Predicting Future HMIS Trends by Chief Information Officers

MHA616: Health Care Management Information System (NDE1348A)

Why The CIO Survey is Important for the HMIS Industry

The survey is important because it give interesting feedback about personal health records, electronic records certification and other recent I.T. issues and trends affecting the marketplace and also the survey also found that even in an economy trending toward recession, the vast majority of health care organizations expect their information technology budgets to grow during the next fiscal year, and this growth is driven primarily by a need to improve access to information for clinicians.

The Hardware Investments that are Important to the future of HMIS

The survey shows that implementing electronic health records was the number one software investment priority for the coming year for hospitals, integrated delivery systems and group practices alike.

Today the industrial HMIS is continuing to evolve with the addition of multi-touch capabilities that are now standard on smartphones and tablets. With multi-touch functionality, HMIS operation is simplified and enhanced, but the biggest question is how quickly these more sophisticated interfaces may be adopted by machinery builders and users. At the recent MD&M East show in Philadelphia, we visited with Marc Ostertag, president of B&R Industrial Automation. He showed us application examples of the new multi-touch HMIS. The demonstration was very impressive visually, and this technology definitely enables a user interface that is similar to tablets with touch-to-open menus and the ability to monitor key system parameters easily (Fannal Electronics, 2013).

Comparing reasoning with the actual survey results

I think the survey is actual what I would agree with, to enable the delivery system to scale and meet the efficiency requirements of expanding healthcare demand, healthcare services and technology played an increasingly important role in the healthcare landscape. As organizations continued to wrestle with increasing healthcare complexity, reimbursement pressures, and government regulation, new services and technologies are enabling stakeholders to cost-efficiently respond to these challenges with improved care quality, error reduction, and improved sharing of information. In addition, as financial incentives drive adoption, many healthcare organizations are starting to see the benefits and return on investment from services and technologies.

New technology enabled products and services continued to spur industry expansion and growth in emerging healthcare markets. Large, new healthcare markets are developing with a focus on consumerism, automation, clinical integration, access, compliance and regulation, mobility, and resource utilization. Innovative, disruptive healthcare services and technology companies are making an impact by improving various aspects of the healthcare system through leveraging clinical analytics across financial and operational workflows to build a complete view of patients and populations. Information exchanges, which aim to seamlessly share health data across all market constituents, are spurring the development and deployment of innovative products and service with more efficient business processes. Undoubtedly, growth opportunities abound amid the surging complexity, transformation and consolidation in the healthcare industry.

Electronic Health Records

The use of electronic health records has become more wide-spread as hospitals, practitioners and insurance providers work towards complying with new regulations relating to health information technology (HIT). However, if not set up correctly, EHR systems can also expose patients to privacy breaches with implications for their financial and personal well-being. With records containing information relating to treatment options, social security numbers, and other personal information on patients (Collier, 2011).

Health IT has the potential to improve patient safety, health care quality, efficiency and data collection and may help restrain rising costs. The Electronic Health Record (EHR) is a longitudinal electronic record of patient health information generated by one or more encounters in any care delivery setting. Included in this information are patient demographics, progress notes, problems, medications, vital signs, past medical history, immunizations, laboratory data and radiology reports. The EHR automates and streamlines the clinician’s workflow. The EHR has the ability to generate a complete record of a clinical patient encounter as well as supporting other care-related activities directly or indirectly via interface including evidence-based decision support, quality management, and outcomes reporting.

Reference

Multi-Touch Industrial HMIs: 2013-07-24 Fannal Electronics Co., Ltd. Publisher：Marketing Department. http://www.fannal.com/news/industry-news/item/98-multi-touch-industrial-hmis.html

Healthcare Industry: http://www.triple-tree.com/research/healthcare/

Electronic Health Records: Security should be top priority Posted on August 22nd, 2011 by Deborah Collier: http://swineline.org/?p=5864