Chapter one is basics and Introduction to health care information

Health Information…

Exchanging, sharing, communicating, integrating, comparing and linking health information is helpful for

• 1. Disease surveillance
• 2. Health and health care population monitoring
• 3. Outcome research
• 4. Decision making and policy development

The ultimate goal of health information management is

• to enhance comparability, quality, integrity and unity of health information at every level of the health sector

Cont…

• Data typically collected and processed in to health information include

1.Clinical data– most common type of health information–signs, symptoms, diagnoses, impressions, treatments, and outcome of the care process

2.Epidemiological data– used to describe health related issues–such as disease trends and events, used to inform the public and to generate action

3.Demographic data– statistical information about a population–age, place of residence, gender, and so on



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