Component 7: Working with Health IT Systems
Component Description:
This is a laboratory component. Students will work with simulated systems or real systems with simulated data. As they play the role of practitioners using these systems, they will learn what is happening “under the hood.” They will experience threats to security and appreciate the need for standards, high levels of usability, and how errors can occur. Materials must support hands-on experience in computer labs and on-site in health organizations.
Component Objectives:
At the completion of this component, the student will be able to:
- Identify common components of an HIT system and types of HIT applications (e-Mar, POE, PACS, ADT, Lab, Registries, Billing/Coding, etc, and acute care, community health, public health, small provider practices, etc.)
- Describe data flows across HIT systems and implication of standards.
- Identify root causes of HIT-induced error (i.e. usability, workflow interference, system error, etc.) and suggest solutions.
- Assess the strengths and weaknesses of identified solutions to identified HIT problems (to emphasize the reality of “solutions” and illustrate the frequent domino effect/unintended consequences of change of an HIT system)
- Defines usability, describes general usability principles, and relates usability to adoption in relation to HIT.
- Define and differentiate security, confidentiality, and privacy and identify common threats.
- Demonstrate beginning level competency in general HIT system use
Component Authors
Component Originally Developed by:
Johns Hopkins University
Assigned Institution:
Johns Hopkins University
Primary Contributing Authors:
Patricia (Patti) Abbott, PhD, RN, FAAN, JHU School of Nursing
David Hinton, Howard Community College
Lecture Narration
Voiceover Talent
Raland Technologies LLC
1387 Fairport Road
Suite 1050 Fairport, NY 14450
David Flass – Project Manager
Team Members:
Robert Kolodner, MD, FACMI
Michael Vaughn, MS, JHU School of Nursing
Component Updated by: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Assigned Institution:
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Team Lead(s):
Susan Fenton, PhD, RHIA, FAHIMA, Principal Investigator, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Primary Contributing Authors:
Kimberly A. Smith, PhD, MT(ASCP), The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Lecture Narration
Voiceover Talent
Kimberly A. Smith, PhD, MT(ASCP)
Team Members:
Areebah Ajani, MA, Instructional Design, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Susan Fenton, PhD, RHIA, FAHIMA, Principal Investigator, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Megan Robertson, Project Manager, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Tavleen Kaur Ranjit Singh, Graduate Research Assistant, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Kimberly A. Smith, PhD, MT(ASCP),
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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