Strong and Meaningful Use of Healthcare Information Systems (HIS)

Arkalgud Ramaprasad, Thant Syn

2014

Abstract

The translation of science to practice to policy for meaningful use of healthcare information system (HIS) is embedded in a complex milieu of meaningful, meaningless, non-, and mis- use of the system by a variety of stakeholders seeking to manage the cost, quality, safety, and parity of healthcare. The problem of HIS use can be modeled as an ontology which encapsulates the core logic of use. The ontology includes the three components of translation, the four types of use, the key stakeholders, and the four basic outcomes. It is a comprehensive structured natural-language model which can be extended and refined. It is parsimonious and can be easily understood and interpreted by all the stakeholders. We argue that such a model is necessary to develop a roadmap for strengthening the meaningful use of HIS. In its absence meaningful use of HIS will be weak.

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Ramaprasad A. and Syn T. (2014). Strong and Meaningful Use of Healthcare Information Systems (HIS) . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2014) ISBN 978-989-758-010-9, pages 381-386. DOI: 10.5220/0004870303810386


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@conference{healthinf14,
author={Arkalgud Ramaprasad and Thant Syn},
title={Strong and Meaningful Use of Healthcare Information Systems (HIS)},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2014)},
year={2014},
pages={381-386},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004870303810386},
isbn={978-989-758-010-9},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2014)
TI - Strong and Meaningful Use of Healthcare Information Systems (HIS)
SN - 978-989-758-010-9
AU - Ramaprasad A.
AU - Syn T.
PY - 2014
SP - 381
EP - 386
DO - 10.5220/0004870303810386