HCA 300

Professor Christina Stecki

Tuesday/ Thurs 9:30 – 10:45

Information
Technology And Its
Impact on Health
Care
Presented by Louis, April, Linh
 Importance of
Information Technology
in Healthcare
❖ Why information technology matters?
➢ Provides an infrastructure and
describes the technology used
within healthcare.
➢ Allows medical professionals and
patients to be connected within the
healthcare community.
➢ Improves the quality of healthcare
service.
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 Demographics of
California
❖ California has a 39.6 million
population (2018)
❖ Based on Kaiser Health Family
Foundation 7% of the
population is uninsured (2017)
➢ Includes those without
health insurance and those
who have coverage under
the Indian Health Service
only.
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Who is responsible for
managing a company’s
information systems?
❖ Designation of Chief
Information Officer (CIO)
➢ manages the organizations
information systems
❖ Under the CIO may be a
Chief Technology Officer
(CTO)
➢ responsible for motivating
employees when there is a
technological change
❖ Goals of CIO’s and CTO’s
➢ Develop a model that is
patient oriented rather than
operations oriented Contos
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 How Information
Technology is used
Enhance Reduce Provide
and organized in
● Capabilities of ● Costs ● Quality &
healthcare
an organization ● Prescription Efficient Care
● Patient Safety Errors ● Care
● Patient Data ● Human and Coordination
Tracking Clinical Errors ● Ease of care

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Public Perceptions on Health Information Technology
Forecasting for success

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Technological Advances Implemented in Health Care
When Information Technology Took Root in Health Care

The first electronic Computerized

medical record Physician Order
One of the earliest system was
use of Telehealth Entry was first
developed implemented
Late 1950s - early 1960s 1972
February, 2009

1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Artificial
Intelligence was E-Prescription
first introduced to standards were
Health Care implemented
1960s - 1970s January, 2006
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 Electronic Health Records
Pros Cons
❖ Increased adherence to clinical ❖ Financial issues
guidelines and effective care ❖ Change of workflow
❖ Increased revenue, averted cost, ❖ Temporary loss of productivity
improved legal and regulatory ❖ Privacy and security concerns
compliance, improved ability to ❖ Unintended consequences
conduct research ➢ Increased medical errors
❖ Increased availability of data ➢ Negative emotions
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 Information
Technology
Streamlining Modern
Healthcare

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 Computerized
Physician Order
Allows physicians Eliminates
to enter orders potentially Entry (CPOE)
for drugs, lab dangerous medical
tests, radiology, errors
and physical
therapy tests
digitally

Makes ordering 55% of medication

process more errors can be
efficient reduced by
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 Telehealth
Patients do not Providers can
need to go to serve more
visit a doctor patients,
and can receive easing provider
care from their shortages
own home

More control More specialty

over what care available
services are locally
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 Technological
Impact on
Pharmaceuticals

E-prescribing Drug-Drug Improved retail

increases in Interaction pharmacy safety
patient software
medication programs can
adherence and help reduce the
patient cost risk of patient
savings hospitalization

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Artificial Intelligence:
What is it?
● “Field of
computerized methods
and technologies
created to imitate
human decision
making”
○ Integrate in the
future with
technology on the
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 Artificial Intelligence: How can it help?

Reduce Physician Extend Reach of

Burnout Doctors

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 Where do We Start?
Models
Algorithms

Legal Testing

Data Trust
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 Artificial Intelligence: In the present...

● The Trevor Project ● REACH VET

○ Non-Profit Organization
○ LGBTQ
○ Hotline for suicide prevention
○ $1.5 M AI Impact Grant from
Google
○ Recovery Engagement and
Coordination for Health -
Veterans Enhanced
Treatment

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Class Will AI
Participation/ overtake
Opinions
healthcare jobs?

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Thank You,
That is all

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 References
• AI and Health Care are Made for Each Other. (2019, October 24). Retrieved from
https://time.com/5709346/artificial-intelligence-health/
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• California, S. O. (2016). OSHPD Facilities. Retrieved from
https://geo.oshpd.ca.gov/oshpd-facilities
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• History of Telemedicine & Telehealth: When Did It Start. (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://evisit.com/resources/history-of-telemedicine/.
• How AI is Helping to Detect Suicide Risk in LGBTQ Youth, Veterans. (2019, September 12). Retrieved
from https://www.rewire.org/living/artificial-intelligence-detect-suicide-risk/
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 References
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 References
• U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: California. (2019, Sept.). Retrieved from
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/CA/PST045218
• VA Aims to Expand Artificial-Intelligence Research, Appoints Inaugural AI Director. (2019, July 10).
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