Ball M J, Douglas J V, Lillis J
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21210, USA.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2001;84(Pt 1):305-8.
Can informatics improve health? This paper answers yes, exploring its components, benefits, and effect on a wide variety of health-related activities. We first examine how information technology enables health informatics, supporting information management and knowledge creation through its four cornerstones. Success factors in using informatics are covered next, including human factors, the role of trained health informaticians, and the importance of matching informatics initiatives with business goals and establishing and measuring value. We demonstrate the potential effect of the Internet on health services through such e-health applications as enterprise-wide patient records, state-of-the-art call centers, and data repositories. For current evidence that informatics is already improving health, we turn to such topics as disease management, telehealth, patient safety, and decision support. As more organizations move informatics from theory into practice and realize its value, they will transform inefficient processes and improve care for all.
信息学能否改善健康状况？本文的答案是肯定的，探讨了其组成部分、益处以及对各种与健康相关活动的影响。我们首先研究信息技术如何推动健康信息学发展，通过其四大基石支持信息管理和知识创造。接下来涵盖了使用信息学的成功因素，包括人为因素、训练有素的健康信息学专家的作用，以及使信息学举措与业务目标相匹配并建立和衡量价值的重要性。我们通过企业级患者记录、先进的呼叫中心和数据存储库等电子健康应用，展示互联网对健康服务的潜在影响。关于信息学已在改善健康状况的当前证据，我们探讨了疾病管理、远程医疗、患者安全和决策支持等主题。随着越来越多的组织将信息学从理论转化为实践并实现其价值，它们将改变低效流程并改善所有人的医疗护理。
