Health Information Technology in the International Context (Advances in Health Care Management)

This volume focuses on management issues in the international context of health information technology (HIT). Nations around the globe have established policies designed to improve the computerization of their health care systems. It is believed that the adoption of HIT including clinical information systems, decision support systems, and networks or systems that facilitate the exchange of clinical and other health data will yield various desirable outcomes. These outcomes may include improvements in the quality of care, a reduction in medical errors, boosts in efficiencies, and improved provider and patient satisfaction. The purpose of this volume on HIT in the international context is to facilitate the exchange of management theory, best practice, implementation challenges, and the impact of adoption as it pertains to HIT adoption in one or more international settings. It offers a holistic viewpoint on health information technology use in health care organizations and systems, providing a managerial perspective from authors around the world that will prove useful for health care practitioners across a variety of settings. Read more... Content: Preface / Nir Menachemi, Sanjay Singh, Valerie Yeager -- Health information exchange : national and international approaches / Joshua R. Vest -- How can routine health information systems improve health systems functioning in low- and middle-income countries? : assessing the evidence base / David R. Hotchkiss, Mark L. Diana, Karen G. Fleischman Foreit -- A Dutch and American commentary on IT in health care : roundtable discussions on IT and innovations in health care / Grant T. Savage, Leo van der Reis -- Assessing health information technology in a national health care system : an example from Taiwan / Chunhuei Chi, Jwo-Leun Lee, Rebecca Schoon -- Reflections on US health care information technology policy from a global perspective / Timothy R. Huerta, Eric W. Ford -- International medical graduates and health information technology use in the United States / Olena Mazurenko, Gouri Gupte, Valerie A. Yeager -- Telemedicine in an international context : definition, use, and future / Abby Swanson Kazley, Amy C. McLeod, Karen A. Wager -- Mobile IT solutions for home health care / Rüdiger Breitschwerdt, Rick Iedema, Sebastian Robert, Alexander Bosse, Oliver Thomas -- The importance of using open source technologies and common standards for interoperability within eHealth : perspectives from the millennium villages project / Andrew S. Kanter, Rob Borland, Mourice Barasa, Casey Iiams-Hauser, Olivia Velez, Nadi Nina Kaonga, Matt Berg. Abstract: This book facilitates the exchange of management theory, best practice, implementation challenges, and the impact of adoption as it pertains to HIT adoption in one or more international settings. It presents a holistic viewpoint on HIT use in health care organizations and systems, and provides a managerial perspective from authors around the world. Read more... FRONT COVER......Page 1 HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT......Page 4 COPYRIGHT PAGE......Page 5 CONTENTS......Page 6 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS......Page 8 LIST OF REVIEWERS......Page 12 SECTION 1: HIT WITHIN HEALTH SYSTEMS......Page 14 SECTION 3: SPECIFIC TYPES OF HIT AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO INTERNATIONAL SETTINGS......Page 15 SECTION 1: HIT WITHIN HEALTH SYSTEMS......Page 18 HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE: NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL APPROACHES......Page 20 INTRODUCTION......Page 21 DESCRIPTION OF HIE EFFORTS AND ACTIVITY......Page 22 DISCUSSION......Page 31 CONCLUSIONS......Page 35 REFERENCES......Page 36 HOW CAN ROUTINE HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS IMPROVE HEALTH SYSTEMS FUNCTIONING IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES? ASSESSING THE EVIDENCE BASE......Page 42 INTRODUCTION......Page 43 METHODS......Page 45 DETERMINANTS OF ROUTINE HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE......Page 48 RHIS INTERVENTIONS FOR IMPROVING HEALTH SYSTEMS FUNCTIONING......Page 57 KNOWLEDGE GAPS......Page 66 RECOMMENDATIONS......Page 69 NOTES......Page 71 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 72 REFERENCES......Page 73 SECTION 2: HIT POLICY WITHIN INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES......Page 76 A DUTCH AND AMERICAN COMMENTARY ON IT IN HEALTH CARE: ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS ON IT AND INNOVATIONS IN HEALTH CARE......Page 78 INNOVATIVE HEALTH CARE MODELS AND THE ROLE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY......Page 80 INNOVATIONS IN HEALTH CARE ROUNDTABLE......Page 82 THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR HEALTH CARE IT IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE NETHERLANDS......Page 85 REFERENCES......Page 86 APPENDIX: ROUNDTABLE ATTENDEES......Page 89 ASSESSING HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN A NATIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM – AN EXAMPLE FROM TAIWAN......Page 92 INTRODUCTION: HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ITS ROLE IN A NATIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM......Page 93 HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY......Page 96 METHOD OF ASSESSMENT......Page 97 A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF TAIWAN’S NHI SYSTEM......Page 104 RESULTS OF ASSESSMENT......Page 114 CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION: IMPLICATIONS FOR OTHER NATIONS’ HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND FUTURE OF HIT......Page 118 REFERENCES......Page 122 REFLECTIONS ON US HEALTH CARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY POLICY FROM A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE......Page 128 ENVIRONMENT......Page 131 FINANCIAL......Page 132 SOCIAL......Page 133 REFERENCES......Page 136 INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL GRADUATES AND HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY USE IN THE UNITED STATES......Page 138 INTRODUCTION......Page 139 METHODS......Page 141 RESULTS......Page 143 DISCUSSION......Page 152 REFERENCES......Page 155 SECTION 3: SPECIFIC TYPES OF HIT AND THEIR RELEVANCE TO INTERNATIONAL SETTINGS......Page 158 TELEMEDICINE IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT: DEFINITION, USE, AND FUTURE......Page 160 INTRODUCTION......Page 161 METHODS......Page 164 RESULTS......Page 166 CONDITIONS......Page 177 DISCUSSION......Page 179 CONCLUSION......Page 181 REFERENCES......Page 183 MOBILE IT SOLUTIONS FOR HOME HEALTH CARE......Page 188 INTRODUCTION: IT AS AN ENABLER IN HEALTH CARE......Page 189 HOME CARE AS A FACET OF RISING IMPORTANCE IN HEALTH CARE......Page 191 MOBILE APPLICATION DESIGN......Page 197 CONCLUSION......Page 199 REFERENCES......Page 200 THE IMPORTANCE OF USING OPEN SOURCE TECHNOLOGIES AND COMMON STANDARDS FOR INTEROPERABILITY WITHIN eHEALTH: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE MILLENNIUM VILLAGES PROJECT......Page 206 INTRODUCTION......Page 207 APPROACH......Page 210 FINDINGS......Page 214 PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS......Page 217 SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS......Page 218 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 219 REFERENCES......Page 220