Clinical and Administrative Information Systems
Health care organizations utilize a diversity of information systems to support and enhance the delivery of care to their patients. Although the specific types of information systems used vary by health care setting, the organizational activities supported by these systems fall broadly into two areas of functionality-clinical and administrative.
To prepare for this Application Assignment, review this week's Learning Resources. Then, select two types of clinical systems and two types of administrative systems of particular interest to you.
To complete this Application Assignment, write a 3-page paper in which you identify the health care setting (or context) in which each of the four specific systems you selected is used, describe the functional purpose of each system, and explain the potential benefits of each system for the health care organization.
Reading materials:
Video: Laureate Education (Producer). (2009). Introduction to health informatics: Clinical and administrative systems [Video file].
Course Text:Handbook of Informatics for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals
Chapter 6, "Healthcare Information Systems" (Read pp. 114-118, through "Monitoring Systems," and pp. 120-129, from "Laboratory Systems" through "Contract Management Systems.")
Article: Spooner, W. (2002). Order in chaos: Transforming best of breed solutions into integrated solutions.Health Management Technology, 23(10), 28-3 1.
Article: Rogoski, R. R. (2006). Counting on efficiency. Health Management Technology, 27(3), 10-14.