Integrating Health Informatics and TechnologyAdam Papendieck

4 June 2012Kigali

E-Health/Health Informatics Relevant in Rwanda

• Electronic health records• Telemedicine• Consumer health informatics• Health knowledge management• Virtual healthcare teams• mHealth or m-Health• Healthcare Information Systems• Public Health Information Systems• Community-based Information Systems

Electronic health records

Telemedicine

http://saravanarajan.com/2009/09/09/state-of-health-information-exchanges-in-america/

Consumer health informatics

Source: Vince Kuraitis

Health knowledge management

e.g. Medscape, MDLinx

mHealth

Virtual healthcare teams

“healthcare professionals who collaborate and share information on patients through digital equipment”

Source: Smeenk et al. 1997

Healthcare Information Systems

Public Health Information Systems

Community-based Information Systems

Statistical Software and Research packages

• Statistical Packages– SPSS, SASS, STATA, EpiInfo, Excel

• GIS/Thematic mapping– ArcGIS, QGIS (open source), WebMapping

• Research Packages– Network Analysis (e.g. UCINET etc.)– Qualitative Research (ATLAS.ti etc.)– Crowdsourcing

• Productivity tools

Discussion

1. What are the most important Health Informatics topics or technologies for students in your field to know about?

2. What steps could be taken to improve their integration into curriculum?

3. What topics or technologies would you most like to learn more about?