A Vision for Patient-Centered Health Information Systems

A vision for patient-centered health information systems.

THE HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MOVEMENT FOcuses much of its energy on the use of electronic medical records by clinicians, but the use of information technology by patients carries equal promise. Outside of health care, the public routinely uses computers and smart phones to access information and perform tasks with a click of a button. Patients seek similar ease in accessing health informat...

Guardian Angel: Patient-Centered Health Information Systems

A Patient-centered Health System

A patient-centered vision for post-acute care reform.

Over the past few years, CMS has urged senior leadership to develop strategic policy directions and initiatives to improve the nation’s healthcare system. CMS believes that the post-acute care product is not well defined. Differences in assessment instruments make detailed comparisons across the settings difficult and/or impossible. Without a uniform patient assessment methodology for postacute...

Home-centered Health-enabling Technologies and Regional Health Information Systems

M. Gietzelt1; T. von Bargen1; M. Kohlmann1; M. Marschollek2; J. Schwartze1; B. Song1; M. Wagner3; K.-H. Wolf1; R. Haux1 1Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, University of Braunschweig – Institute of Technology and Hannover Medical School, Braunschweig, Germany; 2Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics, University of Braunschweig – Institute of Technology and Hanno...