Assignment: Health Informatics Technology

Assignment: Health Informatics Technology

Assignment: Health Informatics Technology

Week 2 HIT Gap Analysis Presentation The purpose of this assignment is to analyze an issue or topic addressed through a critical gap analysis and further literature review within health informatics technology (HIT) . Instructions Looking at the same literature/HIT project that you used last week to generate your HIT paper, define at least one major gap surrounding your informatics topic. Sources for this gap analysis may include the general media, online literature searches using the university library and/or Google Scholar, interviews of health practitioners, and interviews of the general public. Summarize the gap(s) regarding this topic in an online presentation. Use Kaltura to create the presentation. It should be between seven and ten narrated slides (including a reference slide) or an approximate equivalent for video. Review the Getting Started with Kaltura link in your main menu if you need a refresher on using the tool. Make sure to provide a list of references in current APA style.

Health information technology (HIT) is  applied to  and . It supports  across computerized systems and the  between , , , and  monitors. Based on an often-cited 2008 report on a small series of studies conducted at four sites that provide ambulatory care – three U.S. medical centers and one in the Netherlands – the use of  (EHRs) was viewed as the most promising tool for improving the overall quality, safety and efficiency of the health delivery system. According to a 2006 report by the , broad and consistent utilization of HIT will:^[]

• improve health care quality or effectiveness
• increase health care productivity or 
• prevent  and increase health care accuracy and procedural correctness
• reduce 
• increase administrative efficiencies and healthcare work processes
• decrease paperwork and unproductive or idle work time
• extend real-time communications of health informatics among health care professionals
• expand access to affordable care