This book is one of the most comprehensive writings on Healthcare Informatics that I've read. The author summarily describes the goal of the healthcare industry is to increase delivery of quality care with a simultaneous decrease in cost. How to get there has been the subject of public debate. What’s not debatable is that we have been on a non-sustainable course (with increasing costs and aging population) and that Healthcare Informatics can improve our lot.
Why now?
The author states that due to 1) Scientific advancements, 2) Digital convergence and 3) The rising cost of healthcare around the world there is an opportunity and need to increase the delivery of quality healthcare with the simultaneous decrease in cost. He is very well versed in the use of data and data analytics from his overall industry experience. I relate and am surprised to see more diagnostic and maintenance care information regarding my automobile than I do on my own health records. Or that my grocer has more buying and consumption information than my own doctor has readily available.
The author reviews why the healthcare industry has had more challenges but, now has an even more important need and opportunity. The industry is beginning to unleash a torrent of electronic data and now at the same time there is an increase in sophisticated analytical tools is available. The author reviews traditional analytical tools as well as completely new tools currently in development such as predictive analytics and cognitive computing.
Highlights from the author explains how seven years of investment to get to Electronic Health Records (EHR) from initiatives such as: Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), and The Affordable Care Act and resulting shifts in Medicare payments from pay for service (volume) to pay for outcomes (value) is creating opportunity in the industry to try new processes and technologies.
Technology advancements in Interoperability, Mobility and Decision-Support analysis and Big Data tools promise to have an impact in Clinical and Operational areas according to the author. The author presents a comprehensive and practical guide to understanding the landscape and for developing a plan and policy for you.
The Opportunity
Four Areas of opportunity: 1 Financial activity, 2) Compliance issues 3) Quality improvement in clinical and operational activities and 4) Customer Relationship Management in Healthcare. The promise and hope for achieving the goals is the application and mining of Health Informatics information tools. Some have already been used in other industries but now can be applied to EHR’s and Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) platform information as well as new tools like Six Sigma applications with a bigger potential opportunity in applying even newer tools for unstructured and big data analysis on clinical information, blogs and social media venues to be included in clinical diagnostics and for CDC epidemiology alerts.
The impact of big data on data analysis is huge with the potential to improve patient outcomes, save lives change the healthcare standard of care and manage resources more efficiently to lower overall cost. We need to get to a sustainable healthcare system. The challenge is actualizing the opportunity for you and your organization and also across the Healthcare value chain in the continuum of care. This book offers a practical guide to impact Healthcare sustainability with the implementation of data/data analysis technology in the nascent Healthcare Informatics landscape.
David Klein
Digital Marketing Professional in the Healthcare Industry and
NJ (SIM) Member- Society of Information Management
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