HCM 934 Health Information and Communication Systems, second blog post
Abu Zakir
Here are the PDF documents that I read.
The Role of Mobile Health in the Developing World: A
Review of Current Knowledge and Future Trends. Pages 10-14
Arwa Fahad Albabtain, Dina Ahman AlMulhim, Faisel
Yunus, Mowafa Said Househ
Key Trends in eHealth to Propel Health
Transformation and Education. Pages 6-9
Kendall Ho, MD, FRCPC
Management of patient information. Trends and
challenges in Member States.
Global Observatory for eHealth series – Volume 6.
Pages 5-55,61-74
1.
One helpful thing that I learned in this
reading was the role of mobile health and the paragraph contains of http://www.cyberjournals.com/Papers/Feb2014/08.pdf pdf files. The
mobile health providing health education and awareness in the developing world.
It will reduce the mortality in developing countries if mHealth enhance the
efficiency and the accessibility in healthcare system. Also, mHealth can play
an important role to control communicable and chronic diseases such as
HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, heart diseases, and diabetes. It can increase
the awareness and change behavior to halt the spread of those infectious
diseases. In some Muslim countries where males and females interaction are
prohibited, mHealth can play an important role without presenting face-to-face
contact. mHealth can solve so many problems without conflicting with sensitive
issues like family planning, elderly, disabled, acute shortage of healthcare
workers.
2.
I also learned the Key Trends in eHealth to
Propel Health Transformation and Education and the paragraph contains of http://ubcmj.com/pdf/ubcmj_5_2_2014_6-9.pdf . eHealth is reforming health system and provide
training to the healthcare providers to utilize technologies into their
practice. New technologies delivering healthcare at the door of the patients not
only in urban areas but also in rural and remote areas. Now a day, it is
difficult for the medical providers to keep latest evidence-based management of
their patients without getting help from eHealth technology. It is easier to
use eHealth technology like mobile phones, tablets to get information quickly,
make best judgment, and provide care quickly. For example, British Columbia using
a system helping residents to find out proper medication(s) to purchase. In addition,
ICT provide communication between primary care physician with specialists and
patients. Another example, a patient who had spinal fusion five years ago
complain of pain in the spinal area and wanted to rule it out is there any
problem. Primary care physician can order an X-ray using eHealth and can get
the result electronically. PCP is able to consult with the specialist and can
inform the patient about the current status. Moreover, mobile health like cell
phone is widely used to monitor heart rate, oxygen saturation, pedometers,
diabetes, pregnancy, and post-partum care guides.
3.
Finally,
I learned about the future plan of different organizations how to manage
patient information globally using eHealth and this paragraph contains of http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/76794/1/9789241504645_eng.pdf
file. Different organizations established link
between the individual and the data collected over time and to make those data
available to multiple health care providers when needed. They are working to
spread it globally to get information about any patient from anywhere of the
world. Different types of models like Capability Maturity Model (CMM),
Enterprise Architecture (EA), Interoperability Maturity Model (IMM), HIMSS EMR
Adoption Model are effectively use in health information system. ICT is playing
an important role in developing countries using limited resources to provide
better use of information. ICT is keeping technology simple, relevant, and
local to develop effectiveness of the technology. But to manage and share
patient information globally, member states needs to facilitate the adoption of
same health information system through skilled professionals.
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