper
solution is not suggested. The application of telemedicine can be helpful in
this regard. The health providing organizations can use telemedicine to promote
standards of healthcare. The developed and developing countries are facing
challenges related to healthcare. The application of telemedicine can help
alleviate these problems. Telemedicine can provide cost effective, high quality
access to healthcare facilities. To overcome geographical barriers, ICTs are
used in telemedicine clinics. The technology is particularly beneficial for
people in rural and remote areas. The access of health is easy and cost is
reduced as compared to traditional healthcare services where the patient needs
to visit different specialists to get an accurate diagnosis. The rural doctors
are not isolated because they can use telemedicine to have opinion of other
specialist physicians. Ordinary doctors can perform extra ordinary tasks with
the help of telemedicine (Fouad, 2014).
In
Australia more than three quarter area is classified as geographically remote.
There is socio economic inequality, geographic isolation, cultural diversity,
inequality of resources, and so on in the remote areas. The climatic conditions
are extreme. In 2007, a working group of academicians and doctors developed a
curriculum for remote medication. The
doctors were trained about remote medicine. The main features of remote medical
practice included telemedicine. Telemedicine can help doctors to communicate
with specialized physicians via online sources like video chat to discuss
symptoms of disease and treatment strategies. This is a cost effective way to
deal with health problems in remote areas (Janie D Smith, 2008).
This
article focuses on the teleconsultation to remove geographical barriers in
healthcare. When there is a significant distance between two areas then health
care providers can utilize online applications for telemedicine. The article analyzes telecommunications based
on physician to physician. The PubMed electronic catalog was found out. There
is reporting of results from electronic catalog. But the most significant
factor was the use of telecommunication which resulted in change of diagnosis,
treatment plan, rapid decision making, and so on. The study analyzed recent
articles published on teleconsultations. It is indeed a less expensive way if
diagnosing a disease. There is reliance on online sources to access specialists
rather than visit them in their clinics and locations (Kolsoum Deldar, 2016).
3. Synthesis and critical
evaluation of the literature. A synthesis means go beyond simply summarizing
the ideas and evidence you found- integrate and organize the ideas in a way
that provides insight on your specific question. A critical evaluation means to
assess whether we have good reason to believe the arguments and evidence
presented.
Discussion
The
current research is to find out how information systems and information
technology can have a positive or negative impact on the health care system.
The world is progressing in information technology. There is much advancement
like mobile devices, health related applications, computer based record system,
and so on which can be integrated into the health care (Fouad, 2014) . The healthcare
system which is based on information technology can yield better outcomes for
the patients, doctors, hospitals and so on. We have studied the utility of
telemedicine in healthcare. The secondary sources were considered to see the
overall impact of telemedicine. It was highlighted that telemedicine was
originated to be a treatment strategy for people in the remote areas. But, the
advance in information technology made it a convenient source of healthcare
facilities (Janie D Smith, 2008) . Apart from remote
areas, people living in populated areas also depend on telemedicine to avoid
wasting time in waiting rooms of hospitals. The physicians are using
telemedicine to correspond with specialists regarding diagnosis and treatment
plan. Patients can use health related applications to heck that health status
like glucose, blood pressure and so on. Patients can choose the best medical
professional based on their online search. Patients can video chat with
physicians to get instant access to health care. The healthcare systems which
are spending too much on healthcare can rely on telemedicine to lessen the cost (Kolsoum
Deldar, 2016) .
Telemedicine would be a far better approach in the next few years because the
advancement s in information technology is huge enough.
4. Discuss what the evidence and
your conclusions imply about your research topic.
Conclusion
Telemedicine
is an application which enables physicians to treat their patients through
video chat remotely. Telemedicine is a software based solution which helps
primary health caregivers to send photos of patients’ condition like skin
allergy to a specialized doctor like dermatologist. The field of telemedicine
is advancing faster as compared to the past. The excess to telemedicine tools
have become easier with the advancement in telemedicine. There is a widespread
affordability for telemedicine. There are facilities like online video chat,
applications, and live video telemedicine facilities. The mobile and computer
devices are easily available to everyone. There are many studies which were
conducted to show the efficiency of telemedicine in terms of finances and
treatment strategies. The healthcare system which is based on information
technology can yield better outcomes for the patients, doctors, hospitals and
so on. There is utility of telemedicine in healthcare.
Works Cited
Fouad, H. (2014). Implementation of Remote Health
Monitoring in Medical Rural Clinics for Web Telemedicine System. Int. J.
Advanced Networking and Applications .
Janie
D Smith, S. A. (2008). Defining remote medical practice. The Medical
Journal of Australia , 1-3.
Kolsoum
Deldar, K. B. (2016). Teleconsultation and Clinical Decision Making: a
Systematic Review. 286-292.
The Ultimate Telemedicine Guide | What Is Telemedicine? (2018). Retrieved from
https://evisit.com/resources/what-is-telemedicine/
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