Abstract
Healthcare has a long history; computers being routinely used in healthcare can be traced back to the 1970s when they began to be used in the patient billing area, but clinical informaticists only go back to the 1990s. Although a short time period, they have evolved many times over. Guided by new technologies and new regulations, clinical informaticists are at the forefront of the integration of clinical medicine and information systems given a healthcare industry so dependent on data. They also work with many interdisciplinary partners whose roles themselves are evolving such as the Chief Transformation Officer and Chief Quality Officer. How will the Informaticist drive the healthcare system into the future as their roles evolve? The answer will have an impact on role of data, information technology, and information systems on an evolving healthcare delivery system.
Mark Hagland is the Editor-in-Chief of Healthcare Informatics magazine, a leading publication in the healthcare IT senior leadership space. He has been a healthcare journalist for over 25 years, and is the author of two books: Transformative Quality: The Emerging Revolution in Health Care Performance (2008), and Paradox and Imperatives: How Efficiency, Effectiveness, and E-Transformation Can Conquer Waste and Optimize Quality (2007, co-authored with Jeffrey C. Bauer, Ph.D.), both published by Productivity Press/CRC Press. He is based in Chicago. Brief excerpts from Healthcare Informatics are provided with permission.
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HIMSS Analytics, a division of the Chicago-based Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), compiles data on EHR adoption across the United States. According to its United States EMR Adoption Model, the leaders at HIMSS Analytics concluded that as of the fourth quarter of 2014, 3.6 % of U.S. hospitals had achieved Stage 7 status; 17.9 % had achieved Stage 6 status; 32.8 % had achieved Stage 5 status; 14.0 % had achieved Stage 4 status; 21.0 % had achieved Stage 3 status; 5.1 % had achieved Stage 2 status; and 2.0 % were still at Stage 1 level, according to their model of EHR adoption.
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“Triple Aim” is a set of principles being promoted by the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Institute for Healthcare Improvement, around the improvement of patient care outcomes, the improvement of cost-effectiveness and efficiency, and the enhancement of the patient and community experience, in the U.S. healthcare system.
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Hagland, M. (2016). Transformed Roles for a Transformed Healthcare System: Where Do Clinical Informaticists Fit in Now?. In: Weaver, C., Ball, M., Kim, G., Kiel, J. (eds) Healthcare Information Management Systems. Health Informatics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20765-0_11
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